Download or read book A Tourist in Uniform written by Art Schmitz and published by . This book was released on 2015-04-24 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Art Schmitz, an American World War II veteran born and raised in Milwaukee, tells the story of his time in the war. Including the introduction and the prologue, this story covers a time span of better than fourteen years, from approximately 1932 to 1946. It is the story of the gradual and uneven progress of Art's maturity as he moves from a sheltered home life to the relative freedom of manhood that he experiences during the war. The story recounts the satisfaction of his wanderlust as he visits thirteen different states, only seven of them being military settings, in his time as a soldier in the United States. He continues to travel extensively while serving his country abroad in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, France, Belgium, Germany, and Austria. Finally, with the war over, he experiences returning home and the ensuing celebration and reunion of his family, and the realization of a new age of peace.
Download or read book The Little Book of Tourists in Iceland written by Alda Sigmundsdóttir and published by Little Books Publishing. This book was released on 2022-01-21 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Iceland is in the midst of an unprecedented tourist boom that has brought wealth to the country, but also myriad issues and challenges. Through a series of short essays, this book provides a unique insight into the social and environmental impact that tourism is having on Iceland, and with wit and intelligence offers invaluable tips for touring safely, responsibly, and in harmony with the locals. A fascinating resource for anyone interested in contemporary Iceland, and an essential companion for all visitors to the country. Among the topics addressed in this book: • Why now?—Reasons for the tourism boom in Iceland • The impact of tourism on Iceland’s housing market, health care system, law enforcement, search and rescue operations, and more • Touring Iceland, staying safe—the things to keep in mind while traveling in Iceland’s treacherous terrain • Out driving. The most dangerous parts of Iceland? Its roads! Read our tips for staying safe • What they think of us—he things our visitors complain about • What we think of them: tourist behaviors that really, seriously irk the Icelanders • Crazy stories of tourists in Iceland (hahaha oh lord!) • The environmental footprint: depletion of natural resources, pollution, and the physical impact of tourism • Taxing tourists? The endless debate and what it entails • Can't we just all get along? Tips for touring in harmony with the locals • The truth about those Iceland myths: jailed bankers, believing in elves, the incest app, sleeping around ... don’t believe everything you hear! • The hilarious questions we get (“What time do the northern lights come on?”) ... and so much more! Excerpt "Yes, Iceland’s landscape is treacherous, and there are dangers in both expected and unexpected places. Yet the most dangerous aspect of touring Iceland is not those hot springs, glaciers, or rogue waves, but something far more commonplace: driving. Iceland has a very low population density—only about three people per square kilometer, or eight per square mile. Building and maintaining an efficient road system obviously costs a few crowns, and hitherto the Icelanders have been, if not entirely satisfied, then at least reasonably content with their single-lane highways, gravel roads, and the mountainous F-roads that are generally only open in summer. So here we are, merrily driving on our sub-standard roads and suddenly there is a tourist boom, resulting in far more cars on the road than ever before, including whole convoys of tour buses. This means increased wear and tear on roads that were already unsuitable for so much traffic and that require more frequent maintenance if they are to be kept safe. Also, many Icelandic roads are not built for the volume of traffic that they are now experiencing. For instance, shoulders have been known to collapse when a tour bus has moved too far over to one side of a narrow road, in order to make way for an oncoming vehicle. Thankfully there have been no serious injuries to people under such circumstances, but there have been enough scares to make people stand up and pay attention. A related problem that has been growing ever more serious is the limited experience of many folks when it comes to the driving conditions endemic to Iceland. I am speaking of driving in strong winds, winter driving, two-lane highways, gravel roads, and so on. [...] So the road system definitely needs a major overhaul. However, that is not an undertaking that can be completed overnight, and besides, it is entirely open to debate whether we want all those roads improved. More on that later. For now, at least, we must accept the sort of road system we have, and try our best to make our visitors aware of the main dangers and risks of motoring in Iceland, so that we can all stay safe."
Download or read book Tourism Concepts and Principles written by Zeeshan Norris and published by Scientific e-Resources. This book was released on 2019-10-09 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tourism as a global industry is essentially a post Second-World War phenomenon. Though a number of research papers and articles have been written on different aspects of tourism, there has been a need for an authentic, comprehensive reference book on tourism. Tourism is an ever-expanding service oriented industry with high growth potential for national as well as for international community. Today, tourism has become a global as well as national level exhibition and description of places, prosperity, higher standards of living and the fast-growing concept of paid holidays. The process of tourism incorporates man, space and time as its principal components. As such, it has far reaching significance and implications of a socio-economic nature alongside the environment ones. The tourism has emerged as a most instrumental phenomenon in the economic and social development of any society. The main objective of the present book of Tourism is to organize and put together the different aspects of this complex matrix of the multiple interrelated dimensions of the tourism.
