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HOW ‘GREEN’ ARE THE TOURISTS VISITING ECO-TOURISM SPOTS AND STAYING IN RESORTS? A STUDY OF SELECTED RESORTS IN WAYANAD DISTRICT OF KERALA, INDIA
No full textIn the context of growing environmental awareness and emerging environmental concerns arising out of climate change-induced issues, the tourism industry has started transforming itself by making shifts in the strategies and the kinds of services they offer. In line with this, green tourism has been emerging as an innovative area in the field of tourism. But, for green tourism to be successful in every aspect of its being ‘greener’, the guests visiting resorts and tourist places as well as the Staffs including managers at different levels engaging the guests need to be ‘green’ in their behaviour. Drawing on data from 80 randomly selected visitors at certain chosen resorts from the Wayanad district of Kerala India reveals that only 24 per cent of the tourists are Fully Fledged Green Tourists (tourists satisfying the majority of the expected green behaviours considered in the study) whereas 29 per cent and 47 per cent are moderately and marginally green tourists respectively. Most worrying is the fact that the marginally green tourists appear to be the highest in percentage. This corroborates the argument that the tourists visiting resorts and tourist places need to be further greener in their behaviour and attitude
INSTITUTIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS INVOLVED IN TOURIST PROMOTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF SUCEAVA COUNTY
No full textThis article includes an analysis of some of the institutions, organizations, associations, departments involved in the promotion and development of tourism in Suceava county. It is necessary to develop a marketing program aimed at the creation, development and promotion of the Bucovina tourism brand
SUSTAINABLE COASTAL TOURISM IN GOA: DESTINATION PROBLEMS AND MANAGEMENT OPTIONS.
No full textCoastal tourism is the mainstay of Goa’s economy. The economic importance of Goa’s coastal tourism is unquestionable.But the main challenge of Goa’s coastal tourism is the conflict between the economic benefits tourism generates and its negative impact on the coastal environment. The present article analyses the economic, environment and socio -cultural impact of tourism on coastal sustainability of North Goa’s famous beaches on stakeholders. The study suggests steps to reduce the negative impact of tourism activities and develop sustainable coastal tourism thereby addressing the research gap on coastal tourism sustainability.Using a convenience sample of 150 coastal stakeholders and applying a 5-point Likert scale, mean and standard deviation, standard error, the paper finds that locals who gained economic benefits perceive coastal tourism to be sustainable and those who haven’t, perceive it to be unsustainable.But all the local stakeholders agreed that tourism has adversely affected the coastal environment as well as the socio-cultural sustainability. And, in the aftermath of the COVID 19 pandemic, the economic sustainability is also under threat. For sustainable coastal tourism, environmental laws need to be stringently implemented and all stakeholders need to be proactive and sensitive towards their coastal areas
On One “Cheap Source” for Involvement of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the Inclusive Development of Georgia
No full textThe article raises the issue of providing business knowledge to IDPs, so that they can start a simple business on their own and no longer depend on receiving 45 GEL allowances from the budget. The author of the article recommends taking this measure in the IDP densely populated areas of Batumi, Tskaltubo and others, and shows their need for it to the municipal government; For this purpose, an initiative team should be set up in the local government, which will develop a business plan and consistently carry out the preparatory and basic work in terms of IDP training. The author of the article shows the stages of this work, the types of work, the period of execution and so on. In addition, the estimated costs compared to the amounts of social benefits granted to IDPs are shown. The author claims that if the land area of IDPs is increased and they are provided with agricultural machinery and are taught agribusiness, they will be self-employed and they will not need social benefits, on the contrary, they will be able to replace the products imported on the Georgian market with several products
GREEN MONETARY POLICY OF EUROPEAN UNION AND CANADA: AN INVESTIGATION
No full textThe greening monetary policy incorporates essential enduring policy decisions towards low carbon economy without deviating from the main functions of monetary policy. The challenges are safeguarding low carbon assets while the investors prefer carbon-intensive investments. European Central Bank of European Union and Bank of Canada in Canada are central banks and their priorities on greening monetary policy having different strategies and priorities. This paper investigates them
WASTE IN THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY: ROMANIA IN THE EU CONTEXT
No full textCurrently, the issue of waste is a priority both at the level of the European Union and at the level of many countries of the world. It is even more important as a special emphasis is placed on changing the current economic model with a sustainable one, that of the circular economy. In this context, in this paper we addressed the issue of waste in Romania in close connection with the European Union. The paper includes an overview of the waste situation in Romania, while seeking to determine a synthetic waste indicator, named the aggregate waste indicator (AWI). Based on this, a ranking of the member states of the European Union was made, thus identifying the place occupied by Romania in the field of waste. The calculation of the AWI was done by going through four stages: selecting the necessary indicators and establishing the time period, normalizing the statistical data, aggregating the indicators and calculating the AWI. The ranking for the 4 selected years did not include all the state members. The lack of statistical data for certain states led us to exclude them from the calculations. If in the first three years Romania was in the second part of the ranking, in the last year it managed to position itself on the 12th place. The situation is explained by the low recycling rates of waste in Romania. However, Romania recorded good values compared to the European average in terms of waste generated. The ranking highlighted the fact that the first position went to Austria (in the first three years), respectively to Lithuania. Estonia has consistently been in last place. It should also be noted that some states have either risen in the rankings or fallen
