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 Welcome Note
WELCOME to IFT (Institute for Tourism Studies)!
Institute for Tourism Studies (IFT) is a public institution of higher education that falls under the governance of
the Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture of the Macao Special Administrative Region Government,
People’s Republic of China. It is the first tourism education institution certified by the United Nations World
Tourism Organization’s Themis TedQual (Tourism Education Quality) system.
IFT offers degree and professional programmes in a wide range of tourism-related disciplines such as
hospitality, tourism business, heritage, events, retail and marketing, leisure and entertainment, sports and
recreation, creative and cultural studies, and culinary arts. IFT also delivers various programmes at the
executive and postgraduate levels in partnership with leading tourism schools in the world. The Institute is
entrusted by the local authorities to conduct policy level research related to tourism planning and
development.
The mission of IFT is to become an international tertiary institution of choice for tourism and service industry
studies. Not only for the benefits of Macao, but also for the Asia Pacific region, it will equip students with
professional knowledge and technical competence in preparation for their future leadership responsibilities in
the industry. In order to fulfil the above mission, the Institute has the following three characteristics:
1. Unique Identity – The Institute operates independently, specialising in providing higher education and
professional training in tourism and service industry management.
2. Integration – It blends the best approaches of academic development and professional training.
3. Internationalisation – It seeks mutually beneficial cooperation with similar institutions abroad, actively
promoting international learning experience among faculty and students.
Being a student member of this Institute, you may be eager to know more about it, to get acquainted with
other students, to participate in student’s/Institute’s activities and to make good use of the learning
opportunities and available facilities. Equally, however, you are required to understand the rules and
regulations concerning your studies and various types of activities.
This Student Handbook is an annual publication which serves as an information directory to answer the
questions you may have during your studies at Tourism College (TC). Should you encounter any difficulties,
please do not hesitate to contact Technical and Academic Support Division

Tourism Review

Tourism Review aims to contribute to a deeper understanding of tourism as an interdisciplinary phenomenon and to provide insights into developments, issues and methods in tourism research. As the official journal of AIEST, the International Association of Scientific Experts in Tourism, it promotes an exchange of scientific concepts and research findings across different cultures and language barriers as well as serving as a platform of results, in particular, for young researchers

Once you are there, the vastness of the halls sweeps your breath away. Imagine a secret city lurking inside a sprawled Javanese cradle, Yogyakarta Keraton or Sultan Palace shimmers and fascinates culture buffs who desire to discover precious authenticity, irreplaceable heritages that can never be out of date. Established in the eighteenth century and still stood erect until present, Keraton nowadays has become a tourism gem as well as Sultan's faithful comfortable residence. Open from Monday to Friday, non sovereigns are invited to find exotic opulence like nowhere else in the world.

Few facts about Keraton may instill a frown on one's forehead. The well-thought philosophy challenges ancient great Greek thinkers who much excelled in bewildering concepts and ideas. For one thing, the location of Keraton is a result after overwrought consideration and accurate calculation. Keraton's centre, Yogyakarta obelisk, Mount Merapi, and Parangtritis Beach are set on one straight line that proposes a local belief theorizing how mystic creatures from the north volcano mountain and the south coast shall assist Sultan's ruling. West to east sides are two undulating rivers, Code and Winongo, which prevent any flood drenching the ostentatious palace. To perfect it all, a common perception takes account that previous civilizations used to perceive Yogyakarta as the universe and Keraton stays as the centre of all.

To run the gamut of Keraton's beauty is not as simple as it seems. The one storey architecture upholstered with brilliant Javanese d�cor covers a stretching territory that includes two ample public parks, alun-alun, a spacious open garden and an extended backyard. Two-meter high walls envelop Sultan's private residential area where visitors are now permitted to explore partially for enjoyment. As one penetrates through layers of layers inside the majestic yet lonely building, plush adornment complemented with ornate carvings beckons clueless eyes who are hungry for swanky, endearing surprises.

