First, members of wealthy tourist-generating nations can be viewed as conspicuous consumers of the valuable resources of the developing world. The exploitation of these countries on the pleasure periphery has been interpreted by some commentators as a form of neocolonialism, although few tourists would analyse their own behaviour in such a stark manner. Second, individual holiday choices made amongst complex status hierarchies of destinations can also be understood as conspicuous consumption, especially when considered in terms of ego-enhancement motivation and trip-dropping. However, it can be demonstrated that tourism motivation is not just materialistic, but reflects a wide range of other psychological and cultural factors. Furthermore, postmodern tourism is said to break down traditional boundaries and replace them with a universe in which image, illusion and irony predominate (see also postmodernism).
Case Report: Casino Industry in 2011 Overview: The casino industry is one of the very important industries in the USA because of the size of their revenue which is about 32.5 billion in 2009. They also provide job opportunities and build attractive places that encourage tourism and bring revenue to states in different ways. The business is facing many changes due to government regulations, new technologies in the gambling world as well as competitions among casino companies and emerging casinos. This report will try to analyze this industry by using the SWOT analysis and porter’s five forces while analyzing its external environment. 1.
Empirical evidence shows that wage and income differentials are the most important drivers of international migration, and the UK is no exception to that rule. People living in poorer countries, migration can be an effective strategy to increase their income and to protect their families from poverty. Economic growth and a structural demand for migrant labour in high- and low- skilled sectors of the British economy are also significant drivers of immigration. More generally, the increasing complexity of labour markets and associated occupational specialisation enhance the need for migration to match supply and demand in certain sectors and occupations. For the UK, increasing income inequality over the past decades is found to play a major role in attracting high-skilled immigrants.
The economic activity that will be discussed is tourism. Tourism is a highly complex productive activity. The growth of global tourism has had pronounced social, environmental and economic effects. The economic impacts of tourism have been shown to be positive as it continues to bring a large number of economic benefits, generating wealth and employment. In contrast, however, the environmental impacts of tourism are generally negative because the growth of tourism has placed a huge demand on the biophysical and built environments whereas, the social and economic impacts have been both positive.
Based on the book when there are competitive markets such as airlines, a company certainly needs to look at costs and revenue very closely. (Brickley, Smith, & Zimmerman, 2009, p. 180) In this case I believe that the flights from San Francisco t Washington DC should be discontinued. Even though United Airlines is a large company and profitable if they continue these flights in the long run they will lose money. The other option that they would have would be to increase the fares to cover those costs, but since the airline industry is a competitive market people are more likely to go with a lower cost airline. The first thing the airline must do is look at the firm supply.
The rapid industrialisation increased immigration into the US making necessary city growth. Exemplifying this, the borough of Queens, across from the East River of Manhattan, doubled its population in the 1920s. Similarly, Grosse Point Park near Detroit grew 7000 percent as well as Shaker Heights outside Cleveland growing 1000 percent. Urbanisation was impacted greatly by industrialisation and caused great changes to the US in the 1920s. In the 1920s period, America experienced rapid economic growth.
There are two primary issues in accordance with the progressive era that Putnam discusses. The issues are the economy and the population. Putnam also discusses the gilded age that was positive for part of the economy. Many businesses were established during thie period which led to the new form of economy. This economy was very helpful to the rich but detrimental to the poor.
The United States, at the end of the 19th century went through a drastic economic change in what is considered the Second Industrial Revolution. The economic change experienced was the amount of growth the American economy went through during that time. Many things can be attributed to this growth during that time period. A growing population of laborers, a larger market for manufactured goods, a vast amount of natural resources, and the government’s role in actively pushing post civil war industrial and agricultural development. During this time period, one of the changes that lead to this economic growth was the migration of the American population from small rural farming communities to the urban industrial cities.
In my opinion, communications has played the most important role in the rise of globalization. Transport systems are the means by which people, materials and products are transferred from one place to another. Improvement in transportation technology has ‘shrunk’ the world considerably in terms of time taken to get from one place to another. In the 20th century, the commercial jet aircraft, large ocean-going vessels and containerization greatly increased the movement of goods and people from one place to another. This has led to increasing mobility of goods and people.
History can and should be used as a selling point for a community. The recognition of an area’s historic resources can bring about neighborhood revitalization, increased and sustainable tourism, economic development through private investment, and citizenship building. When communities’ travel-related entities partner with public or private organizations, the historic, cultural, and natural resources are more effectively promoted to meet the heritage traveler’s desire for an integrated and enriching experience. 2. Definition of Tourism The Definition of Tourism varies source by source, person by person.