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Tourism in the rural areas is one of the new opportunities that are being created for those dwelling there. They have the resources, the manpower, the basic skill and expertise and a down to earth approach that is in sharp contrast with the five-star culture of tourism in the city areas. The rural residents have the scope and potential to present a very pleasant and exciting change from traditional tourism which tourists are finding jaded and therefore have begun ...
Tourism as a manifestation of leisure pre-supposes a socioeconomic milieu in which money and time-away-from-work can be accumulated to be spent at will. Tourism as a form of mobility suggests that culturally sanctioned reasons exist for leaving home to travel. Many countries depend heavily upon travel expenditures by foreigners as a source of taxation and as a source of income for the enterprises that sell services to these travelers. Consequently the development ...
Globalization, privatization and liberalization have become dominant forces shaping societies and economies the world over. These three processes are interrelated phenomena. Globalized economies are likely to be more privatized and liberalized economies. Globalization, privatization and liberalization are multidimensional phenomena that have implications not only on the economic but also on the sociocultural and environmental aspect of countries and ...