Methods of tourist and recreational resources evaluation of dependent countries and territories of the world

Servis plus ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 54-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Олег Афанасьев ◽  
Oleg Afanasiev
Keyword(s):  
Social Economic ◽  
High Standard ◽  
French Polynesia ◽  
Domestic Market ◽  
Russian Science ◽  
Tourism Product ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Recreational Resources

Modern political map of the world has preserved many fragments of colonial empires, with various official political statuses. These areas, like any other, have their own tourist-recreational resources and attractive destinations that offer unique opportunities for tourists. The tourist potential of these political entities has not been studied both in the world and in the Russian science about tourism, in the domestic market of tourism they are unknown, and that’s why they are not in demand. However, these countries and territories are quite capable to compete with many well-known and “beaten” areas according to the quality of the service and the services, which they offer. The aim of this study was the attempt to develop methodology for comparative scoring evaluation of social-economic and recreational resources for 30 countries and dependent territories of the world. The relevance of this issue is due to current trends of growth of demand of consumers of tourist services at a unique, specific, safe and high-standard direction. Located away from mass tourist flows, or in the shadow of world-renowned destinations possessing significant recreational potential, dependent countries and territories may offer a fundamentally new tourism product for the domestic market. For comparative characteristics and evaluation of social-economic tourist and recreational resources of dependent countries the authors developed a scoring matrix that includes seven indicators, each of which is graded on a scale. According to the results of integrated assessment, all analyzed dependent countries and territories are united in five groups – ​with low, middle-low, medium, medium-high and high characteristics of touristrecreational resources. Almost all of the analyzed territories offer a wide range of tourist and entertainment services. Anguilla, Aruba, Bermuda, Puerto Rico, French Polynesia are different with particularly developed infrastructure.

Auto Markets in the World and Strategy of Japan’s Companies

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 1003-1008
Author(s):  
Hiroyuki Matsuoka ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Electric Vehicle ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Auto Industry ◽  
Domestic Market ◽  
Automatic Driving ◽  
The World ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Made In

In the world auto market, top three companies are VW(Volkswagen), Runault-Nissan-Mistubishi, and Toyota. About some selected countries and areas, China, England, Italy, Australia, Germany, Turkey, Russia, Sweden, USA, Brazil, UAE, Japan, Vietnam and Thailand are more competitive. However, the situation is different. Seeing monopolistic market countries and areas, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Korea, Malaysia, France, India, and Pakistan, in particular, the influence of Japan to Taiwan, India, and Pakistan is very big. But in Korea and France, their own companies’ brands occupy the market. In Japan domestic market, the overall situation is competitive. Almost all vehicles made in Japan are Japanese brand. From now on, we have to note the development of electric vehicle (EV) and other new technologies such as automatic driving and connected car. That is because they will give a great impact on the auto industry and market of Japan. Now Japan’s auto industry is going to be consolidated into three groups, Honda, Toyota group, and Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi group for seeking the scale merit of economy. Therefore, I will pay attention to the worldwide development of EV and other new technologies and the reorganization of auto companies groups.

Regional Multilateralism with Chinese Characteristics

2020 ◽  
pp. 313-340
Author(s):  
Srikanth Kondapalli
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
International Energy Agency ◽  
Investment Bank ◽  
Energy Agency ◽  
Chinese Characteristics ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Technology Control ◽  
Control Regime

While it is notable that China has become a member of almost all international organizations (excepting the OECD, International Energy Agency, and Missile Technology Control Regime), much less noticeable has been China’s steadily increasing involvement in regional multilateral organizations and groups of nations. As China has expanded its global footprint into literally every continent and part of the planet, Beijing has sought to join existing institutions in those regions—but what is particularly noteworthy is that China has stimulated and created a wide range of new organizations and regional groupings all around the world. That is what this chapter is about—China’s regional multilateralism. Such Chinese initiatives most notably include: the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Association of Southeast Asian Nations Plus China (ASEAN + 10), Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa (BRICS), Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), China–Arab States Cooperation Forum (CACF), China–Central and Eastern Europe Countries (CEEC), and a series of groupings in Latin America (China–Latin America Forum, China-Caribbean Economic and Trade Cooperation Forum, China–Latin America Common Market Dialogue, and China–Latin America Business Summit). China has been either the initiator of, or actively engaged in, the creation of all these groupings.

