Contemporary Issues in Travel and Tourism - Task 2

CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN TRAVEL AND
TOURISM
TASK 2

2.1 Evaluating current trends influencing change in the travel and
tourism sector of a tourist destination
 The growing tourist market has developed many trends of travelling
which is generally based on the kind, nature and reason for moving
from a place to another.
 It is specified tourist mostly choose the best and appropriate reason
for travelling the place which could be as per the requirement or
perspective. Tourists are the persons of some other nation, city, state,
etc. who are new to the place and has little information about the
destination.
 Thus, it is essential that every traveller should define and clears a
particular reason for moving to some other place. These set of reasons
are further classified as the trends that are prevailing in the tourist
market.

Cont.
 In that respect, the tourism market of UK has numerous trends which
are generally preferred by the tourist while visiting the destination of
UK. These trends have highly impacted the business and earning power
of the tourist industries. The following are the tourist trends and their
influences on the tourist market and business of UK are:
Inbound Tourism – This trend of travelling is mostly adopted by the
tourist which includes the entire activities of the visitor who is
travelling to a destination that is outside their usual environment. In
this type of trend, tourists generally stays away and outside from their
home place, city or country for not more than one consecutive year and
not less than 24 hours. The main purpose of the tourist to travel or
move to the respective place is for spending some leisure time,
studying, attending business meetings or performing some other
operations.

Cont.
The factors or impacts that results in implementing changes in context
to UK tourism sector are:
 Increases the overall revenue earning capacity of the country and
industries like hotels, restaurants, airlines, tour operators, etc.
 Rise in employment and gives more opportunities to earn foreign
income.
 Developing areas or destinations which is highly popular among
the tourist.