Essay Instructions: TOURISM IN NEW AFTER SEPTEMBER 11
LOOKING AT SECTORS THAT MAKE TOURISM SUCH AS RESTAURANTS, HOTELS, SHOPPING, AIRLINES, AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR. THIS REQUIRES INTERVIEWS AND QUESTIONNAIRES TO BE PUT IN THE APPENDICES.
This dissertation needs to be 10,000 words (36 pages) excluding bibliography. Appendices must be an ADDITIONAL 2,250 words (9 pages) and present my research, detailing my theory, methodology, data collection, analysis, results, and conclusion. Written submission will be assessed on the following:
-Aims Clarity of definition of research objectives
Application of area of enquiry to business environment
-Research Methodology Specification/Justification of Methodology
Identification/use of appropriate primary/secondary resources
Review past literature
Conceptual, theoretical and empirical level
-Analysis and Conclusions Understanding of subject
Evidence of objectivity and independence of thought
Success in achieving research objectives
Quality of analysis
Validity and reliability of conclusions
- Form and Style Structure
Logical progression
Clarity of expression
Acknowledgement of sources/ bibliography
LAYOUT: Word processed on A4 on one side
Times new roman 12pt, double spacing
Margins of 2.5cm on left and right, header 2cm, footer 2cm
Preliminary pages unnumbered, pagination begins with the first page of text proper
Need to include word count( excluding bibliography and appendices)
PLEASE INCLUDE MY NAME (JIMMY METTA) AT THE BOTTOM OF EVERY PAGE
REFERENCING: all written work must include bibliography, a list of relevant items I consulted, including those not directly referred to in the text including books, articles and web pages
all written work should follow the Harvard system of referencing
use Author''s name and year of publication to refer to a document
include page numbers if making direct quotations
The structure of my project should follow these lines:
-Abstract
-Table of contents
-Introduction (Introduction, Personal motivation for choice of topic, Potential readership, Central research question, Research objectives)
-Literature review
-Methodology (inductive approach, preliminary research, secondary & primary research, interviews, designing interviews, candidates, points that should have been improved, external influences etc)
- Results
-Analysis
-Recommendation for further studies on this topic
-Bibliography
-Appendices
obviously charts, figures tables would definitely need to be included as well as Dedication Page , Acknowledgments Page. But I don''t want to make it look so professional it''s obvious it wasn''t me, I want to look " amazing but not too amazing" I hope I''m not being to vague, but I hope you understand what I mean.
Anyway to help you further below is a research proposal that I wrote for my college to explain what I will be doing, hopefully giving you a clearer picture.
PROPOSAL
?What are the effects on people?s behaviors and tourism in New York city after September 11th?
BACKGROUND
Over the past few months, I have been more and more certain that the choice of my topic has been the right one. Initially, I was unsure about the topic due to its complexity of factors that contribute to this matter, factors that have economic roles, political roles, socio- cultural roles etc. But, narrowing down my research content will allow me to focus on what has interested me the most: ?what particular sectors in New York have been damaged the most due to the lack of presence of tourism?.
We could be talking about the usual leisurely activities such as dining in restaurants, playing sports in a leisure club, going to a disco, gambling in a casino etc etc
All these fields will be analyzed and given a thorough examination individually to allow us to draw up a set of conclusion into how this horrible tragedy on September 11 has changed the usage of shops, restaurants bars and so on.
Evidence of such downward trend has been shown clearly across the board by major American banks, which entitle investors to look at specific industries and their performance as a whole. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter states that the events of September 11 pose an unprecedented challenge to the American business community.
This massive terrorist act has inflicted panic, low self-confidence amongst the American citizens and investors who choose to make a living by providing services for others. However, the destruction of the World Trade Centre and the attack on the Pentagon reveal the immediate dangers facing all Americans as a result of terrorism.
For example, air travel has plunged, layoffs in the aviation industry have spread rapidly and virtually all carriers confront a threat of bankruptcy. Therefore, such acts have caused businesses as well as whole industries to make massive losses due to the lack of usage of the services offered by these businesses, which make New York City.
The sheer scale of physical and economic damage from the terrorist attacks have been compared to even the most devastating natural disaster of recent years in the US.