THE ECONOMIC FRAUDS
No full textThe economic frauds have been categorized separately from other crimes and criminal activity due to the use of fraud (and often conspiracy) to commit the crimes. The white collar or financial criminal has the same motive for crime,but through official position, status, sophistication, or professional acumen is able to effect the crime without the use of violence. White-collar crime contains several clear components. Financial or white-collar crime has a depth and breadth that is all consuming. It has a global dimension in all societies and all economies, to a greater or lesser extent. Developed countries, the third world, and emerging democracies are all subject to illegal business practices and fraud undermines the efforts of funding agencies across the world
Circular economy and sustainable business development
No full textThere are a lot of challenges that characterized modern economy such as COVID 19 pandemic, climate change, severe degradation of natural resources and a general negative impact on the global ecosystem is observed. Thus the old business models based on treatment nature as unlimited resource or that it can recover autonomously is no longer possible. So a lot of attention is according to sustainable development and different models to define better transition to circular economy. The concept of sustainable business development have to be examined more complexly and can be defined several alternative perspectives of development. In this order is important to take different decisions that must be analyzed and adapted to the dynamic environment in which companies operate. It was defined different definitions of the term sustainable development and some important features related to it was presented. Endeed terminology that characterized the sustainable development has become overwhelming important in order to avoid confusion, ambiguity and misconception. Describing sustainable business development, it is important to uderline three fundamental concepts, namely: economic growth, social equity and the specific abilities of natural systems to mantain dynamic balance. These three ideas are interconnected, but for the entrepreneurial mind their integration is still at an early stage. Undoubtedly, the implementation of the principles of sustainable development involves some obvious changes with an impact not only on enterprises, but also on management and entrepreneurial strategies as general concept. Currently, the business, for various reasons, is beginning to assume some responsibilities both for society and for the environment, and is trying to implement different new principles. But at the same time, business needs help and guidance in integrating the sustainable business development process
Analysis of the monetary policy of the European Union in the context of globalization
No full textThis paper approaches the impact of globalization on the monetary policy of the European Union by comparing the data available both on the official website of the World Bank and on the website of the European Union (Eurostat) in order to establish the global influences of inflation with how these indicators evolve with those at the level of the European Union. Also, the paper highlights the impact of globalization in economic life in terms of monetary policy of the European Union, as well as the degree of fulfillment of the objectives proposed within this policy. Thus, the most important indicators of monetary policy were analyzed, namely: the inflation rate, the interest rate, as well as the level of direct investments, as well as their evolution worldwide compared to the indicators from the European Union. To analyze the impact of globalization on these indicators I will use graphs that will reveal their evolution, and with their help I will determine the degree of influence of globalization. In this regard, I consider important to analyze how the indicators within the monetary policy of the European Union have evolved, as well as the contribution of globalization to the specific objectives of monetary policy so as to demonstrate that globalization influences both directly and indirectly the decisions that are taken within the monetary policy of the European Union for a more stable economy
RELATION BETWEEN THE POLITICAL FACTOR AND THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: SURVEY AT THE LEVEL OF THE DOROHOI MUNICIPALITY CITY HALL IN BOTOȘANI COUNTY
No full textControversial subject and not obsolete in scientific research in the field, the relation of the political factor with public administration is indestructible, both sectors having shared roles in carrying out the activity at the level of the public institution. The purpose of this micro-research is to analyze the opinions of human resources in the public institution on the influence that politics can have on administrative activity, with particularization at the City Hall of Dorohoi Municipality in Botosani County. Asking both elected officials and civil servants and contract staff in the institution about the positive or negative role of the political factor in their activity, from the interpretation of the answers, we found: most respondents perceive a close link between the two spheres - politics and administration; human resources expertise serves politicians in the public policy process; approximately equal weights for respondents who state either that the actions taken in their position are the effect of the decisions of political actors or deny this influence; either claim that in the performance of their duties they feel pressured under the influence of the political factor or declare that they do not feel compelled to act in a certain way in the performance of their duties; the political factor contributes moderately to the non-respect of the rights of the staff in the public institution; in relation to the dissatisfaction that the political factor may generate among the staff of the public institution, the respondents either declare themselves dissatisfied or have a neutral position