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The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) is a system of measurement recognized by the United Nations to define the extent of an economic sector that is not so easily defined as industries like forestry or oil and gas [16] Tourism does not fit neatly into a statistical model; because it is not so much dependent ...
Tourism became a harbinger of problems this year that were long in the making. But 2025 could “mark a new dawn” for the industry. Tourism has become a dirty word.
Family Business Review seeks to explore the dynamics of family-controlled enterprise, including firms ranging in size from the very large to the relatively small. The scholarly journal publishes interdisciplinary research on families of wealth and the family office covering such areas as succession planning, the impact of family dynamics on managerial behaviors and estate and tax planning.
The "Global Family Business Index" [5] comprises the largest 500 family firms around the globe. In this index—published for a first time in 2015 by Center for Family Business University of St. Gallen and EY—for a privately held firm, a firm is classified as a family firm in case a family controls more than 50% of the voting rights. For a ...
Crowds at the Trevi Fountain in Rome. Overtourism is congestion or overcrowding from an excess of tourists, resulting in conflicts with locals.The World Tourism Organization defines overtourism as "the impact of tourism on a destination, or parts thereof, that excessively influences perceived quality of life of citizens and/or quality of visitor experiences in a negative way".
Tourism Concern was founded in 1988 as an informal network, linking people around Britain with similar organisations elsewhere in the world. Its instigator and initial co-ordinator, Alison Stancliffe, was motivated by her experiences when teaching and travelling in South East Asia, [2] where she became concerned that tourists were contributing to economic exploitation in poor regions of the ...
An alternative form of tourism, ecotourism is defined as "a form of tourism inspired primarily by the natural history of an area, including its indigenous cultures". [18] Ecotourism has a generally low impact on local environments, and it allows tourists to gain an appreciation for the natural resources and attributes of the tourist destination.
Designed to engage communities to get the buy-in of residents, local businesses. Implemented with support to help local businesses comply with changes in the tax regulations and with their administrative burden. Monitored and evaluated to ensure the taxes are having the intended impact. Mindful of the burden and benefits of tourism ...