Tourism and cross cultural

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Tourism has become a popular global leisure activity. In 2007, there were over 903 million international tourist arrivals, with a growth of 6.6% as compared to 2006. Tourism is vital for many countries, such as the U.A.E, Egypt, Greece and Thailand, and many island nations, such as The Bahamas, Fiji, Maldives and the Seychelles, due to the large intake of money for businesses with their goods and services and the opportunity for employment in the service industries associated with tourism. What are the most visited countries? What are the new types of tourism avenues?

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[...] We will have more and more developed new forms of tourism not to degrade the State of our planet. Bibliography e.g. THE OFFICIAL NEW 7 WONDERS OF THE WORLD [Online]. http://www.new7wonders.com/classic/en/n7w/lisbon_070707/ [Accessed 7 July 2007] e.g. Voyage et découverte [Online]. http://www.chocolat.tv/vacances- tourisme-130706.html [Accessed 21 March 2009] e.g. Easy Voyages [Online]. [...]

[...] Tourism has become a popular global leisure activity. In 2007, there were over 903 million international tourist arrivals, with a growth of as compared to 2006. Tourism is vital for many countries, such as the U.A.E, Egypt, Greece and Thailand, and many island nations, such as The Bahamas, Fiji, Maldives and the Seychelles, due to the large intake of money for businesses with their goods and services and the opportunity for employment in the service industries associated with tourism. What are the most visited countries? [...]

[...] The World Tourism Organization reports the following ten countries as the most visited in 2007 by number of international travelers. When compared to 2006, Ukraine entered the top ten list, surpassing Russia, Austria and Mexico. Most of the top visited countries continue to be on the European continent. e.g. Voyage et découverte [Online]. http://www.chocolat.tv/vacances- tourisme-130706.html [Accessed 21 March 2009] There has been an upmarket trend in the tourism, especially in Europe. There is now a demand for a better quality products and better service with the lower price. [...]

[...] Many studies show us that the tourists prefer to travel in countries which having a culture near to their. Comfort, cooking, the activities are also important criteria in the choice of a destination; e.g. Easy Voyages [Online]. http://www.easyvoyage.com/pratique/16-les-dix- criteres-de-choix-pour-un-sejour.html [Accessed 21 March 2009] Conclusion To conclude, there are new types of tourism which appear today according to the social context, economic and cultural such as: Sustainable tourism: Sustainable tourism is envisaged as leading to management of all resources in such a way that economic, social and aesthetic needs can be fulfilled while maintaining cultural integrity, essential ecological processes, and biological diversity and life support systems." (World Tourism Organization) Medical tourism: When there is a significant price difference between countries for a given medical procedure, particularly in Southeast Asia, India, Eastern Europe and where there are different regulatory regimes, in relation to particular medical procedures (e.g. [...]