Download or read book Tourism The experience of tourism written by Stephen Williams and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2004 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of key articles from the most influential journals and books in the field examines what social scientists mean by the term tourism, and what it means to be a tourist. Carefully selected and introduced by the editor, this material charts the sociological changes that have occurred in tourism, and the change from the upper-class grand tours of the late nineteenth-century to the mass tourism of the present day. The collection also assesses the economic impacts of tourism on local economies, environmental considerations, and whether the growth of tourism is sustainable in a post-September 11th world. "Tourism: Critical Concepts in the Social Sciences" is an accessible and comprehensive resource designed for academics and scholars researching in tourism, globalization, and human geography.
Download or read book Current Issues in Tourism Gastronomy and Tourist Destination Research written by Hera Oktadiana and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-05-25 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book focuses on contemporary research on tourism, gastronomy, and tourist destinations presented at the 3rd Tourism Gastronomy and Destination International Conference (TGDIC 2021). It serves as a platform for knowledge and experience sharing and invites tourism scholars, practitioners, decision-makers, and stakeholders from all parts of society and from various regions of the world to share their knowledge, experience, concepts, examples of good practice, and critical analysis with their international peers. The research papers presented at the conference were organized into three main categories: tourism, gastronomy, and tourist destinations, written by authors from various countries such as Indonesia, China, India, Switzerland, UK, Portugal, and Hungary.
Download or read book Tourism and Entrepreneurship written by Stephen Page and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes as its central theme the role of entrepreneurship in the context of regional, local and national tourism development.
Download or read book Tourist Behaviour written by Metin Kozak and published by CABI. This book was released on 2016-11-18 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consumer research is often central to academic studies in many different fields, and more recently, tourism studies have empirically examined consumer research from various aspects. However, there is a need to provide information for tourism scholars on how to better understand aspects of tourist behaviour. Tourist Behaviour: An International Perspective provides a collection of topics from both theoretical and practical approaches to building and examining the theory of how consumers think and act within the context of tourism consumption. Divided in to six sections, the book presents research within the themes of influence, motivation, choice, and consumption and experience. With contributions from authors in over 15 countries, the book presents an interdisciplinary approach of the latest research in tourist behaviour.
Download or read book Tourist Police for Tourism Security A Model Proposal for Police Organizations written by D. Mehmet Murat PAYAM and published by Hiperlink eğit.ilet.yay.san.tic.ve ltd.sti.. This book was released on 2020-03-08 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Turizmin ayrılmaz bir unsuru, bir ülkenin Seyahat ve Turizm endüstrisinin rekabet gücünü belirleyen kritik bir unsur olan, turistlerin emniyeti ve güvenliğidir. Bu nedenle, turistlerin emniyet ve güvenliği, dünyadaki tüm ülkeler için bir ulusal güvenlik meselesi olmalıdır. Turizm Polisinin sadece turistler için değil aynı zamanda turizm sektörü için de emniyet ve güvenliği sağlama, bu konuda onlara yardımcı olma ve koruma sağlama hususunda önemli olduğuna ve turizm polisinin destinasyanlar hakkında olumlu imaj oluşturmasına yardımcı olduğuna inanılmaktadır. Böylece, turizm polisliğine yapılan herhangi bir yatırımın, destinasyonların ve ülkelerin ekonomik geleceğine yatırım olacağı aşikardır. “Turizm Güvenliği İçin Turizm Polisi: Polis Teşkilatları İçin Bir Model Önerisi” adlı bu kitap, ülkeler/destinasyonlar açısından dünyanın en çok tercih edilen turizm destinasyonlarından biri olma hedefi ile turizm polisi sistemi ve turizmde emniyet ve güvenlik konularına dikkat çekmesi açısından önemlidir. Bu bağlamda bu kitap, turizm emniyeti ve güvenliğine genel bir bakış sunmakta ve farklı ülkelerdeki polis teşkilatları için bir turizm polisi modeli önermeye odaklanmaktadır. Son olarak, kitapta destinasyonlarda turizm polisinin geliştirilmesi ve iyileştirilmesi için bazı pratik öneriler öne sürülmüştür. Kitabın içeriğinin, turizm emniyeti ve güvenliği konularına daha fazla yoğunlaşan ülkeleri ve kanun koyucuları destekleyeceği ve destinasyonlara uygun turizm polisi sistemini ve turistlerin ve turizm endüstrisinin emniyet ve güvenliğini sağlamadaki etkisini daha fazla yoğunlaştırması umulmaktadır. “Herkes için Emin ve Güvenli Turizm” sloganıyla daha emniyetli ve güvenli bir turizm ortamı oluşturmak için farklı ülkelerdeki Ulusal / Yerel Yönetimler tarafından bu kitaptaki tavsiyelerin ciddi bir şekilde dikkate alınacağı ve kendi ülkelerinde turism polisi sistemi kurmada son derece faydalı olacağı içtenlikle ümit edilmektedir.
