Thesis (M. Phil.)--University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 150-162).

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The development of tourism may catalyse a vast array of impacts, social, cultural, socioeconomic, environmental or political. In ethnic minority communities and regions, impacts are potentially greater due to the pre-existing social, cultural and even sociopolitical constructs. Tourism, as a global phenomenon, is confined to operating within the local context. This is certainly the case in ethnic minority communities of China's southern peripheries. Tourism development is a differential process of formal and informal sector development. Formal sector development is generally capital intensive and relatively highly organised. In contrast, the informal sector involves many small vendors and family or community run businesses. The sectoral dichotomy may also be applied, in a general sense, to the types of tourists utilizing accommodation and services provided by these two distinct sectors. As the balance between the two sectors changes over time and across space, there is a commensurate shift in the type and scale of impacts generated by tourism in host communities. It is this that makes the sectoral paradigm so relevant to the role (or indeed lack of role) of ethnic minorities in tourism development in their local areas and communities. Apart from economic impacts, there are sociocultural and even socioenvironmental impacts on host communities. As with socioeconomic impacts, sociocultural impacts are also influenced by the differential development of the formal and informal sectors over time. Furthermore, particularly in ethnic minority areas, socioeconomic and sociocultural impacts are tightly integrated and one impact realm cannot adequately be considered in isolation.

Wong Chung Yiu. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 56-59). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / List of Appendices / Chapter Chapter 1. --- Introduction / Chapter Chapter 2. --- Literature Review / Chapter 2.1 --- Literature Review on Tourism / Chapter 2.2 --- Literature Review on Production Externalities / Chapter 2.3 --- Literature Review on Unemployment / Chapter Chapter 3. --- The Basic Model and Elfects of Tourism / Chapter 3.1 --- The Basic Model / Chapter 3.2 --- Effects of Tourism on Residents' Welfare / Chapter 3.3 --- Concluding Remarks / Chapter Chapter 4. --- "Tourism, Unemployment and Residents.' Welfare" / Chapter 4.1 --- The Model / Chapter 4.2 --- EU'ects of Tourism on Residents' Welfare / Chapter 4.3 --- Concluding Remarks / Chapter Chapter 5. --- "Tourism, Capital Accumulation and Welfare" / Chapter 5.1 --- The Model / Chapter 5.2 --- "Effects of Tourism on Residents"" Welfare" / Chapter 5.3 --- Concluding Remarks / Chapter Chapter 6. --- Concluding Remarks / References / List of Appendices / Chapter A.1 --- Stability condition in equations (36) and (51) / Chapter A.2 --- Comparative statics in equation (60) / Chapter A.3 --- dPN/dΔ and dK/dΔ in equations (68) and (69) / Chapter A.4 --- Solutions of the system (**)

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In my thesis, I will entertain the issue of a travel agency, which will target Chinese tourists. Travel agency will be called Golden Dragon and will be offering two products - classic tour and vaccation where consumers will be able to choose everything from the menu. The thesis will first focus on the theoretical basis on how to prepare a business plan and then I will apply the theory to design a travel agency. Then I will analyze the market of tourism from China leading shopping behavior of Chinese tourists, trends in the industry and the provinces which leaves most tourists abroad. I will also address the competition of Czech travel agencies, but mainly large Chinese tour operators, who in the Czech Republic carries 90% of travelers. The aim is to evaluate the success of the project agency for Chinese tourists, especially after reading the financial plan shows that the project is viable. Expected project success is also due to the fact that we speak directly to Chinese tourists through partner in China, so we have higher margin on each trip than the competition, which has a long distribution chain. We also offer a unique product to individual tourists, the tourism sector, which is growing a year by tens of percent and to promote our services and products we use very popular Chinese social networks.