Lindernia crustacea (Malaysian false pimpernel).

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julissa Rojas-Sandoval
Keyword(s):  
French Polynesia ◽  
Wide Distribution ◽  
Rice Fields ◽  
Anthropogenic Habitats ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
Agricultural Weed ◽  
Wetland Habitats

Abstract L. crustacea is an herb including in the Global Compendium of Weeds where it is listed as environmental and agricultural weed (Randall, 2012). It has a wide distribution across tropical and subtropical regions of the world where it occurs in a wide range of wetland and some non-wetland habitats and is able to exploit anthropogenic habitats such as rice fields. Once established, this species has the potential to grow forming a mat up to 30 cm high. Currently, L. crustacea is listed as invasive in Hawaii, French Polynesia and Singapore (Wagner, 1999; Chong et al., 2009; Lansdown, 2011).

Reflections

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Jack Li
Keyword(s):  
Coronary Heart Disease ◽  
Heart Disease ◽  
Pharmaceutical Industry ◽  
Ldl Cholesterol ◽  
Bone Fractures ◽  
High Standard ◽  
Heart Attacks ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of

The story of statins is a success story for science (both basic and applied) and scientists (in both academia and industry). It contains one of the classic scientific and marketing battles in the history of the pharmaceutical industry. More important, it has been a great boon for the millions of patients who have benefited from statins in preventing coronary heart disease. The story of the statins is a triumph of the heart. Statins, a class of cholesterol-lowering drugs, have revolutionized the landscape of coronary heart disease treatment. Since Merck’s marketing of Mevacor in 1987, the world has benefited from statins in numerous ways. As a class of drugs, statins have set standards on numerous fronts in helping manage LDL cholesterol, one of the major risk factors for coronary heart disease. Statins set a high standard in efficacy, a high standard in safety, and a high standard in financial success for the patients, payers, and the pharmaceutical industry. Not only do statins greatly reduce cholesterol and lower mortality in people at risk for heart attacks, but some studies also suggest that they might help prevent or treat a wide range of ailments, including Alzheimer’s disease, multiple sclerosis, bone fractures, some types of cancer, macular degeneration, and glaucoma. The world has already benefited from the statins in many ways. Low is good, but lower is even better. Fifty years ago, the connection between cholesterol and coronary heart disease was still in question. Twenty years ago, the merit of lowering LDL cholesterol was not even unanimously agreed upon. Cholesterol drugs before the statins, such as resins, niacin, and fibrates, worked to some extent but were also seriously limited by their side effects. Thanks to the emergence of the statins, with Mevacor as the first on the market in 1987, all these questions on the relationship between cholesterol and coronary heart disease are answered beyond any shadow of doubt. Today, the statins have annual sales of more than $20 billion. Hundreds of millions of patients have benefited from statins by delaying and even preventing coronary heart disease.

scholarly journals TOURIST-RECREATIONAL RESOURCES OF JAPAN

2020 ◽  
pp. 16-25
Author(s):  
Nataliia Matviienko ◽  
Volodymyr Matviienko
Keyword(s):  
Social Practice ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Economic Resources ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Tourism Product ◽  
The World ◽  
High Level ◽  
Recreational Resources