Download or read book The Department of State Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Tourist From Petach Tikva written by Aubrey Kagan and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2023-06-12 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An enjoyable, touchingly personal account of a turbulent time in the Middle East.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Shulamit Frankel grew up in the tumultuous years during the creation of the State of Israel. In this book, she shares candid reflections of her young life as her family navigates the upheavals of this political landscape. She delves into the world of her youth, capturing details that have long been forgotten in many history books, such as German colonies in Palestine before WWII and Italy’s bombing of Tel Aviv and Haifa during this time. Shulamit’s stories cover a wide gamut of what life was like growing up in a young Tel Aviv, from understanding the significance of the religious festivals to discovering the joys of chewing gum. At the time, the Jewish population was small, and she describes interactions with the familes of well-known Israelis. These include the brother and sister-in-law of David Ben-Gurion, the son of Shai Agnon (later Nobel laureate), and her uncle Reuven, who rose through the political ranks to become Speaker of the Knesset, Israel’s parliament. Both Shulamit and her brother fought for the creation of a Jewish state but, in an unusual manifestation of sibling rivalry, Shulamit trained in the Haganah while her brother joined the Irgun. Shulamit engages us in her family’s deep connections of love and loyalty in these difficult years. Against the background of historical events, Shulamit recalls the daily trials and tribulations of growing up in a deeply religious family in a modernizing world, capturing the tragedies, triumphs, pathos, and humour of the times.
Download or read book McPhun s Scottish Tourist s Steam Boat Pocket Guide A New Edition Eighth Thousand MS Notes written by William Wallace FYFE and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Tourist s New England written by Dona Brown and published by UPNE. This book was released on 1999 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories and novel excerpts highlight the attractions and perils of vacationing in 19th-century New England.
Download or read book A Tourist s Guide to Murder written by V.M. Burns and published by Kensington Publishing Corporation. This book was released on 2021-01-26 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author, amateur sleuth, and bookstore owner Samantha Washington finds herself on a tragical mystery tour while visiting the land of Miss Marple and Sherlock Holmes in the sixth Mystery Bookshop Series installment from V.M. Burns. Sam joins Nana Jo and her Shady Acres Retirement Village friends Irma, Dorothy, and Ruby Mae on a weeklong trip to London, England, to experience the Peabody Mystery Lovers Tour. The chance to see the sights and walk the streets that inspired Agatha Christie and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is a dream come true for Sam--and a perfect way to celebrate her new publishing contract as a mystery author. But between visits to Jack the Ripper's Whitechapel district and 221B Baker Street, Major Horace Peabody is found dead, supposedly of natural causes. Despite his employer's unfortunate demise, the tour guide insists on keeping calm and carrying on--until another tourist on their trip also dies under mysterious circumstances. Now it's up to Sam and the Shady Acres ladies to mix and mingle among their fellow mystery lovers, find a motive, and turn up a murderer...
Download or read book Innovation in Hospitality and Tourism written by Mike Peters and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Innovation in Hospitality and Tourism' presents empirical studies that identify the major 'push and pull' factors of innovation in hospitality and tourism, providing vital information on how to measure innovation in the control and sustainable management of new service development.
Download or read book Black s picturesque tourist and road and railway guide book through England and Wales written by Adam and Charles Black (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Black s Tourist s Guide to Derbyshire written by and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tourist Destinations written by Douglas G. Pearce and published by CABI. This book was released on 2020-11-23 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Destinations are a central feature of tourism and the focus of much tourism research. Destinations have been studied from diverse perspectives using multiple concepts and a range of approaches. As a result, destination research today has become increasingly fragmented as studies have become more specialized. There is a need for a more integrated approach, one which systematically draws together these different research threads to provide a comprehensive and coherent picture and a fuller understanding of destinations, their structure and how they function. This book provides such a synthesis by critically reviewing a wide range of international research and incorporating in one volume many different facets of destinations from studies which have appeared in related but often divergent literatures. Conceptual and methodological issues are illustrated with empirical examples from Europe, North and South America, Asia and Oceania.
