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Also Worldwide Marketing Partner for the “THE GOLDEN CHARIOT” which is being operated by The Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation collaboration with Indian Railways.
We Offer different luxury trains of India:
- The Indian Maharaja – Deccan Odyssey
- Splendor of the South – The Golden Chariot
- Pride of the South – The Golden Chariot
- Palace on Wheels
- Royal Rajasthan on Wheels
- Maharaja Express
- The Spiritual Journeys
THE INDIAN MAHARAJA - DECCAN ODYSSEY
Mumbai – Ellora – Ajanta – Udaipur – Ranthambore National Park – Jaipur – Agra - Delhi
(This tour is also being done on alternate Wednesdays in the reverse sequence as well)
THE ROYAL RAJASTHAN ON WHEELS
Delhi – Ranthambhore - Udaipur - Jaipur - Agra – Khajuraho - Varanasi - Delhi
THE PALACE ON WHEELS
Delhi – Jaipur – Sawai Madhopur – Chittorgarh – Udaipur – Jaisalmer – Jodhpur - Bharatpur – Agra - Delhi
SPLENDOR OF THE SOUTH - THE GOLDEN CHARIOT
Bangalore – Mamallapuram - Puducherry – Tiruchirapalli – Thanjavur – Madurai – Trivandrum - Kovalam- Alleppey – Backwaters – Kochi - Bangalore
PRIDE OF THE SOUTH - THE GOLDEN CHARIOT
Bangalore – Mysore – Kabini – Hassan – Hampi – Badami – Goa - Bangalore
MAHARAJA EXPRESS
Four different Tour Itineraries :
Princely India (8 Days Tour program) : Mumbai – Vadodara – Udaipur – Jodhpur – Bikaner - Jaipur – Sawai Madhopur – Fatehpur Sikri - Delhi
Royal India (8 Days Tour program) : Delhi – Agra – Sawai Madhopur – Jaipur – Bikaner – Jodhpur – Udaipur – Vadodara - Mumbai
Classical India (7 Days Tour program) : Delhi – Agra – Gwalior – Orchha – Khajuraho – Umaria (Bandhavgarh National Park) – Varanasi – Lucknow - Delhi
Royal Sojourn (8 Days Tour program) : Delhi - Jaipur - Kota - Sawai Madhopur - Agra - Delhi
THE SPIRITUAL JOURNEYS - In The Foot Steps of The Guru’s
Amritsar - Anandpur Sahib - Bhatinda - Delhi - Patna - Nanded Sahib - Gwalior - Agra - Amritsar
Travel Agency & Tour Operations.Tour Operator.Travel Agent.Functions Of Travel Agent and Tour Operator.Difference Between Travel Agent and Tour Operator
The Luxury Trains is India's Largest Luxury Trains Operator. It is also the largest consolidator & GSA's for Palace on Wheels, Royal Rajasthan on Wheels & Deccan Odyssey Trains based in India.
Also Worldwide Marketing Partner for the “THE GOLDEN CHARIOT” which is being operated by The Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation collaboration with Indian Railways.
We Offer different luxury trains of India:
- The Indian Maharaja – Deccan Odyssey
- Splendor of the South – The Golden Chariot
- Pride of the South – The Golden Chariot
- Palace on Wheels
- Royal Rajasthan on Wheels
- Maharaja Express
- The Spiritual Journeys
THE INDIAN MAHARAJA - DECCAN ODYSSEY
Mumbai – Ellora – Ajanta – Udaipur – Ranthambore National Park – Jaipur – Agra - Delhi
(This tour is also being done on alternate Wednesdays in the reverse sequence as well)
THE ROYAL RAJASTHAN ON WHEELS
Delhi – Ranthambhore - Udaipur - Jaipur - Agra – Khajuraho - Varanasi - Delhi
THE PALACE ON WHEELS
Delhi – Jaipur – Sawai Madhopur – Chittorgarh – Udaipur – Jaisalmer – Jodhpur - Bharatpur – Agra - Delhi
SPLENDOR OF THE SOUTH - THE GOLDEN CHARIOT
Bangalore – Mamallapuram - Puducherry – Tiruchirapalli – Thanjavur – Madurai – Trivandrum - Kovalam- Alleppey – Backwaters – Kochi - Bangalore
PRIDE OF THE SOUTH - THE GOLDEN CHARIOT
Bangalore – Mysore – Kabini – Hassan – Hampi – Badami – Goa - Bangalore
MAHARAJA EXPRESS
Four different Tour Itineraries :
Princely India (8 Days Tour program) : Mumbai – Vadodara – Udaipur – Jodhpur – Bikaner - Jaipur – Sawai Madhopur – Fatehpur Sikri - Delhi
Royal India (8 Days Tour program) : Delhi – Agra – Sawai Madhopur – Jaipur – Bikaner – Jodhpur – Udaipur – Vadodara - Mumbai
Classical India (7 Days Tour program) : Delhi – Agra – Gwalior – Orchha – Khajuraho – Umaria (Bandhavgarh National Park) – Varanasi – Lucknow - Delhi
Royal Sojourn (8 Days Tour program) : Delhi - Jaipur - Kota - Sawai Madhopur - Agra - Delhi
THE SPIRITUAL JOURNEYS - In The Foot Steps of The Guru’s
Amritsar - Anandpur Sahib - Bhatinda - Delhi - Patna - Nanded Sahib - Gwalior - Agra - Amritsar
A presentation composed of student reports and the lectures about tourist behavior for the subject Tour Guiding Services for the students enrolled in the College of International Tourism and Hospitality Management of Lyceum of the Philippines Cavite Campus
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The slide contains the issues faced by the religious tourism industry and solutions to it. It also has a case study which is done primarily in the given areas and solutions are also discussed.
