Tourism is an industry which is heavily dependent on marketing. Mouth to mouth communication has played a major role in shaping a number of destinations.This is particularly true in modern parlance.This is social networking phenomenon which is fast spreading over the internet .Many sites provide visitors a lot of freedom to express their views.Promotion of a destination depends lot on conversation and exchange of information over these social networks.This paper analyses the social networking sites their contribution to marketing tourism and hoapitality .The negetive impacts phenomena are also discussed
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Indian Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Management Vol.11 No.2 Dec 2010
The concept of social clause has
been accepted in the GATT
agreement to prescribe the
labour standards. Social clause
, $tands for protecting labour
standards, more specificalfy
prohibition of employment of
children in hazardous industries,
providing adequate wages.
healthy and hygienic working
conditions, special social welfare
protection for women,
prescription of hours of work and
rest and provision for efficacious
remedy in case of default by
employer to provide these
conditions to his workers.
The greatest damage inflicted by the recent recession has not necessarily been financial but emotional and psychological. There are a lot of direct and indirect societal challenges ,changes and oppurtunuties that were brought by recession everywhere including in India. In this paper an attempt is made to analyse such societal changes challenges and oppurtunities.
Ethnic/Minority entrepreneur is a business owner who does not represent the
majority population of a country. Ethnic/Minority entrepreneurship can bring benefits
to individual, society, region, economy, and globe too. So, understanding the importance
of ethnic/minority entrepreneurship will really be useful to all the stakeholders. The
unique culture and value system of ethnic minorities are the most wanted characteristics
for any successful entrepreneur in general. Many industrial nations like U.S, U.K.,
Germany, etc. have utilised the ethnic minorities to build their economy. The future
of the minority businesses looks bright as the world economy is booming, availability
of experienced and already successful minority entrepreneurs as role models, and
institutional support services. In this paper, literature relating to the benefits of ethnic
and minority entrepreneurship is reviewed to understand its magnitude of benefits.
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Vol V. Issue 2. October 2009, "Indigenous Practices in Entrepreneurship -