New York city faces the following challenges:
v The scale of devastation, with damages in New York estimated in the tens of billions of dollars, entire square blocks uninhabitable, and 30 million square feet of office space rendered unusable or destroyed.
v Its disruption of global air travel, daily commuting in a major metropolitan area, and routine business operations;
v Its reach, having implications that have touched all Americans and extend throughout the world
v It?s potential to have an impact on the international economy for a significant period of time.
Hence, I will look at all the statistics offered, so that I can demonstrate how all the damage that has occurred has disrupted major industries in the US, devastated properties that perform and contribute greatly o the American economy.
RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
My research objectives should leave the reader in no doubt as to precisely what it is that my research seeks to achieve, they are the following:
v To identify the damage made on that tragic day by displaying charts and graphs whilst looking at businesses and industries.
v To establish which businesses have been completely ruined, consequently ruining the industry,
v To examine how this will change people?s perspective of doing business in the future and whether they are cynical of starting a new business in a busy city like New York.
v To evaluate people?s behavioral changes and whether they believe that day will have an impact on the rest of their life. I will encourage people to discuss with me their weekly typical life and compare it with an average week a year ago for example.
v To examine how this business loss and slowdown has affected the global economy by looking at various industries individually.
v To draw clear conclusions on what will need to be done to change things back to the way things were or whether there is a chance things will never be the same and whether the city?s structure is debatable to permanent change.
METHOD OF RESEARCH
Inevitably, to arrive to clear conclusions for this topic, it is important to draw a plan of every single attribute that will help me deliver an answer. This plan needs to be followed and revised frequently in order to get the best methodologies available.
Due to the nature of this topic and its complexity, it is vital to abstract as much knowledge a possible, this includes data, charts, literatures, journals, interviews and questionnaires and so on. Preferably these attributes will need to be developed fully in order to gain as much response a possible. For example in the case of an interview, I will need to ask the right questions whilst making sure they are directly relevant to my topic, keeping in mind that I am seeking various objectives.
Questionnaires for example will be handed out on the streets for quick answers, this way I will be able to get as many samples as possible. Quick, clear questions will be asked expecting short and precise answers. After that, I will draw up graphs that illustrate interesting points about people?s opinions and lifestyles.
Clearly, assessing people?s opinions will not be easy as they might feel differently than others in terms of the drastic changes that have occurred in their lives, therefore it will be interesting to see how citizens from New York feel compared to people from Los Angeles, whether they feel and act differently since the incident. It is important to understand that I will be analysing tourists as well as national citizens because then we will have a clear view and analysis of how people?s lives have changed, whether tourists feel threatened just in New York or in other countries equally, whether it?s the simple act of terrorism that affects them and not the city specifically.
Therefore, this thesis will be based on people in New York as well as tourists visiting New York, because it?s the actual impact on people and their behaviour that is very interesting. So, I intend to abstract as much knowledge as possible, by looking at the important statistics of businesses and consumers.
As for the particular sectors that I will be analyzing, I feel it is more appropriate to discuss relevant sectors which have changed deeply due to this tragic incident. Restaurants, shops, airports, investments, hotels are some of many aspects that I will be analyzing to arrive to some answers, but whilst analysing the changes I will hope to arrive to some estimations for what lies ahead for these businesses and whether they will be altered for good. It is with the help and cooperation of employees in companies, shops, restaurants and hotels that I will gradually start to see some answers approaching me.
Banks will play a vital role for this dissertation as analysts examine all the effects that have changed in the economy, thereby allowing me to follow their expectations and estimates to further develop my answers.
I have chosen a few major investment banks for this aspect of the thesis, to assist me with their thoughts on various sectors and whether investors truly see opportunity for development in those sectors. For example, the airline industry is in a state of depression due to people feeling threatened by terrorists or safety issues, this lead to layoffs of employees, companies going bankrupt with little hope that the industry will come back soon. However, speaking to bankers, I will get an idea of how investors are reacting and whether they are optimistic or pessimistic of the sector, encouraging more people to fly with increased safety.
Each individual sector will be analysed by using as many sources as possible, to then find a trend that can lead us to an appropriate set of answer
NOTES
Questionnaires will need to come with appropriate names of people that have been interviewed ,date and time.
Please try to be as specific as possible with great detail, it is important that we convince the examiners of our research and points made.
Table of contents should come with page numbers and chapter numbers.
Tables and charts should be well developed and well placed to prove one''s point.
Please make sure full referencing occurs.
Please don''t hesitate to add anything I have missed pointing out in adding as long as it answers the question. Any sector that you may want to add in this is up to you.
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