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A presentation composed of student reports and the lectures about tourist behavior for the subject Tour Guiding Services for the students enrolled in the College of International Tourism and Hospitality Management of Lyceum of the Philippines Cavite Campus
Looking for design inspiration for your Startup Pitch Deck? Check out this design makeover of Uber's original Pitch Deck that it had shared during its launch in 2008.
RELIGIOUS TOURISM : ISSUES SOLUTIONS AND CASE STUDYRishab Gupta
The slide contains the issues faced by the religious tourism industry and solutions to it. It also has a case study which is done primarily in the given areas and solutions are also discussed.
A travel agency is a private retailer or public service that provides travel and tourism related services to the public on behalf of suppliers such as activities, airlines, car rentals, cruise lines
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Paper presented to an International Conference - "Educating for Tomorrow’s Tourism", Ohrid, Macedonia,in October, 2003.
Europe hosts several tens of amusement parks on its territory, which annually attract millions of tourists and which cover a variety of entertaining facilities: from breathtaking, “grasp hands” and flowing adrenalin to less exhilarating, peaceful experiences.
Market’s demand certain touristic products, in this respect that is just the type of touristic product based on the Dracula myth, the famous vampire originated in Transylvania Romania.
Whether we want it or not, this myth really exists and according to the Romanian Ministry of Tourism quoting and international survey this myth is in the top ten of modern myths, being on the 7th position, meaning that is one of the well-known myths in the entire world.
This might be the reason why more than 250 movies were already shot, about 1000 books published and no less than 10000 articles written.
The Dracula Park Project was created in order to valorize this myth in Romania, the origin country of the Count Dracula. In spite of the profit forecasted (around 1 billion USD/year), this project was highly criticized by the public opinion and international organizations, protests which determined the change of the initial placement (from the only medieval citadel still inhabited in Transylvania, Sighisoara to Snagov, a village nearby Bucharest).
The managers dealing with touristic activity recognized the need of ethics in their businesses, but they also understood that law by itself cannot protect a nation and its cultural heritage.
Therefore in this paper we want to study the consequences resulted from developing such a project and to outline a program of measures designated to reduce the negative impact of the applying of such projects especially to the native population.
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1. Is ethic the developing of any form of tourism?
2. Which are the “prices” to Romanians’ for earning such incomes?
3. Do they indeed gain or do they lose?
Plan de negocio para la creación de una Agencia de Viajes en MadridJuan Archanco
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a. SOCIO ECONÓMICO 2
b. POLÍTICO-LEGAL 4
c. TECNOLÓGICO 6
2. VIABILIDAD COMERCIAL 6
a. MERCADO 6
b. MARKETING MIX 7
c. PREVISIÓN DE VENTAS 8
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a. TECNOLOGÍA 8
b. MATERIALES 8
c. PROCESO DE PRODUCCIÓN 8
d. LOCAL 8
e. RECURSOS HUMANOS 8
f. COSTES 8
4. VIABILIDAD ECONÓMICO-FINANCIERA 9
a. INVERSIÓN-FINANCIACIÓN 9
b. TESORERÍA 9
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d. RENTABILIDAD 9
5. TRAMITES DE CONSTITUCIÓN (en la comunidad de Madrid) 9
6. CRONOGRAMA 13
Bibliografía 14
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TOURIST TRAVEL PASS 2
WALKING ROUTES THROUGHOUT TOURISTY AREAS 3
OLD MADRID WALKING TOUR 3
DESIGNER BARRIO WALKING TOUR 5
TAPAS IN MEDIEVAL MADRID WALKING TOUR 6
BEYOND THE CENTRE 7
BICYCLE 7
TOURIST BUS. 8
MUSEUMS 11
PRADO MUSEUM 11
REINA SOFÍA MUSEUM 12
THYSSEN-BORNEMISZA MUSEUM. 13
MUSEUM OF AMERICA 14
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE DECORATIVE ARTS 14
ROMANTIC MUSEUM 15
CAIXA FORUM MADRID 15
TELECOMMUNICATIONS MUSEUM 15
MUSEUM AND BIRTH HOME OF CERVANTES IN ALCALÁ DE HENARES 15
PLAZA DE LAS VENTAS BULLFIGHTING MUSEUM 16
SANTIAGO BERNABEU MUSEUM 16
MUSEO SOROLLA 17
TEMPLO DE DEBOD 17
MUSEO LÁZARO GALDIANO 17
SHOPPING 18
EATING 18
DRINKING & NIGHTLIFE 19
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LAS VISTILLAS, VIADUCT & CALLE DE SEGOVIA 22
SURROUNDING AREAS & DAY TRIPS 23
BEAUTIFUL CITIES 24
ROYAL PLAYGROUNDS 24
VILLAGES & MOUNTAINS 25
INTERNET RESOURCES 25
CREDITS AND SOURCES 26
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Backpacking tourism
1. Backpacking
Tourism
Juan Archanco Galíndez
English for Tourism IV, January 2012 Laura López - Cifuentes Ortiz
Inmaculada Cano Abellán
Roberto Rodriguez Garrote
2. THE HISTORY OF BACKPACKING
• 1968 National Scenic Trail Act
• Giovani Careri traveled around the world during 5
years.
