Climate Change and its Impact on Tourism in London
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This presentation discusses the challenges faced by the tourism sector in London due to climate change and its impact on the economy. It also provides recommendations to mitigate these challenges.
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Introduction •London us the capital as well as the largest city of both England and the United Kingdom •Divided into city of London and 32 boroughs •The city lies 36 ft. or 11m above the sea-level (Adams et al, 2017) •One of the most important cities globally •4 World Heritage Sites are present in the city of London •Possess the oldest underground railway network in the world •Has a temperate marine climate •Drought happens sometimes and the summers are normally warm and hot (occasionally) •Winters are normally cool with less differences in temperature •Spring and autumn are generally charming
Importance of Tourism in Economy of London •Tourism plays a major role in the Hospitality Sector and plays a major role in the economy of London as well •700,000 people are employed in this sector •11.6% of the GDP comes from this sector (Maxim, 2016) •Tourism industry is a major contributor to the diversified culture of London •Helps to sell proposals and night time economy, and assists both the visitors as well as the people in the city •Visitors to the 3rdmost visited city in the world will reach to 40.4 million by 2025 (Hall et al, 2015) •Tourism also provides a primary source of earning of foreign exchange, which in turn benefits the economy of London
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Challenges to the Tourism Sector •Climate change is a real challenge in the tourism and hospitality sector nowadays •Tourism industry is defenseless to climate change •Changes in the climate affects insurance cost, increase in the warming and cooling costs •Alterations in the duration and quality of the holiday •Changes in the environment of major destinations hampers the tour itineraries •Affects the infrastructure of tourism overall •Alters the economic and political balance in future •Loss to the economy of London as well as to the visitors •Negative impact on the tour provider companies (Saarinen, 2014)
Challenge to the Economy of London •Will hamper the GDP growth, thus hampering the economic condition of London as well as England & UK •Will affect other business sectors, directly or indirectly, if tourism is affected in London due to the variations in the climate •Will affect the supply chain or logistics sector, which is very much related to the tourism and hospitality sector •Will affect in the fall of the share prices in businesses, loss in revenue earning and less productivity •Will affect the number of visitors, which will hamper the growth of the economic as well as social and cultural conditions of the economy •Will change the competitiveness of tourist spots and tenure of prime tourist market segments like ski tourism (Page & Connell, 2014)
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Recommendations •Reduce the increasing level of global warming •Maintaining the ecological balance •Preparing the itineraries in a planned manner •Keeping ready more than one options in case of emergency situation, to reduce the loss and losing the number of visitors in future •Improve the observation of the differences in the climate like fluctuations in the temperatures, intensity of the rainfall, wind speeds, rise in the sea level, approaches of storms, flow of the river and amount of pollution caused •Taking necessary steps accordingly on the above said factors •More thorough assessment of the promising impacts of the changes in the climate of London (Molz, 2013)
Conclusion •All the tourist places in London have to adjust with the climatic change •The preparations should be followed by the tourism as well as other companies •Corporate Social Responsibilities should be followed and mentioned by all the organizations •Biodiversity balance cannot be hampered •London have to focus on the other sectors, to maintain the economic growth of the city as well as the nation •Have to develop the MICE business of London
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