Factors Affecting Tourism Destination Popularity

This assignment examines factors influencing the popularity of tourist destinations, such as cleanliness, amenities, hygiene, recognition, food, climate, transportation, and connectivity. It also delves into the positive impact of responsible tourism on host communities globally, emphasizing economic development, environmental sustainability, and community well-being.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
1.1 Analyse tourist destinations and generators of the world in terms of visitor numbers. . .3
1.2 Analyse statistics to determine tourism destination trends and predict future trends.]....6
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................9
2.1 Analyse cultural, social, and physical features of tourist destinations. ...........................9
TASK 3 .........................................................................................................................................13
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TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................13
4.1 Analyze issues that affect the popularity of tourist destination. ....................................13
4.2 Discuss the potential for responsible tourism to enhance the host community at
worldwide.............................................................................................................................14
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................14
REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................15

INTRODUCTION
Travel and Tourism is considered as a most important part of each and every country. It
helps in the economic growth of that country. Tourism is very huge concept it is very important
for one to understand its actual meaning. Tourism is categorised into two level one is global and
the another one is domestic. It plays very vital role in enhancing economical status of the
country. There are various countries I the world which are considered as a one of the most
influential tourist destinations. United kingdom is one of the most visited country by the tourist.
This report is based on the various aspects which are related to the tourist destinations around the
world. It also includes analysis for their cultural, social and physical features.
TASK 1
1.1 Analyse tourist destinations and generators of the world in terms of visitor numbers.
In any country travel and tourism plays very important role in economic development of
that particular country. Tourism is very crucial part for development of countries. There are
many popular tourist destinations across the world. Among them the most famous country is
United Kingdom. Tourism of any country is divided in to two parts international tourists and
domestic tourist. Contribution of both the categories are different from the economic point of
view of the country. Many counties underestimate domestic tourism, but according to some
reports and scenarios it also plays very crucial part in the economic development of the country.
In UK, tourism industry is major aspect of generating jobs and employment . It has become very
essential part after the crisis of 2008 (Kim, 2014). UK is considered as one of the finest destination
from the tourist point of view. United States, Germany and France are core visitors of United
Kingdom.
Tourism in United Kingdom is increasing year after year. Various features or
characteristics are present that play important role in attracting tourist to the country. According
to the report of 2014, France is one of the most popular tourist destination. Second position is
given to the United Sates, Third to the Spain, Fourth to the China, Fifth to the Italy, Sixth to the
Turkey, Seventh to the Germany, Eighth position is secured by United Kingdom, Russia and
Mexico was on 9th and 10th position.
France is considered as a one of the major destination visited by international tourist. In
2013, France is visited by approximately 84.7 million visitors. There are six reasons why France
is very famous among international tourist:

City of Light: The capital of France, is a huge attraction for international visitors. Over
30 million of foreign visitors are gazed by France every year. This is because pf the art and
architecture and the infrastructures of the city . The Louvre museum and the Eiffel tower is
considered as a one of the most popular destinations of the France. Travellers from the United
States and the Europe are the core visitors of the France.
Sun, Sea and Mountains: The reason behind France is considered as a one of the major
tourist destination visited by foreigners is because the it provides something for anyone. The one
who is nature lover can visit France, people who love art, history and architecture can spend their
entire lives in France. The variety of options it provides to tourist the main reason behind its
success.
Geographical Beauty: In 2013, over 13 million people from Germany visited France. The
location of the France is the major reason behind the arrival of Tourist over their. It is situated in
between the Italy and Spain. So when visitors passing through their way to these destinations
they plan to visit France too.
Escape to the countryside: Along with Paris, tourist want to visit countryside locations of
the France. These places are popular between the people who are from United Kingdom. Rural
France is very famous among the British visitors( Medlik, 2016).
Food and Culture: France is very famous for its variety of unique cuisines.
Art, history and culture: The historical sited of the France is very famous among foreign
travellers. Social traditions and culture of the country is very famous around the world.
According to the Unesco's World Heritage list, France has approximately 39 sites for tourists.
In last seven years International Tourism is increasing rapidly. But since recession the
country faced a huge loss in tourism department. In 2017, the tourism of US is declined by
around 4%. 41 million of foreign travellers visited United States according to the Commerce
Department. For travel and retail Industries it is considered as a huge period of loss. In the first
11 months of the 2017, more than 3% of spending is dropped by the International traveller.
Reports says it is equal to the loss of $4.6 billion. According to the statistics presented by the
NYC & Co.'s director approximately 100,000 less international tourists visited US.
In 2016, around 64,425 people visited Spain for holidays and leisure. 4,667 people visited
their for business and professional reasons and 6,472 for other reasons (Telfer, 2015). In national
economy tourism from Spain is the third major contributor. Tourism industries in Spain are