• The Grand Tour trip around Europe undertaken by
european young men.
3. The term “Backpacker”
The term 'backpacker' is extensively used by this market in
Australia and New Zealand. In recent years, it has begun to be
used overseas, primarily by people setting up hostels and tours.
However, it might be misunderstood in some regions like the US
where it is used to describe a bushwalker. 'Budget travel' or
'independent travelers’ are alternative phrases.
Backpackers spend more, travel further and stay longer than other
travellers. The backpacking sector in NSW is about attracting
more adventurous and independent international travellers into
regional areas, through the development of more 'must see and do
experiences'.
4. Backpacker’s profile (I)
Age: mostly in their late
teens, twenties and early
thirties, usually during holidays or in
a gap year between high school and
college.
Studies: usually upper studies, at
least high school.
5. Backpacker’s profile (II)
Income: broad range, usually students do not have much money
and depend on their families; therefore we can say low to medium
income. However more and more people that have joined the
backpacker’s community are older people with more money. They
have created the latest trend: flashpacking, which is a more
expensive and higher standard backpacking.
Lifestyle and personality: open minded with hunger for meeting
new cultures and discovering new places. Independent, problem
solvers, flexible, easy going and romantic.
Motivation: anthropologic, documentary interest, the search for
new experiences, self-actualization, hunt of authenticity, getting
the best from each place, etc.
6. Personal Experiences (I)
As there is an almost
infinite possible
combination of
places, dates and
prices, we are going
to do this part based
on an actual 22 day
interrail around 11
different countries in
Europe (June 2010).
8. Personal Experiences (III)
Day 1:
Flight Madrid > Charleroi
Train to Brussels
Nights in hotel (**)
Stroll around Brussels
Day 2: Train and visit to
Gant and Bruges
9. Personal Experiences (IV)
Day 3: Train to Maastricht
Night in a friend’s house.
Day 4: Train to London, under
the English Channel. Arrival to
London and CS’er place.
10. Personal Experiences (V)
Day 4, 5, 6 & 7: Visit to
London Stayed at polish
CSer’s place and at
David’s place.
Day 7, & 8: Train to
Edinburgh (via York) Long
way, train driver sick.
Stayed at Inma’s hostel.
11. Personal Experiences (VI)
Day 8 & 9: Train to Inverness
(Loch Ness Lake) Night at
Inverness Bed & Breakfast
Day 9 & 10: Train to Aberdeen
Night at CSer’s place (german
girl) Train back to Edinburgh
Night at Inma’s Hostel
12. Personal Experiences (VII)
Day 11 & 12: Missed the
plane to Dublin: change of
plans. Trip to Stranraer Ferry
to Belfast Late night
arrival, night at Holiday Inn
(****)
13. Personal Experiences (VIII)
Day 12, 13 & 14:
Train to Dublin
Night at 2 hostels
Free tour Pub-crawl
Day 14: Flight to
Oslo, Train to Göteborg
(broken). Night at hostel.
14. Personal Experiences (IX)
Day 15 & 16: Visit to Liseberg
(Scandinavia’s biggest amusement
park). Night Train from Göteborg to
Stockholm, Sundsvall and Storlien
15. Personal Experiences (X)
Day 17 & 18: Storlien, Ǻre cable-
car, train to Trondheim, met CSer
there, night train back to Oslo.
