Tourism Challenges in the Middle East and North Africa
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Contemporary issues in travel and tourism
Table of Contents
Task 1:........................................................................................................................................3
1.1 Issues regarding currently driving change in the travel and tourism sector in United
Kingdom:....................................................................................................................................3
1.2 Two different current issues:................................................................................................5
Reference list:.............................................................................................................................7
Task 1:........................................................................................................................................3
1.1 Issues regarding currently driving change in the travel and tourism sector in United
Kingdom:....................................................................................................................................3
1.2 Two different current issues:................................................................................................5
Reference list:.............................................................................................................................7
Task 1:
1.1 Issues regarding currently driving change in the travel and tourism sector in United
Kingdom:
Travel and tourism industry is an active contributor to the economy of UK. The
contribution gradually increased to more than 23.5% in last 5 financial years. However, as the
industry is unpredictable, it has been affected by some issues regarding chang in trend and
atmosphere of the remarkable place. As stated by Mowforth and Munt (2015), there are
various places in UK which fulfil the dream of the visitors such as Wales, London and
Scotland. Half of country economy is depending on the travel and tourism industry. More
than 12 million visitors come every year to experience what they always dreamed of. The
architecture, nature and atmosphere attract millions of tourists every year (Cohen and Cohen,
2012, p.2178). However, tourists have been found revolted from this popular holiday
destination due to some practical reasons such as:
Technological development:
As stated by Avraham (2015, p.225), technology plays an important role in travel and
tourism industry for maintaining tourist satisfaction and hospitality. Now the concept of the
holiday travelling became more sophisticated and tourists prefer luxury alongwith wonderful
destination. More than 80% tourists prefer airplane rather than train, ship or coach for
arriving or departing from London, Wales and Scotland. Some traditional airplane service
does not provide 24/7 online flight booking facility to the international tourist just because of
security verification of VISA permit (Seabra et al. 2013, p.506). However, booking the flight
ticket from authorised ticket counter is quite lengthy and a harassing process for tourists. On
other hand travellers use more technology than before to stay touch with their travel guide
expert. However, insignificant phone calls and messages from different travel agencies harass
the tourists (Chen et al. 2013, p.199). Therefore, unethical uses of technology and data
protection act have not been maintained by the travel and tourism industry.
It has often been noticed that network fluctuations affects the cellular devices carried
by the tourist. The travel and tourism industry has no such intention to implement the
1.1 Issues regarding currently driving change in the travel and tourism sector in United
Kingdom:
Travel and tourism industry is an active contributor to the economy of UK. The
contribution gradually increased to more than 23.5% in last 5 financial years. However, as the
industry is unpredictable, it has been affected by some issues regarding chang in trend and
atmosphere of the remarkable place. As stated by Mowforth and Munt (2015), there are
various places in UK which fulfil the dream of the visitors such as Wales, London and
Scotland. Half of country economy is depending on the travel and tourism industry. More
than 12 million visitors come every year to experience what they always dreamed of. The
architecture, nature and atmosphere attract millions of tourists every year (Cohen and Cohen,
2012, p.2178). However, tourists have been found revolted from this popular holiday
destination due to some practical reasons such as:
Technological development:
As stated by Avraham (2015, p.225), technology plays an important role in travel and
tourism industry for maintaining tourist satisfaction and hospitality. Now the concept of the
holiday travelling became more sophisticated and tourists prefer luxury alongwith wonderful
destination. More than 80% tourists prefer airplane rather than train, ship or coach for
arriving or departing from London, Wales and Scotland. Some traditional airplane service
does not provide 24/7 online flight booking facility to the international tourist just because of
security verification of VISA permit (Seabra et al. 2013, p.506). However, booking the flight
ticket from authorised ticket counter is quite lengthy and a harassing process for tourists. On
other hand travellers use more technology than before to stay touch with their travel guide
expert. However, insignificant phone calls and messages from different travel agencies harass
the tourists (Chen et al. 2013, p.199). Therefore, unethical uses of technology and data
protection act have not been maintained by the travel and tourism industry.
It has often been noticed that network fluctuations affects the cellular devices carried
by the tourist. The travel and tourism industry has no such intention to implement the
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