contributing around 10-11% in GDP. Spain is popular for spending summer holidays. The major
visitors are from United Kingdom, France, Germany and Italy.
As of 2015, the value for International tourism, number of arrivals in Italy was 50,
732,000. In last 20 years the value has reached a maximum level of 50,732,000 in 2015 and
minimum value of 31,052,000 in 1995, In 2015, departures in Italy was 29,040,000.

1.2 Analyse statistics to determine tourism destination trends and predict future trends.]
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
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Business 4043 4751 4542 4573 3679 4001
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There are various factors which involve the decision of people while choosing tourist
destination. It can be climatic conditions, hotels or any other preference of the individuals. The
trends of the present world highly manipulate the decision making process is important for such
destinations to b welcoming with their visitors. Many countries just concentrate on international
tourists who are visiting the country. They don't lay focus on the domestic tourists. According to
some reports, domestic tourism contribute a lot in the economic growth of the country.
According to the world rank report, France is considered as a one of the most visited tourist
destination of the world. Number of visitors visiting France is increasing day by day. There are
many features which influence the aspects of place like social factors, economical factors and
climatic factors. Because of increase in tourism the employment is also increased in France in
last one decade. Employment level of the country is highly affected by its tourism. Various
services provided by the visitors will automatically increase the employment level of that
country. If visitors will increase then demand of services will also increase and it will lead to
generation of employment. France is a developed country and it facilitate tourists with so much
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comfort. Transport facility of the country is also very well connected. Its is easy their, travelling
from one destination to another. In France in every 1or 2 km there are telephones booth present
which help in maintaining connectivity. Accommodation facilities offered by the France is also
very comfortable. It is highly recommended city among the British. There are various types of
tourist attractions present in France which enhance the tourism of the city. Among the whole
world France is considered as a one of the most visited tourist destination. It is because it has
something for everyone,the variety of offerings presented by the France to their visitors is reason
behind its huge success in tourism and travel.
Other famous tourist destinations around the world are United States and United
Kingdom. These counties are also very famous among tourist. Both United States and United
Kingdom offers so many tourist destinations. There are various factors on which tourism of the
country depends. For maintaining sustainability in the tourism it is very important for the
counties to implement several measures. Tourism department of the counties can create various
websites and pages for promoting destinations of that particular country. These basic
considerations make trip easy for the visitors (Benur, 2015).
Tourism contribute a lot in the economical growth of the country. For all the countries it
is very important to maintain comfort level of their tourists. The main reason reason behind the
arrival of the tourist in France is their over whelming behaviour towards their visitors.
Tourism in France is increasing year after year. It is because of the right policies and
strategies adopted by the country. Travel and tourism is considered as a one of the major sector
for generating economy in the country. It is one of the largest economic sector.
In France , domestic tourism expenditure has estimated t reach 112.5 billion euros in
2017. The city offers a lot to their tourist, there is so much to do and see in France. According to
recent statistics, travellers from overseas visited France and contribute in the tourism of the
country. Rapid growth in technology has major impact in the growth of tourism sector of the
country. The various types of food trends in France is very popular among the visitors of the
country. In France, domestic tourism has very bright future. Hotels and public conveniences in
France is upgraded so well to contributed in the economy of the country .