You could, if you want to, saunter in Bangsal Kencana (the main hall) where Sultan's authoritative seat lies. Plenty of priceless gamelans along with antiques and heirlooms loiter luminously, making you wish to take one back home as a rare souvenir. Equally captivating, Bangsal Prabayeksa (the weaponry hall) exudes decorated Javanese spears, blades, and shields  a few valuable collections of rare keris, mystical daggers, are also exposed, minus their supernatural powers. There are still more enchanting curios to come when you delve into the Carriage Museum. A gift far from Netherlands often leaves visitors staring, scrutinizing the immaculate sparkling details. The two glittering horse-carriages, Kereta Kencana, have always been the alluring magnet that renders how well respected Yogyakartan Sultan is in the eyes of western countries.

Before stepping out from Keraton, it is quite interesting to count how many gates available in Sultan's home. The total number of nine is said to correspond to human's body holes noted in a vernacular saying of babahan hawa sanga. Most locals would advise that the best time for a visit to Keraton is when Shadow Puppet show takes place. All gamelans will echo out their hypnotizing melodies, tuning you on to an oldtime performance which dates back to eons ago. One interesting feature Shadow Puppet show has in accordance to most contemporary entertainments is that it goes all night long.

 WONDERFUL YOGYAKARTA in INDONESIA

The area of the city of Yogyakarta is 32.5 km². While the city spreads in all directions from the kraton (the Sultan's palace), the core of the modern city is to the north, centring around Dutch colonial-era buildings and the commercial district. Jalan Malioboro, with rows of pavement vendors and nearby market and malls, is the primary shopping street for tourists in the city, while Jalan Solo, further north, is a shopping district more frequented by locals. At the southern end of Malioboro, on the east side is the large local market of Beringharjo, not far from Fort Vredeburg a restored Dutch fort.
At Yogyakarta's centre is the kraton, or Sultan's palace. Surrounding the kraton is a densely populated residential neighbourhood that occupies land that was formerly the Sultan's sole domain. Evidence of this former use remains in the form of old walls and the ruined Taman Sari, built in 1758 as a pleasure garden. No longer used by the sultan, the garden had been largely abandoned. For a time, it was used for housing by palace employees and descendants. Reconstruction efforts began in 2004, and an effort to renew the neighbourhood around the kraton has begun. The site is a developing tourist attraction.
Nearby to the city of Yogyakarta is Mount Merapi. The northern outskirts of the city run up to the southern slopes of the mountain in Sleman Regency (Indonesian language–Kabupaten). Gunung Merapi (literally Mountain of Fire in Indonesian/Javanese), is an active Stratavolcano located on the border between Central Java and Yogyakarta, Indonesia. It is the most active volcano in Indonesia and has erupted regularly since 1548. The volcano last erupted in November 2010.

Hombo (Jump), in Nias,Indonesia, (stone jumping)

When we talk about nias then direct our minds to imagine a man dressed in local traditional're hovering over a pile of rocks composed of more than 2 meters tall. Things to jump a stone or fahombo tourism is a mainstay of the island of Nias. Discuss this we would not want to go back to the long history of community cultural trip nias.

Centuries ago, the island of Nias, located to the west of Sumatra, which consists of several areas governed by the landlord or warlords as high noble, noble status was not a hereditary position, the position that they get with a party host community or owasa. So the more often they held owasa then the higher the eternal and their position in the public eye, and the cost of hosting a party a party they get from the spoils of war.

To win the war nobles would need the backing of powerful forces, so that at a certain time they open up opportunities for young men to become soldiers. For men become soldiers or members of the defense forces is an honor, earning a better than ordinary people and open up future opportunities to make their good fortune when a nobleman, reaching the position of the noble as well.

Determine the suitability of a man becomes a soldier, not only determined by the ability of the standard, or just the physical form of martial arts and sciences black, but the final determination, they are tested must be able to jump over a 2.3 m-high stone structure, without touching the surface slightest.

In times past, this selection event was held specifically and lasted so festive, as if a festival, people flocked from far away to watch the young men jumped over a stone each show skill and attempt to be the most good. For the girls this event is an arena of worship and praise the men's dream and also vice versa, for the men who pass the test soon became the idol of girls. For those who already have a candidate, soon he proposed marriage to her choice, which still singles have a chance of getting a wife. So fahombo finally shifted its meaning, as if implying anyone who managed to jump over the composition of the rock and deserve to be called adult married.

Fahombo now become a tourist attraction and not only do young man, even a decrepit old man may even jump. Fahombo also no longer be an excellent selection of men's dream of the girls, they prefer a man who has a cult car, motorcycle or at least a civil servant or a motorcycle.

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