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Birder, naturalist and writer, Zafar Futehally was born in 1920 into a business family of Bombay. He grew up in Andheri, then one of the greenest areas of the city and went on to join the family trade. However, it was with Salim Ali, the famed ornithologist also known as the Birdman of India, that Zafar found his true calling.
The pharmaceutical industry today is one of the most successful industries today, encompassing hundreds of companies which discover, develop and sell drug products. These products are used by health professionals to prevent and cure some diseases and relieve symptoms of other ailments. Throughout the 20 century and especially from the 1940s onwards, members of the industry have discovered new drugs that cure previously incurable diseases, prevent disease that are ...
The Encyclopaedia has been well-weaved into six volumes having deep bearing on several phases of tourism. It is now one of the fastest growing sectors of the economies of may countries. It is indeed interesting to note that several studies connected with tourism and aviation suggested that the focus of travel and tourism is gradually but deliberately shifting from Europe and North America to East/South Asia and the Pacific. Volume 1lays emphasis on concept and ...
The present volume provides an in-depth analysis of the role of tourism in rural development. It traces the contribution which tourism can make to the economic, social, political and even environmental advancement. While writing this book the authors have referred to a number of secondary sources and have taken a lot of required material from them and he herby acknowledges their contribution with sincerity and gratitude. The readers or this book shall find it ...
Hospitality management is an exciting professional discipline offering numerous career opportunities. The current trend toward increased globalisation is reflected in the hospitality industry. Written in a lively and lucid style, the present volume is a comprehensive analysis of the fascinating and challenging fields of the hospitably industry: travel and tourism, lodging, food-service, meeting, conventions and expositions, leisure and recreation. The book ...
The human rights activism has made a major commitment to, and openly and visibly taken up, the defence and promotion of the human rights. Developmental programmes of international institutions and procedures for protection of human rights goes together with the proliferation of non governmental international organizations working in the human rights fields. Human rights NGO’s have played a particularly important role in the evolution of the international system ...
Human Rights and Conflict Resolution is a pioneering attempt to provide a comprehensive research and study of the present status of human rights and conflict resolution. It is an authentic informative and educative work, highlighting a wide spectrum of legalistic matters for protecting human rights.
Tourism is emerging as one of the fastest developing industry not only in India but also worldwide. Besides being one of the beggest foreign exchange earner this industry employs millions of people. Every country has its own set of laws to guide, govern and regulate the tourist influx and outflux, and also the industry infrastructure. This book looks wholistically into the legal aspects of the Indian tourism industry, as there are various laws which encompass and ...
The present volume is designed to be one of the easiest books in Managerial Economics from which to teach and learn. Rather than parading students quickly through every interesting or new topic in micro-economics and industrial organization, it carefully develops and applies the most useful concepts for business decision making. The primary goal of this book is to help business students become architects of business strategy rather than simply middle managers ...
The Phenomenon of sustainable tourism is possible if proper attention is paid towards the protection of environment and ecology depending on the kind attitude of people towards nature. Greenery or greening tourism is the utmost need of the day to same the nature and mother earth. In vast Himalayan range there are frequent landslides, earthquakes do occur in the tourist zones because the imbalance in nature. The present book ‘Tourism, Environment and Ecology’ ...