Characteristics of Tourist Destinations and Their Appeal

This document explores the characteristics of tourist destinations and their impact on appeal. It compares leading tourist destinations with developing ones, analyzing factors like technology, accommodation, customer service, security, convenience, and ease of access. The document also examines the role of culture, social life, physical attractions, and political influence in shaping a destination's appeal. It concludes by highlighting the importance of understanding these factors for successful tourism development.

TOURIST DESTINATION
LO3 Understand how the
characteristics of destinations
affect their appeal to tourists

3.1 Compare the appeal of current
leading tourist destinations with that of
currently developing tourist
destinationsTopics Current leading tourist destinations Current developing tourist destinations
Technology The countries with leading tourist destination
have a technological set up for past few years.
And they are not improving these at all. This
could hamper the steady from of their tourism
business.
The countries that come under developing tourist
destination have an improving technological
aspect. This attracts more travellers from all over
the world to visit these places now.
Accommodation The leading tourism destinations are not
developing the accommodation condition of the
country with the improving world. So they are
losing their demand among the tourists.
In the other hand the developing tourism
destinations are taking the help of new
technologies and improving many sectors along
with the accommodation part.
Customer service There are many examples of misbehaving of the
hospitality sectors of a these tourism sectors.
They believe that the promotion through mouth is
the best way of promotion. So they take care of its
customers with care.
Security As they are not accepting the new technologies so
it is obvious that they there are some loopholes in
the security system of them.
They are providing the best security system to the
customers with the help of the new technology.
Convenience The leading tourist destinations are not concerned
a bit about the convenience of the tourists.
On the other hand the developing destinations are
taking much care about the convenience of the
tourists. They are designing the spots according to
the demands of the tourists.
Ease of Access The transportation system in these countries is not
improving as needed. This creates a bad
impression among the tourists.
The developing countries are arranging their
transportation system according to the need of the
present day. This attracts more tourists to visit
these countries.

3.2 Evaluation of the Characteristics of
a Tourist Destination and its Effect on
its Appeal
 The culture of a particular country and its religious,
traditional and heritage plays an important role to attract
travelers from different parts of the world or even attracts
home tourists .
 The UK has a rich culture which attracts tourists from all
over the world due to its rich history and many historical
buildings, castles and ancient civilization remnants.
 The importance of social life also impacts the attractive
destinations all over the globe.
 The UK has an attractive life and social style which
appeals to many visitors.
 The social life is also reflected on the security and safety
that comes with a particular destination.

 The physical attraction of a country also makes it appealing
for tourists to indulge in the scenic beauty of the variety of
geographical location makes it an important tourist destination.
 UK has a vast variety of natural geographical diversity. The
country resides on the archipelago type of landmass comprising
of interconnected islands.
 The political influence is also an attractive and appealing
factor in the tourism business.
 The governance of the country decides the growth and
development in the country leading to technological
advancements with time.

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