Tourism is the travel between a person’s home and a destination and the travel period is not more than one consecutive year for business, leisure and other purposes. According to UNESCO, culture is defined as the set of customs, knowledge, values, arts, principles, rules, and any other traditions adopted by a person as a member of the society. Culture can be tangible or intangible. Examples of culture in tangible form are the architecture of the buildings, historic places, and museums. Examples of culture in intangible form are the beliefs, ethics and the everyday culture of the locals. Tourism can have an influence on the culture of a country or can be used to promote the local culture.
The heritage trail that I have chosen to work on is
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The type of cultural tourist who might be interested in the trail is a serendipitous cultural tourist. A serendipitous cultural tourist is someone who does not travel to a country for cultural reasons but can end up having a deep cultural experience after taking part in cultural activities. This type of tourists may take the opportunity of making a quick stop to the cultural places at a destination and learn more about these attractions when they get there.
Some of the reasons why tourists who visit Singapore can either be medical or business travel or for leisure where tourists go shopping, to taste the local cuisine, to experience the different cultures of Singapore and to understand how everyone is living together in harmony, to relax and unwind in luxury hotels and resorts and also for entertainment like visiting the theme park on Sentosa Island and the Formula One Grand Prix
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The hotel was purchased by Sino Land Company Limited, a Hong Kong company. This shows that financial deregulation has allowed foreign investment in tourism and the establishing of hotels in historic buildings of Singapore.
The bumboats that can be found travelling up and down the Singapore River are used for the purpose of carrying cargo to the docks along Singapore River. Now, there are fewer of these boats, the main purpose of the boats are river-taxis that transports a greater amount of tourists on a sightseeing cruise along the Singapore River. With the improvement in transport technology, there are new boats catering to tourists that ply the river and also boats that act as floating bars.
Tourists desire to seek the authentic and original experiences; they want to experience the local culture, be immersed in it and to have close contact with the locals. However, some parts of it may be manipulated and created just for
A paradigm shift in the way the international community perceives cultural heritage at risk during armed conflict is occurring simultaneously with the current changes of war. ‘War has exposed historic monuments and works of art to two principal dangers: the danger arising out of the practice of taking spoils during or at the close of hostilities, and the danger of destruction from acts of war, especially artillery action and aerial bombardment.’1 Cultural heritage has been in peril from as early as 395 BC when the Romans looted works of art at the sack of Veii, to the fanatic iconoclasm in AD 391 under Emperor Theodosius I who ordered the destruction of all pagan temples, such as the Temple of Serapis in Alexandria. During the Italian Campaigns
Film induced tourism has grown in every aspect around the globe whether its because of the curiosity of the people to indulge in this kind of tourism or just being a part of the artificial world. Then it comes to define film tourism many authors have different views, according to Hudson and Ritch (2006a), it is describe as people visiting places which are directly influenced by films to see the landscapes, building, places as it was shown on TV, advertisement or in cinema screen. In addition to the meaning above for film induced tourism, Riley & Van Doren, (1992) further added that people visiting these places may be overwhelm with the romantic gaze of the place, and feel emotionally attached to it and also with the focal points of the film such as actors and their attributes, where they used to live, themes, social patterns and so on. However this essay will also discuss the originality of film tourism and its implications towards the destination and how it effects the local culture and community.
Singapore tourism board aims to tripple their earnings to $30 billion and double their tourists by 17 million by 2015. With the development of tourism the other sectors also promotes like medical tourism, business tourism, retail tourism and many more. Various steps are being taken to make Singapore a must visit destination.
For example, I considered a discussion with a kid on the streets in Cusco -- a child who was there selling things specifically because tourists bring currency to him and his family -- to be an authentic experience because of the insight I gained into a local’s life because of the impacts of tourism. If a tourist’s quest is to encounter and simply understand the culture that they are gazing at as if she – a tourist –were not present no tourist would discover ‘the real’. Therefore, authenticity must always be a negotiated concept (Cohen 1988) and many modern backpackers view authenticity with a post-modern irony (Binder 2004) – knowing that it does not actually exist. Oakes (2006) astutely comments that “the search for authenticity is perhaps best thought of as a convenient code for something that in fact evaporates under scrutiny and yet remains nevertheless necessary as a framework for understanding the tourist experience” (p
Today’s global competition, demands a country to keep the true identity., culture becomes the basic aspects that must be maintained, because of the existence of culture effects how closely humans in general act, and be friendly. Cultural or often we refer to as the culture has its own uniqueness, while others interest by the culture then this could make the place tourism.
