Tropical tourism

Part 1 of ebook "Balancing development and sustainability in tourism destinations: Proceedings of the tourism outlook conference 2015" provides readers with contents including: balancing sustainability in environmental and cultural tourism; the influence of eco-friendly attitudes on tourists’ intention toward green hotels; reconnecting the past through oral history; a local sense of place for cultural sustainability; perceptions of impacts and development in a cultural tourism hub;...

141p dangsovu 20-10-2023 5 3   Download

Part 1 of ebook "Eco-resorts: Planning and design for the tropics" provide readers with content about: eco-tourism and the tropics; indoor environment control in the tropics; tropical eco-resort design; resort operation in planning and design objectives;... Please refer to the part 1 of ebook for details!

156p langmongnhu 14-12-2022 19 4   Download

This paper studies the feedback effect between damages caused by cyclones and unsustainable tourism in Southeast Asia. The data are constructed based on the Annual Tropical Cyclone Reports from the United States National Climatic Data Center website for the period of 1995–2013.

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Ninh Binh province is well known as an area with famous karst landscape that likes inland HaLong Bay. An attractive and charming cave system is developed in Triasic limestones of the Dong Giao formation, created a wonderful sites for tourism. The exciting features of karst landforms in the Ninh Binh province are mogots. It is mogots make Ninh Binh province became inland HaLong Bay. In the study area most wide spread karst forms are: mogots, karst slope and peaks, karst remnant relief, karst relict relief, karst polje, karst dry valley and karst ponor and sinkholes.

25p dem_thanh 22-12-2012 52 3   Download

Over the past six decades, tourism has experienced continued expansion and diversification becoming one of the largest and fastest growing economic sectors in the world. Many new destinations have emerged alongside the traditional ones of Europe and North America. In the next years an increase of travelling is expected, and the number of related infections will also be higher (http://www.unwto.org/facts/menu.html). Rickettsioses are an important chapter in the field of travel medicine.

194p wqwqwqwqwq 21-07-2012 55 7   Download

According to the World Tourism Organization, the number of international tourist arrivals in 2004 reached an all-time record of 763 million. This number represents an increase over the 2003 figure of almost 11%—the highest and the only double-digit percentage increase since 1980, when these statistics were first collected. Not only are more people traveling; travelers are seeking more exotic and remote destinations. Studies show that 50–75% of short-term travelers to the tropics or subtropics report some health impairment.

17p ozon_ozon 26-04-2012 38 4   Download