The purpose of the study is to consider the features of tourist and recreational resources of Japan and to identify those types of tourism that are most developed on their basis. Method. The study was conducted in three stages: 1) preparation of the study (problem statement); 2) the stage of accumulation of scientific information: bibliographic search of scientific information, study of documents, main sources of the topic, compiling a review of the literature, the choice of aspects of research; 3) information processing (methods: comparative, statistical, scientific systematization); 4) analysis of the received information (interpretation of results, formulation of the general conclusions). Results. Tourist activity, as the main form of recreation, belongs to the types of social practice with a pronounced resource orientation. It is determined that tourist resources include everything that can be used to meet the needs of tourists. Three main groups of tourist and recreational resources of Japan are identified and analyzed: natural-recreational, cultural-historical and socio-economic resources. Within the group of natural and recreational resources, the geographical location, relief, climate, water, forest, flora and fauna resources and objects of the nature reserve fund are characterized. Emphasis is placed on the fact that the uniqueness of natural and recreational resources is due to the insularity of the country. Based on the analysis of cultural and historical resources, it was found that although Japan accepts Western standards of living, as a cultural region, it continues to be a unique and inimitable phenomenon. The high socio-economic standard of living has made the Japanese one of the most traveling nations in the world. The main socio-economic resources that contribute to the development of tourism in Japan – the level of socio-economic development of the country, demographic and infrastructural resources. It is determined that Japan has unique tourist and recreational resources that determine the specifics of its tourism product. She skillfully attracts them to improve the country's image in the world tourism market. It was found that the country attracts a large number of tourists with exotic nature, cultural monuments and a high level of infrastructure development, especially transport accessibility. It is determined that taking into account the trends of world tourism and the uniqueness of available tourist and recreational resources in Japan, the following types of tourism have developed: health, medical, environmental, skiing, beach, cultural and educational and business. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the modern analysis of the peculiarities of the tourist potential of Japan and the characteristics of the predominant types of tourism. The practical significance of the study is determined by the possibility of using the results of the article, both by travel agencies to form a tourism product and by potential tourists to understand the specifics of recreation in the country, as well as for educational purposes.

scholarly journals The Economic Lever of Geopolitical Transformations

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 74-78
Author(s):  
N. N. Kulakova
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Political Event ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
Political Events ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
Subjective Factor ◽  
Destructive Processes ◽  
Almost All

An analysis of the various aspects of one of the most significant disasters of the 20th century — the collapse of the USSR for many decades will be of interest to researchers of different scientific fields and schools. Representatives of almost all branches of humanitarian knowledge — historians, sociologists, political scientists, and merely indifferent people whose fate was directly affected by this epoch-making event, seek to comprehend the history of the death of the USSR, to understand the essence of destructive processes, to find answers to the question about the premises, causes, mechanisms and consequences of the collapse of the first socialist state in the world. By now, there are a large number of journalistic materials not burdened by the source research or analytical assessment. Scientific research, as a rule, belongs to the pen of historians, however, even here the analysis of the causes of the death of the largest state on the world stage is primarily affected by the subjective factor, ideological bias, and the involvement of the authors of the works in political events. In an attempt to answer the question, many contradictory theories have been put forward, including conspiracy theories explaining the “secret springs” of the death of the Soviet Union. However, such a multifaceted political event, caused by a wide range of reasons, which marked the beginning of a new round of Russian history and the foundation of our days, is practically not explored from the standpoint of economic analysis, competition, and the struggle for the sales market action. The author does not set as his task a comprehensive study of such a multifaceted problem — the problem of the death of the USSR. The article presents an attempt to identify the economic component and recall the tragic consequences of the death of the Soviet Union. The work substantiates the point of view according to which the problem of the dialectics of the collapse of a state of conscience needs a comprehensive, impartial and versatile study that can help find answers to today’s problematic questions.