TASK 2
2.1 Analyse cultural, social, and physical features of tourist destinations.
According to the reports presented by UNWTO, United Kingdom is considered as a one
of the most visited country by the tourists. It has been ranked as a one of the most popular
destination across the world. Out of total tourism share, more than 3-4% is acquired by the UK.
From the table below it can be clearly seen that UK is among top ten counties in international
tourism ranking.
Cultural features are one of the major aspect of tourism industry. Both domestic and
international tourism has contributed into various cultural level changes of tourism. In 2012-
2013 more than 60 million people of UK initiated trips for more than one night. Approx
expenditure was more than 10 billion GDP . This helps in increasing the cultural and heritage
value of the country. In national development, culture plays very important role. Geographical
and historical events plays very important role in cultural development of the France city. Since
17th century, Paris in France is most influential and a center of high culture. France is one of the
most famous cities from the tourism point of view. In 20th century France is considered as a rural
country. France is the modern country and it has capability to attract visitors from all over the

world. It has high acceptability power of their tourist and the over welcoming culture. On the
other hand, Italy is the country full of traditions. In Italy traditions can be seen everywhere in the
whole society. In addition, it provides quality of services and comfort to the tourist visiting Italy.
It is birthplace of Western Civilization and superpower of cultural outlooks. Both the external
and internal forces moderate the western culture of Italy. It was a home for many influential
civilians. The architectural history of the country is evolving from the ancient times. Ancient
study is the essential part of their education. The fashion industry of the Italy is the most
influential sector of the economy. Rome is the home of major and older Italian couturiers. Italy is
considered as a one of highly cultured city because of its western culture and the traditions
followed by all the residents who are living their.
Social features: All counties have typical social features involved with them and France
and Italy is no exception, the social tradition of both the cities is remarkable. France people
believe in greeting people with respect so its their tendency to expect the same from the others.
Saying 'good day' or bonjour is one of the major social aspects of France. The cultural aspects of
the France are highly recommended around the world. Whenever the people of France talk to
strangers, they use formal form of words and they treat them very gracefully. The culture of
sending and receiving gifts in France is popular around the whole world. In France whenever you
are invited to some dinner parties it is their social trend to bring some flower or chocolate of any
small gift with them. The most unique feature of France culture is that they don't believe in small
conversations. The people of France like to engage in long conversations and heated
discussions.
Official language of Italy is Italian, and in Italy around 93% of people are native
speakers. In Italy how you look like matters. It is considered to be the one of the major factor of
social culture of Italy. In this city, how you dressed decides your social culture. In Italy the most
common saying is, first impression is the last impression (Forno, 2015). The most influential
concept in Italy is concept of bella figure. Italians spend most of their money on clothes. Because
the social culture of Italy is western and very sophisticated, so in that city it is important the way
you look or the way you dressed defines who you are. The local people of Italy are highly
fashion minded and they always judge people because of their looks and appearance. They
considered it as their social culture. Clothing, Fashion. Shoes and all the other accessories, which
make you, look good plays very important role in social culture of the Italy. This is because the

