英語博士談雅思(英文)

Social and cultural impacts of tourism in Cyprus

　　In Cyprus, hospitality forms an integral part of the culture, and the people have a welcoming attitude towards foreigners. Furthermore, the society's culture emphasizes ideologies and value systems which attach great importance to individual achievement. As the tourist policy followed by the Cyprus Government and the tourists come mainly from Europe, tourism has not had as marked an adverse effect on the values and attitudes of Cypriot society as may otherwise have been the case. In certain areas, such as Ayia Napa, however, the influx of large numbers of tourists has influenced social behavior and social values, and caused a certain amount of antagonism. Bryden suggests that:

　　There may be a relationship between tourism density, expressed in the annual numbers of tourists as a proportion of the population...and the growth of resentment towards tourists. The inference here is that tourism density is an indicator of the degree of confrontation between tourists and indigenes and that this confrontation gives rise to the resentment of tourists.?

Table 1 Contact ratio values, 1985

Area

 Contact ratio

 Annual average

 Peak day value

Limassol

 19.5

 7.3

Larnaca

 24.4

 13.9

Ayia Napa/Paralimni

 17.7

 1.5

Paphos

 17.7

 10.8

Hill resorts

 43.0

 16.6

Total

 18.0

 9.5

　　The concept of 'tourism density' is thus used as a measure of 'social carrying capacity'which Mathieson and Wall define as 'host peoples' levels of tolerance for the presence and behavior of tourists. An alternative measure used by Andronikou is the 'contact ratio', which is the inverse of tourism density that is the ratio of the local population to tourist population. Now, wherea

【英語博士談雅思(英文)】相關文章：

雅思寫作經驗談05-04

雅思考試創始人談英語學習05-04

雅思英語05-04

英語雅思作文05-25

英語雅思作文05-25

博士英文自我介紹03-07

談《內經》的英文譯名05-02

博士面試英文自我介紹04-26

博士英文面試自我介紹06-08

談大學英文寫作教學04-29