Since the dawn of civilization, people have groped for answers to the basic economic questions of what, how, and for whom to produce. How people chose to answer these universal questions shaped the course of history, ...

The origin of tourism dates back to the end of the 18th century when the western tradition organized travels to support infrastructure and sight-seeing in the cities of ancient Greece and Rome. In the 21st century modern ...

Firms are major economic institutions in market economies. They come in all shapes and sizes, but have the following common characteristics: g Owners. g Managers. g Objectives. g Apoolofresources(labour,physicalcapi ...

Immovable cultural heritages represent past human life that links the past, present, and future landscapes. Protection and preservation of authenticity and integrity of these built heritages is a major challenge in the ...

Relating to human resource function, compensation (often referred to as pay, wage, salary) is the monetary and non-monetary reward offered to an employee in exchange of their contribution to labour. The contributions can ...

The term sustainability has been in existence since human beings existed but the term only become commonly used in the late 20th century when the issue of human induced impacts have increased hence the need to protect the ...

Wildlife in Kenya is both a national resource and a key source of revenue for the government. Wildlife and tourism are interdependent and essential sectors in Kenya’s socio-economic development agenda. This chapter reviews ...

Cultural heritage expresses the way of life of a community over generations. It answers questions through research and archives of the remains of the past for scientific and historic purposes. Cultural heritage has survived ...

Climate change remains one for the greatest challenge facing humanity in the 21st century and beyond. Whereas the impact of climate change cuts across all sectors of the economy climate sensitive industries like tourism ...