country represents the art and grace of sophistication. Roman Catholic is the primary religion in
the Italy. As compared to any other country, in Italy more churches are catholic. In Italy, people
always behave formally with each other. Their tendency of being graceful is unbeatable. Table
manners, gifts, dressing style, high fashion and dinning etiquette are considered as a major social
aspects of the the social culture of the Italy. The local people of the country use to say, if you
want to live in the Italy, live with sophistication. Both France and Italy is very considerable
about their cultures. The social outlooks of both the counties are different from each other.
France is a modern city while Italy is considered as a city of western period. The social cultures,
backgrounds and traditions of both the cities vary from each other. Both France and Italy are
tourist-welcoming countries. They treat their visitors with full respect and grace and that's why
the economic contribution from tourism department of both the cities is very tremendous. All the
countries which are sound from tourism point of view must maintain their stability in providing
comfort and satisfaction for the tourists who are visiting their. Many countries don't consider
domestic tourism as a contribution to their economy they are only concerned about the
international tourist. It is important for the counties to maintain the balance between the both.
Physical features: Italy is a peninsula in the Mediterranean Sea. The water surrounds half
of the Italy. In map, recognition of the Italy is very easy. It has various types of geographic
makeup of mountains, and rivers. In Italy there are many rivers that drain into Adriatic Sea.
There are many famous and ancient volcanoes present in the Italy. The geographical
infrastructure of the Italy is well defined in various books and also in the history of the Italy. The
Po river is considered as a one of the most famous and large river around the world. It is located
in the southern Europe.
Mediterranean Sea is the France's southeastern border. The name is derived from the
Latin. For centuries between France and Spain Pyrenees provides 270 mile of natural border.
France is the second largest country of the Europe. In France there are few scattered islands.
South central and Southern France is dominated by the France (Dincu, 2015). The geographical
outlooks of both the countries is dominated by various rivers, mountains, peninsula's and seas.
2.2 Analysing the difference between Italy and Romania as per cultural variations
Every nation or location has difference in the environment, cultural and economy.
Therefore, in relation with having the most alluring and memorable satisfaction with the such
location there is need to have proper analysis over such places. In addition to this it can be said

that there are several variations in such segmentation and tourist facilities which will be helpful
to have a comparison between Italy and Romania.
Basis Italy Romania
Cultural Italy is the most famous tourist
destination for the people who
are wanted to analyse and
interpret the historical places
and food. The main attraction
of this country is availability of
various Historical places and
the authentic traditional dishes.
This country is well known for
its historical places and the
European culture. It has the
influence of various traditions
from different places such as
Germany, Transylvania,
Moldavia, Wallachia etc.
Social In social point of view there has
been majority of the catholic,
Greeks and Romans culture has
various monuments, church and
the places which determines the
appropriate information
regarding the culture and
history of this place.
In terms with the social
decorum of this country there
are 88.9% Romanians, 3.3% of
Romani, 6.5% of Hungarian,
0.2% of German etc. are living
in the country. Therefore, it can
be said that, there has been
influence of various cultures
and traditions in the nation.
Physical In consideration with the
various operations and places in
the country there has been
presence of good and favorable
Art in terms of Architecture,
Comics, Fashion and design,
science and technology as well
as Sculptures.
This country is best known for
its unique Architecture and
engineering,Cuisine,
Spirituality and religions and
the contribution-al efforts by the
minorities. However, it will be
beneficial for having the
adequate attraction of tourist

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TASK 4
4.1 Analyze issues that affect the popularity of tourist destination.
It is very important for the department of the tourist to maintain the well being of the
tourist destinations of the country (Roca, 2016.). It helps in regulating the uniformity in the
number of visitors visiting the country. But there are various factors which affect the popularity
of the destination:
 cleanliness
 basic amenities
 hygiene
 recognition
 food
 climatic conditions
 transportation

 connectivity
4.2 Discuss the potential for responsible tourism to enhance the host community at worldwide.
For maintaining tourism of the country, it is very important for the department to
eliminate the factors which affect the financial, economical and environmental resources of the
country. Costa Rica is one of the developing tourist destinations, which provide tourists a well-
structured format for their well being and friendly atmosphere (Popescu, 2016). For developing
sustainable revenue and income generation of the country, it is very important for the tourism
department of that country to maintain uniformity in the plans and processes. Sound relation with
the local people is also very important for maintaining stability in the destination. The number of
tourist visiting the country per year contributes in the economy of that country. This is why it is
important for the travel and tourism department of the country to maintain the advancement of
the destination so that it does not affect the number of visitors visiting that country.
CONCLUSION
From the above report, this can be concluded that, travel and tourism contribute a lot in
the economic growth and development of the country. It is also important for the countries to
concentration both international and domestic visitors of their city. Tourism plays very important
role in maintaining economic structure of the country.

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