Contemporary Issues in Travel and Tourism Sector

CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN TRAVEL
AND TOURISM SECTOR

AC 2.1 Current trends influencing change in the UK travel andAC 2.1 Current trends influencing change in the UK travel and
tourism sectortourism sector
 Sport Tourism
 Green Tourism
 Gastro Tourism
 Dark Tourism

ContdContd
• These are some of the main trends in the tourism
sector which supports in enhancing overall demand
for tourism services in the market.
• The main reason behind growth of tourism industry
is development of new concepts.
• At present green tourism is gaining popularity at
faster pace due to rising number of environmental
issues.
• This concept has been undertaken by entire
hospitality industry and it has supported in obtaining
favorable results.

Concept of dark tourismConcept of dark tourism
• This tour is considered as one of the most growing
body of experiences and is linked with death,
suffering, disaster etc.
• Management of dark tourism requires infrastructure
where overall design of site must be reflective and
sensitive to places
• Quality of interpretation is also vital due to which
tourism authorities have to invest to bring story
alive.