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Goosebumps. Original series volume 27
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English
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Sue and her brother Eddie get separated from their London tour group and get locked in a gloomy prison tower.
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Pub. Date
2014
Language
Español
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España es una potencia turística mundial y Grant Thornton ha querido poner de relieve la importancia de este sector en la economía española con un libro de 25 entrevistas a los máximos directivos de empresas representativas del turismo y de otros sectores estrechamente ligados a él, para reflexionar sobre su experiencia y visión de futuro. Todo nuevo bajo el sol pretende destacar el potencial de crecimiento de la economía relacionada...
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©[2016]
Language
English
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"The unique book presents cutting-edge knowledge and research related to strategic winery tourism and winery management. It highlights the major theories on strategic winery tourism and winery management and encompasses a variety of topics ranging from strategic winery tourism development to winery tasting room management. With chapters written by academic researchers and winery industry professionals, the purpose of the book is to explore the theoretical...
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Pub. Date
2002, ©1987
Language
English
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The Holiday Makers is thought-provoking and profound in its analysis of the present and future patterns of work and leisure. The author analyses the different forms of tourism, examines the effects on the indigenous countries and their people, and outlines positive steps to reconcile people's holiday requirements with the world's economic and social structures.
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2013.
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English
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"Travel is no longer a past-time but a colossal industry, arguably one of the biggest in the world and second only to oil in importance for many poor countries. One out of 12 people in the world are employed by the tourism industry which contributes $6.5 trillion to the world's economy. To investigate the size and effect of this new industry, Elizabeth Becker traveled the globe. She speaks to the Minister of Tourism of Zambia who thinks licensing...
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"Imagine yourself in a schoolroom in one of the most remote regions of one of the most hard-to-reach countries on earth. Nepal. The Lower Mustang region to be exact. To reach it takes a 14-hour flight from New York to Doha, Qatar. Then four hours by air to Kathmandu. Transfer at one of the world's most dangerous airports to a 90-minute flight to Pokhara, followed by a jarring, eight-hour Jeep ride over a vertiginous dirt road - one side is a mountain...
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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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With his wife and daughter, Cook travels across the globe in search of darkness--from Lourdes to Ghana, from San Francisco to Verdun, from the monumental, mechanised horror of Auschwitz to the intimate personal grief of a shrine to dead infants in Kamukura, Japan. Along the way he reflects on what these sites may teach us, not only about human history, but about our own personal histories. During the course of a lifetime of traveling to some of earth's...
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[2017]
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English
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"For years, only trained astronauts were allowed to travel through space, but now lots of companies are creating spacecraft that will allow regular people to experience space for themselves. World View Enterprises wants to take people to near space using a helium balloon. And Virgin Galactic has already sold hundreds of tickets for a ride on its Unity spacecraft. But is this kind of space travel safe? Will these new spacecraft be able to get off...
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Pub. Date
2008.
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English
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An essential resource for the next generation of travel: a liberating, responsible, and inspirational guide to resorts, hotels, cruises, and adventure. Travel habits today are changing: airlines are investing in greener fuels, carbon offset programs are gaining in popularity, and people increasingly are looking for alternative travel means and destinations. So far, books on green travel have been mere destination guides, with little space given to...
13) How to make a spaceship: a band of renegades, an epic race, and the birth of private space flight
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English
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Alone in a spartan black cockpit, test pilot Mike Melvill rocketed toward space. He had eighty seconds to exceed the speed of sound and begin the climb to a target no civilian pilot had ever reached. He might not make it back alive. If he did, he would make history as the world's first commercial astronaut. The spectacle defied reason, the result of a competition dreamed up by entrepreneur Peter Diamandis, whose vision for a new race to space required...
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Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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"Based on the latest science and featuring first-person accounts from experts in the field, this book is chock-full of opportunities for science and technology lessons. With kid-sized bursts of text ... [and] photographs of everyday life on actual space flights"--Amazon.com.
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Pub. Date
[2007]
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English
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Filled with hard science and fascinating scenarios, this fun, fresh book for would-be space travelers paints a dizzying picture of the realities of outer space, including zero gravity, equipment failure, and possible profound readjustment difficulties after returning to Earth.-- Publisher
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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For ten years, Yona has been stuck behind a desk as a coordinator for Jungle, a travel company specializing in vacation packages to destinations devastated by disaster and climate change. Her work life is uneventful until trouble arises in the form of a predatory colleague. To forestall any disruption of business-as-usual, Jungle makes Yona a proposition: a paid "vacation" to the desert island of Mui. But Yona must pose as a tourist and assess whether...
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"Take a trip into orbit with the most up-to-date information on space tourism. With a STEM-focused sidebars, engaging photos, and fascinating facts, this book enables readers to explore the exciting space tourism industry--no astronaut training needed!'-- Provided by publisher.
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Pub. Date
2000
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English
Description
'Advertising in Leisure and Tourism' brings together the current thinking in this area, via extensive international case studies, to provide a critical appraisal of the potential of advertising in leisure and tourism. Arranged in three parts, the book introduces the role of advertising, evaluating its relationship within other aspects of tourism and leisure marketing; the techniques used: advertising a range of products to key market segments; and...
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Pub. Date
©2011
Language
English
Description
The tourism industry in India is one of them most profitable industries in the country and contributes substantially to foreign exchange. Increased tourism in India has created jobs in a variety of related sectors, both directly and indirectly. Almost 20 million people are now working in the India's tourism industry. India's tourism is thriving, owing to a huge surge in both business and leisure travel by foreign and domestic tourists. Tourism Marketing...
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