Contemporary Issues and Phenomenon in the Hospitality

Running head: CONTEMPORARY HOTEL AND TOURISM ISSUES
CONTEMPORARY HOTEL AND TOURISM ISSUES
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CONTEMPORARY HOTEL AND TOURISM ISSUES1
Executive Summary
The objective of this report will be to critically evaluate and discuss the issues related with
contemporary tourism and accommodation that are relevant to the destination of Hong Kong.
The issues which will be discussed are the tourism, market potential of the selected destination,
development in tourism, accommodation development, influences through social media on the
region and crisis and risk management in the context of the region of Hong Kong. Two sectors
related to contemporary visitor experience for this selected region will also be identified and
explained in this report. A brief conclusion about the key findings of the report will be discussed
in the conclusion section.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Tourism Market Potential................................................................................................................3
Transport Development...................................................................................................................5
Accommodation Development........................................................................................................6
Crisis and Risk Management...........................................................................................................7
Social Media Influence....................................................................................................................8
Visitor Experience Development.....................................................................................................9
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................10
Reference.......................................................................................................................................11

CONTEMPORARY HOTEL AND TOURISM ISSUES3
Introduction
The main purpose of this report will be to critically examine and discuss the contemporary
tourism and accommodation issues relevant to the destination of Hong Kong The issues which
will be discussed are the tourism, market potential of the selected destination, development in
tourism, accommodation development, influences through social media on the region and crisis
and risk management in the context of the region of Hong Kong. Two sectors related to
contemporary visitor experience for this selected region will also be identified and explained in
this report. A brief conclusion about the key findings of the report will be discussed in the
conclusion section. As discussed, the identified destination which has been chosen to discuss the
issues relate to contemporary tourism and hotel is Hong Kong. The region, which is also known
as Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China (HKSAR), is a
city which is situated in southern part of China. The city is located on the eastern side of the
Pearl River, and is regarded as one of the most densely populated places across the world. More
than 7.4 million people live in this place, along with one of the region possessing the highest per
capita income. The region possess the power of attracting thousands of people from around the
world through the tourist locations that are present in the region, and all the contemporary
tourism and accommodation issues relevant to this destination will be discussed in this paper.
Tourism Market Potential
It can be noted in this context that the industry of tourism is regarded as one of the
primary pillar of the economy of this identified destination. For example, around 4% of the total
gross domestic product of Hong Kong was contributed from the tourism industry. Apart from
this, more than 255,000 people are employed, which holds around 7% of the total employment