Light-dependent green gall formation induced by Meloidogyne incognita

Nematology ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (8) ◽  
pp. 889-893 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hidetaka Nishiyama ◽  
Satoru Nakagami ◽  
Akihiko Todaka ◽  
Tetsuya Arita ◽  
Takashi Ishida ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Meloidogyne Incognita ◽  
Chloroplast Development ◽  
Light Treatment ◽  
Gall Formation ◽  
Root Knot Nematode ◽  
Tomato Plants ◽  
Tomato Roots ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
Almost All

Meloidogyne incognita is one of the most detrimental root-knot nematode pests in the world because of its wide range of hosts, infecting almost all plant species. Following infection, this nematode induces gall formation in the root. We have found that these induced galls turn green in tomato roots exposed to light. This gall greening was light-dependent and inhibited by auxin treatment. Chlorophyll was detected in these green galls, and chloroplasts were also observed in the root-knot region. Expression of the chlorophyll a/b-binding protein-4 gene was upregulated in the galls. These results indicate that light treatment induces chloroplast development in tomato plants infected with M. incognita during gall development.

scholarly journals Vino, turismo e innovación: las Rutas del Vino de España, una estrategia integrada de desarrollo rural

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 129
Author(s):  
Belén Miranda Escolar ◽  
Ricardo Fernández Morueco
Keyword(s):  
High Quality ◽  
Complementary Products ◽  
Agricultural Economy ◽  
Wine Tourism ◽  
Tourism Product ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Globalized World

The importance of the vineyard in the agricultural economy throughout history is unquestionable. The quest for quality wines in a market increasingly competitive and globalized world is a goal of all wine regions in the world. In this context, the effort to innovate and to  provide consumers more diversified  and complementary products to the wine itself has led to the creation of a wide range of wine tourism, articulated on many occasions about the so-called wine routes. With the aim to guarantee the visitor a  high quality tourism product, it has created the product Wine Routes of Spain, based on  the  idea that wine can be defined as a “territorial intensive product” (TIP) since it contains a strong reference in the territory in which it is produced.

scholarly journals Derris elliptica (tuba root).

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julissa Rojas-Sandoval
Keyword(s):  
French Polynesia ◽  
Secondary Forests ◽  
Cultivated Land ◽  
Tropical Regions ◽  
Natural Insecticide ◽  
Disturbed Areas ◽  
Fish Poison ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
Trees And Shrubs

Abstract Derris elliptica is a large and fast-growing climber that is cultivated primarily across tropical regions of the world for its roots, which are used as fish poison and as the source of the natural insecticide rotenone. This species is adapted to a wide range of climates and soil types and spreads sexually by seed and vegetatively by stem fragments. It has successfully escaped from cultivation to become naturalized principally in disturbed areas and secondary forests. D. elliptica often behaves as an aggressive weed and, once established, climbs over other trees and shrubs forming a dense canopy that smothers vegetation, fences, forests, pastures, plantations and cultivated land. D. elliptica is now listed as invasive in Fiji, French Polynesia, Hawaii, Palau, Japan and Cuba.

scholarly journals Realigning science, society and policy in uncertain times

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 200554
Author(s):  
Goverdhan Mehta ◽  
Henning Hopf ◽  
Alain Krief ◽  
Stephen A. Matlin
Keyword(s):  
Social Economic ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Central Importance ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Global Challenges ◽  
Science Society ◽  
Political Interference ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
Entire Planet

Against a backdrop of rapidly changing social, economic and geopolitical settings and ideologies, the world is facing a wide range of challenges, including in biodiversity, climate, energy, the environment, food, health and water. These can only be addressed by fully harnessing key capacities that science offers. However, there is a crisis of trust in science which affects some sections of society and some policy-makers, impairing the capacity of science to deliver its essential roles. This damaged relationship between science, society and policy has immense health, economic and social consequences and implications for sustainability of the entire planet. Scientists must strive collectively to re-establish trust by society and politicians where it is damaged, and reinforce conviction of science's central importance in underpinning policy. Science's roles must in turn be acknowledged by policies that sustain innovation and freedom to work without political interference or constraints. A well-functioning and trusting relationship between science, society and policy-makers offers a potent means to thwart and mitigate emergent global challenges.

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