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The popular Spanish Canary Islands are given the Bradt Travel Guide treatment for the first time.
This book offers an interesting overview of good practices in the tourism industry. Its main strength is that its focus is not solely limited to hotels; rather, it provides several snapshots of the way economic activities of various different natures have been properly managed in order to make the Canary Islands a successful symbol of integrated tourist supply for a range of customers. Each case study provided here offers particular insights into the way local resources, including physical, environmental, human, and entrepreneurial factors, have been exploited in order to boost tourism. The book can be also serve as a reference tool for those who are thinking about improving their business or starting a new one.
* Our summary is short, simple and pragmatic. It allows you to have the essential ideas of a big book in less than 30 minutes. As you read this summary, you will discover that life is not a struggle and that sometimes things are much simpler than you think. You will also discover : that you must learn to focus on the essential; that you must stop judging yourself or others; that you have the ability to make yourself powerless in your own life; that every situation improves if you start by acting on yourself. When you begin a change in your life, you will naturally seek to reach your goals by wanting to devote a minimum of energy to them. Your main goal is always to move from your current sit...
This book, published in 1995, is intended to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the conclusion of the Patent Cooperation Treaty.
CONTENT OF THE BOOK This book shows how the emerging new system of Global Governance will change due to China's economic rise and increasing political importance. There will be a paradigm shift in the functioning and interaction of the countries and nations of the earth. A New System of Global Governance is emerging. The New System of Global Governance will have to function according is to new rules to meet with the approval of the majority of the countries and nations. The hegemonic system of global governance that we have witnessed for more than a century, with the principle of armed conflict as the main political tool, will no longer be able to function. The main reasons for this are of cultural origin. A characteristic feature of "capitalist civilization" is its origin in Europe. With the re-entry of China as a player in world history the situation changed dramatically. China belongs to a different cultural area. Therefore, the further development of global capitalism, and in particular of the New System of Global Governance, will not remain one-dimensionally European, and will not develop in a linear sequence. A paradigm shift will occur.
The responsibility for the future lies with the individual human being, to whom is given the free will to change for the good and to become noble from within. This book has the ability to guide us to a deeper understanding of the purpose of human existence, indicating to us our role in the machinery of the Universe. The book explains the seven most important Laws of Creation, which lead to the liberation of the spirit and speaks to the heart, awakening an awareness and responsibility towards the world. The Law of Attraction of Homogeneous Species, the Law of Gravity and the Law of Reciprocal Action play key roles in all areas of our lives. We always reap what we sow - and we must understand that we do not only sow with words and deeds but also with our thoughts and our intuitive perceptions. Essential steps, relevant ideas and solutions for a future worth living are shown and the foundation for a successful life based on the Spiritual Laws is explained.
Zusammenfassung: This edited volume discusses the role of sport tourism in local sustainable development in small island territories. Using an international, comparative study, this volume explores the contributions of sport tourism to sustainable development in island settings. Written by 25 research teams across ten seas, oceans, and island archipelagos, chapters present comparative findings with the view of assisting stakeholders and decision-makers in collaboratively and responsibly developing island territories in accordance with specific sustainable development goals. Presenting a refined comparative methodology at the intersection of sport tourism and sustainable development, this book is geared towards academic researchers and students interested in sport tourism, sports economics, management and sustainable development, as well as professionals
The civilization of the modern world takes its origins in the Renaissance in Europe. A Historical reconstruction of the creation of modern Europe since the Renaissance leads to a thorough understanding of the critical and constituent elements that are characteristic of the mindset of Europe and its people. These principal elements are the growing individual consciousness and the role played by the individual in society, the specific European view on progress, and the unique European view on growth. Science and technology are the foundation and basic melody of the Western model of capitalism and life in modern Europe. In their combination, this complex of factors and forces has driven Europe ...