Marina Bay Sands that is located at the central business district and run by Las Vegas Sands, centers on being a premier entertainment destination by combining business and leisure in a one location (ref Marina Bay Sands). While Resorts World Sentosa, located at Sentosa island and own by Genting Singapore, focuses on being the ultimate island destination resort with two mega attraction, the Universal Studios Theme Park and Marine Life Park, and offers world class entertainment (ref Resort World Sentosa). With both the integrated resorts providing year round activities, top dining restaurant, specialty retail outlets, five star hotels and casino facilities, it acts as a pull factor to attract potential customers that are seeking this types of experience (Parrinello, G.R., 1993). Plus, observing the increase in region’s middle class, that have more disposable income to spend, and the rise in the region’s budget airlines that allows traveling to be more accessibility, this acts as a push motivator to trigger this potential customers to start travelling to compelling destinations such as the two integrated resort in Singapore (James, D. L., & Merchant, R., 2013; Southeast Asian low-cost carriers will lead the sharp growth in air travel in the region, 2014; Parrinello, G.R., 1993). Moreover, studying the success in the casino
different type of tourism for attract to most tourist. there are a lot of type of tourism; natural,cultural,
Tourism is often associated with traveling to places away from home. Tourism has a big impact on the economic growth of some countries, which define the shape of their cities by producing different sectors like historic districts, convention centers, museums, malls, hotels, restaurants, and the list can be endless. Furthermore, tourism elements have been developed by cities for a variety of reasons including: situating themselves in the world by drawing a positive image and attracting visitors and for their money.
This essay is the respond to the Local Council Member who has wrong idea about a common archetype of adventure tourist. This misconception based on ignorance of current tourism industry, could potentially be a dangerous for local economy and development. The local authority must be well informed about present conditions with the tourism market, before they will make a far reaching decisions about the development direction in this industry. Currently, there are many organisations whose monitoring an international tourism business and this knowledge supposed to be good use for our common good.
Tourism is an important and intricate element to society. It affects economical, social, cultural and environmental elements. Tourism can be argued to have a negative impact on the environment and decrease our already depleting resources, but tourism can also be argued to be a major contributor to strengthening economies, spread cultural traditions and improve people’s lives. Tourism
Cultural tourism: includes urban tourism, visiting historical or interesting cities, and experiencing their cultural heritages. This type of tourism may also include specialized cultural experiences, such as art museum tourism where the tourist visits many art museums during the tour, or opera tourism where the tourist sees many operas or concerts during the tour.
Based on McIntosh and friends (1995) tourism is a phenomenon and relationship that exists due to interaction between tourist, businessman, government and community as the host in process attract tourist and foreign tourism. Indirectly, this definition clarified tourism is visit or travel to another place within yesterday, aimed amused, rested, traded and so on. In fact, there are four key that related in
Tourism focuses much more on attractions, helping the tourist experience a change, and is a huge economic business. They each have different rules and guidelines, anthropology being more strict then tourism. However, there are several anthropologists who see tourism as a spiritual journey for newcomers and how it can be a very successful anthropological method. While most people see tourism as an obtrusive version of a vacation, several anthropologists view tourism as a “sacred journey” and helps the tourist experience a sense of solidarity or togetherness (Selwyn, 1990). This form of tourism, known as ethnic tourism, relates the most to anthropology.
Nowadays in the rea of globalization, according to the World Tourism Organization, “seven hundred million people travelled abroad in 2003”, and the number is estimated to increase to 1.6 billion by 2020. (International Labour Organization, 2005). Tourism is spreading in unusual places. A lot of people want to be in the midst of adventure. It is a vital source of revenues for the GDP of many countries. I partially agree that tourism hugely benefits the local community. This essay will discuss some of the economic, social and environment effect of tourism on the host community.
Japan is a country with countless attraction and points of interest, whether its heritage, food, popular culture or dark tourism, Japan as a tourism destination can offer many things. Because of the saturation of culture there are many types of tourism which apply (Berger 2010). Cultural tourism, adventure, ecotourism, food and family tourism and even sex tourism to name a few and with the increasing relevance of Otaku1 culture in the western world, Japans popularity as a holiday destination has increased drastically. The popularity of Japanese tourism can largely be attributed to the growing cultural interest displayed by the visitors which means that cultural exploration is one of the more significant reasons of visitation.