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What is the primary focus of anthropology in the context of tourism laws?
What is the primary focus of anthropology in the context of tourism laws?
Which of the following sciences is concerned with the study of the proper allocation of different resources?
Which of the following sciences is concerned with the study of the proper allocation of different resources?
What is the primary focus of environmental management in the context of tourism laws?
What is the primary focus of environmental management in the context of tourism laws?
Which of the following is NOT a branch of social science?
Which of the following is NOT a branch of social science?
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What is the primary focus of sociology in the context of tourism laws?
What is the primary focus of sociology in the context of tourism laws?
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What is the primary function of urban and environmental planning?
What is the primary function of urban and environmental planning?
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What is the term for internal characteristics that place a tourist spot at a disadvantage?
What is the term for internal characteristics that place a tourist spot at a disadvantage?
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What is the primary purpose of the SWOT matrix?
What is the primary purpose of the SWOT matrix?
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What is the term for external elements in the environment that can cause greater sales or profits for a tourism town?
What is the term for external elements in the environment that can cause greater sales or profits for a tourism town?
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What is the term for the system of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members?
What is the term for the system of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members?
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Study Notes
Tourism
- Involves activities of a person traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one year for leisure, business, and other purposes.
Science
- Systematized body of knowledge and pursuit of understanding of the natural and social world following a systematic methodology based on evidence.
Laws
- System of rules that a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and may enforce by imposition of penalties.
Society
- Organized group of persons associated together for religious, benevolent, cultural, scientific, political, patriotic, or other purposes.
Major Subdivisions of Sciences in Relation to Tourism Laws
Social Science
- Study of human society and its interaction with complex communities.
Social Sciences
- Philosophy: Study of truth, reasoning, logic, and practical wisdom.
- Politics: Study of government, leadership, institutional processes, national security, and power.
- Economics: Study of the proper allocation of different resources.
- History: Study of the collective past and factual events.
- Anthropology: Study of the evolution of man, including biological characteristics, customs, beliefs, and traditions, and social system processes.
- Sociology: Study of the behavior of different groups, organizations, associations, institutions, and families.
- Psychology: Study of individual human behavior and mental progressions.
- Geography: Study of the physical features of the earth and its atmosphere.
- Environmental Management: Social and natural science that deals with preservation of natural resources.
Humanities
- Languages and Literature: Principal method of human communication consisting of words used in a structured and conventional way and conveyed by speech, writing, and gestures.
- Religion and Theology: Devotional acknowledgement and spiritual belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power.
- Law and Jurisprudence: System of rules that a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and may enforce by imposition of penalties.
- Music: Vocal or instrumental sounds combined in such a way as to produce beauty, form, harmony, expression, and emotions.
- Architecture: Involves designing and constructing structures.
- Interior Design: Art of creative internal designs of a house or building.
- Urban and Environmental Planning: Master planning that involves external landforms and spaces, includes economic functions and social impacts, and urban and rural communities.
SWOT Matrix
- Procedure of strategic analysis process, involving systematic and comprehensive assessment of external and internal factors that determine current condition and growth potential of societal development.
Strengths
- Internal characteristics that place the tourist spot at an advantage.
Weaknesses
- Internal characteristics that place the tourism spot or tourism activity at a disadvantage relative to others.
Opportunities
- External elements in the environment that can cause greater sales or profits for the tourism town, city, enterprise, government, society, or country.
Threats
- External elements in the environment that can cause trouble for the tourism town, city, enterprise, government, society, or country.
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Description
Explore the basics of Tourism, Science, and Laws, covering definitions and concepts of each field.
