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TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice Destinations Awards - Top 25 - World

Top 25 TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice Destinations It is good to keep up to date with the trends in visitor choices as it can be a great idea for your holiday. According to TripAdvisor (2011), the top 25 world best destinations for 2011 are : 1. Cape Town , South Africa 2. Sydney, Australia 3. Machu Picchu, Peru 4. Paris, France 5. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 6. New York City, New York

The Famous Dracula Legend, Brasov, Romania

Count Dracula was just a character in the well known Bram Stoker's novel called Dracula. He was inspired by one of the leaders in the history of Romania, Vlad Dracul, who was the father of Vlad the Impaler. Vlad the Impaler was the leader of Walachia somewhere between 1456 and 1462. He was borne  in 1413 in  Sighisoara city, and he lived there all his adult life,except for the time when he was imprisoned in Pest and Visegrad, in Hungary ( Romania Tourism ,2011 ). The truth behind the story of Dracula is that, Vlad the Impaler was a very honest leader and he thought that he needs to take some measures against the theft, laziness and other bad things that were happening around that time. He wanted the people to feel scared and was using as a negative example the people that were punished in order to ensure that people will not even think of doing mischief . In that period some of the famous punishments were staking, burning and hanging etc. His method of punishing the bad peopl

Austria

Austria is well known by the winter sports and the amazing mountains, slopes where these sports can be enjoyed to the fullest. According to the Austrian National Tourist Office (2011) Austria's tourism has been developing steadily for over 50 years. Tourism industry constitutes approximately 8% from the annual GDP and is growing faster in Austria. Austria has some amazing landscapes, the mountain is joining directly with the lake which offers an amazing view, the view of the Alps in Tyrol region is like a picture freshly painted. Wien a very important city of Austria is a city full of history which gives the travellers the impression that it's part of a film and introducing him/her into the old style cities. There are plenty of shops from where you can shop everything that you wish and things that never crossed your mind. If you are an art lover it's good to visit this city as you can see a lot of old architecture and different attractions related to arts. In the centre

Oxford Circus

Everyone knows how important Oxford Street is for London, is like the Champs Elysée for Paris... During the winter this street is becoming really great is full of lights and it looks very happy... If you will travel to London it's a must to go to Oxford Circus to see and experience the place as is always crowded and the people look very happy... Not only you can see the old architecture but you can do some shopping as well as there are plenty of shops... :)

Tourism

Tourism        What is Tourism? Tourism is the activity undertaken by people to travel away from their homes for more than 24 hours. (Page and Connell,2009) Another more complex definition of tourism is the activity of “persons travelling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes.”(Gee et al. 1997:5) Tourism Society (1976) cited in Holloway et al (2009:8) states that “Tourism is the temporary short-term movement of people to destinations outside the places where they normally live and work, and activities during their stay at these destinations ; it includes movement for all purposes as well as day visits or excursions”.

Positive Impact of Tourism

Positive impacts Positive Impacts of Tourism on the Environment 1.Conservation – this is based on agriculture, logging and mining and other types of activities which give an extra economic benefit and conserving the environment, with its natural landscapes .(Beech and Chadwick,2006). Tourism  is based on the environmental resources and attractions, the environment itself is an attraction. In the less developed countries tourism acts as a “force of conservation ”(Page and Connell, 2009:435), for example, the National parks in Kenya and Namibia are thought to be tools of conservation and a development of economy. “Tourist spending generates local employment, demand for local good and crafts and helps to justify protection of natural resources.” (Page and Connell, 2009:435)

Negative Impacts of Tourism

Air travel There has been an increased number of transport on road and by air in the past years which has an influence on the environment and the health of humans. Transport is an essential tool for tourism; the negative effects of the transport are the pollution from emanating different gases and the damage created to the environment.(Page and Connell,2009) Air travel - over 1/5 of the world’s population are using the air for their travel because it’s a fast way to get to a destination; -airplanes need airport to operate their flights which means that construction of airports is an important thing, this is affecting the environment because they are constructing new airports or expand them, for example “Frankfurt’s third runway resulted in the felling of half a million trees.”(Page and Connell,2009:425) - aircrafts are using kerosene which is affecting the environment. “Like all fuels, on combustion kerosene produces: - carbon dioxide … - water

London moon

This is how English moon looks like :D well sometimes because it's not always there so...

Guides

I was just browsing the Itunes in search of a good guide, and I found the Time Out : London and many others are free (maybe for a time). So if you want a small and easy guide to use while on the go, and you own an Iphone go for it. TIME OUT Another great app that I found for London is ... Museum of London: Streetmuseum which give a wide range of old and new attractions in London, it's really great and interactive

Sustainable Tourism

This seems to be a very good way of promoting and having a sustainable tourism and ecotourism in a country. Jordan has different amazing places and is a historical place as well... Sustainable tourism has to show up the bound between the local community , businesses and care given to the environment. In this case we can see the bound of the business in getting involved the local community and giving them equal opportunities to get in contact with the tourists and even sell their goods... For more information have a look at the video...

Tourism Update

If you are interested in Tourism and Tourism as an active industry please browse my website for more information on this. You will find useful , relevant and up to date information.