16. Personal Experiences (XI)
Day 18: Amusement park:
Tusenfryd. Plane to Gdansk
delayed (no taxi nor bus, no local
currency). Night train to Katowice
Day 19: Visit to Katowice
Train to Salzburg (night @ Prague)
18. Personal Experiences (XIII)
Day 22:
Train to Milano (via Verona) Flight
back to Madrid
TOTAL: 9,800 Km (straight line)
19. Budget
We have omitted prices for F&B
as well as other activities
(museums, public transport
within the cities, etc.) due to the
huge difference of prices among
European countries. As an
example: a small bottle of water
in Norway was around 5€ vs.
Poland which was around 0.50€
Still, you can survive with around
15€ per day which will be a
grand total of 799€. So, all in
all, it will be quite difficult to
find an all-inclusive 3 week
package, visiting 12 countries
(Belgium, Netherlands, UK, Scot
land, Northern
Ireland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden
, Poland, Czech Republic, Austria
and Italy) for less than one
thousand Euros.
20. SWOT Analysis
Is a strategic planning method use to evaluate the
strengths, weaknesses/limitations, opportunities and
threats involved in a project or in a business venture.
21. Strengths
• 1) More money is spent due to the duration of the trip
• 2) It focuses on a wider geographical area
• 3) More money is spent on locally produced goods and
services
• 4) Significant multiplier effects
• 5) Revitalization of traditional culture
• 6) Backpackers are more environmentally friendly
• 7) Local tourism competes with foreign domination
22. Strengths
• 1) More money is spent due to the duration of the
trip. Backpackers spend more money than other
tourists because they stay longer in a place (Europe)
(between two weeks and one month)
23. Strengths
• 2) It focuses on a wider geographical area, more
money is spent, including remote, economically
depressed or isolated regions
24. Strengths
• 3) More money is spent on locally produced
goods and services. Backpacking tourists do not
demand luxury therefore; they spend more on locally
produced goods (such as food) and services
(transport, homestay accommodation)
25. Strengths
• 4) There are significant multiplier effects from
drawing on local skills and resources. In this way
local people gain self-fulfillment through running their
own tourism enterprises rather than filling in menial
positions in enterprises run by outside operators
26. Strengths
• 5) Revitalization of traditional culture. The interest
of backpackers in meeting and learning from local
people can lead to a revitalization of traditional
culture, respect for the knowledge of elders and
pride in traditional aspects of one’s culture.
27. Strengths
• 6) Backpackers are more environmentally friendly.
Backpackers use fewer resources (like cold showers
and fans rather than hot baths and air
conditioning), therefore, kinder to the environment
than other tourists.
29. Weaknesses/limitations
• 1) Backpackers do not rely on tour operators
• 2) Enterprises catering for backpackers are small
• 3) Interaction with locals is of secondary importance
• 4) Backpackers spend less money
• 5) Prejudices and stereotypes on backpackers by
locals
32. Weaknesses/limitations
• 3) Interaction with locals is of secondary
importance. The majority of backpackers spend
most of the time interacting with other backpackers.
35. Opportunities
• 1) No frontier controls at the borders between 22 EU
countries.
• 2) The power of Internet in order to organize their
own backpacking experience
• 3) Globalization
36. Opportunities
• 1) No frontier controls at the borders between 26
EU countries, so it is clear that they have no
problems in entering Europe and this is thanks to the
Schengen rules which are part of EU law
37. Opportunities
• 2) The power of Internet in order to organize their
own backpacking experience
38. Opportunities
• 3) Globalization refers to the increasingly global
relationships of culture, people and economic
activity.
• Environmental challenges such as climate
change, cross-boundary water and air pollution and
over-fishing of the ocean, require trans-
national/global solutions
39. Threats
• 1) Some governments don’t recognize enough the
economic benefits backpackers can bring
• 2) The increase of the travel’s costs
• 3) Money exchange
40. Threats
• 1) Some governments don’t recognize enough the
economic benefits backpackers can bring
41. Threats
• 2) The increase of the travel’s costs, fuel prices
have increased significantly in recent years and are
likely to stay high in the future. Between 2003 and
2008 average U.S. gasoline retail prices more than
doubled.
42. Threats
• 3) Money exchange, Nineteen European countries
— and more than 330 million people — use the
same currency. Using euros, tourists and locals can
easily compare prices of goods between countries.
And we no longer lose money or time changing
money at borders.
43. Conclusions
• Backpacking is a type of tourism that has been going
on for over 200 years
• Very liberal type of tourism, not planned and it
adjusts to a low budget
• Flashpacking: more luxurious type of tourism, not
only for young people
• Backpacking is possible thanks to the increasing
emergence of low cost air companies, improvements
in the railway system, internet and a wide range of
accommodation.
44. FUTURE TENDENCIES
• Flashpacking travel with luxury accomodation and
transport.
• Gap-packing young europeans who leave after
finishing high school and return back in time for college
or a new job.