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Contemporary Issues of Travel and Tourism Assignment - (Doc)

Develop research skills within the context of a travel and tourism topic of personal interest, exploring current issues and trends in the sector and understanding how the sector responds to change and the impacts of change on the travel and tourism sector.

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Contemporary Issues of Travel and Tourism Assignment - (Doc)

Develop research skills within the context of a travel and tourism topic of personal interest, exploring current issues and trends in the sector and understanding how the sector responds to change and the impacts of change on the travel and tourism sector.

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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................11.1 Issues and its Impact on the travel and tourism sector.....................................................11.2 Analysis of the issues.......................................................................................................2TASK 2............................................................................................................................................32.1 Evaluation of current trends.............................................................................................32.2 Analysing current trends using appropriate techniques....................................................5Analysing Medical Tourism with appropriate factors............................................................6TASK 3............................................................................................................................................73.1 Change by International Airlines Group..........................................................................73.2 Strategies on the way the selected tourism can respond to change..................................83.3 Justification of the strategies............................................................................................9TASK 4............................................................................................................................................94.1 Understanding the impact of issues driving change on the travel and tourism sector.....94.2 Consequences of businesses failing in responding the market changes.........................11CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12
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INTRODUCTIONTravel and tourism is considered as one of the biggest service industries. Whether it isabout culture, heritage, sports, medical etc., all these sectors are combined in this industry andthe main objective behind it is promoting and improving the tourism, thus ensuring employmentand economic growth as well (Evans, Stonehouse and Campbell, 2012). These include variousdestination spots for tourists so that they can spend their holiday time there and have fun.Various hospitality services are also provided at these destinations. This however satisfies thetourists in getting almost everything they want and the vendors as well earn much amount fromthese sales. As near these spots, some limited stalls and shops are available only that are meantfor tourist purposes and those vendors earn a quite extra amount from the general stores. Thereport is about identifying the issues that are impacting the travel and tourism sector. Along withthis, it also includes the expansion of the company in a niche market.1.1 Issues and its Impact on the travel and tourism sector Although there are various issues that are affecting the travel and tourism industry, itaffects the world economically, politically and financially as well. Three of the issues arediscussed below :Technological advancementsThis factor has almost affected the dimensions of the travel and tourism sector. Anexample of this can be the bookings or reservations, the hospitality or the aviation sectorsprovide. This became possible because of the advancements in the technology. The hospitalityindustry is still focusing on variations and modifications that they can involve in the sector thatseems beneficial in attracting more and more customers (Connell, 2013). Internet, anotheradvancement of the technology makes it possible for people to search for various famous placesand its factors. It has become much easy to explore on the internet before going for any holidayas all the details like packages, stay time, other included services and coupons are available onthe internet. Maximized environmental awareness and Natural disastersIt can be termed as an element that has a huge impact on changing the effectiveness ofthe travel and tourism sector. Natural disasters can have a huge impact on the tourism sector andthey can decrease the number of tourists as well. Because of the less number of tourists to visitthese destinations, there will be a decrease in the finance as well that is being used in that1
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specific area for cleaning and the other important factors. Lesser number of tourists means lessuse of the hospitality services that are provided by various stalls and vendors to the tourists atthese destination spots. Similarly, the travelling status of that specific area as well. Health WarningsIt is essential to consider the warnings usually come from the other areas of the world.Currently swine flu is associated with affecting the travel and tourism sector. Swine flu isconsidered as an infection that happens because of its virus and the disease is spreadable as well,it can even spread from person to person contact (Dickinson, Lumsdon and Robbins, 2011). Like this, various other infections are un avoidable, so people avoid visiting these places afterthe news of these types of infections, so it also affects the number of visitors at such places. Sothis also affects the travel and tourism industry. People might change their plan sometimesbecause of these types of news as nobody wants to get sick for sake of enjoying or having fun fora few days. This is so as the symptoms of these diseases may be painful for the person as itincludes fever, muscle pain etc.SecuritySecurity is one of the basic concerns between the people who visit for any tourist place.Whether the planned destination is for a longer or smaller period, the people are alwaysconcerned about the security factors. At various places, crimes have been observed, so peoplemainly avoid that kind of places in order to save themselves from any hazard. People, with theirfamilies often plan to visit such place that seems safe and secure for their family so that they canenjoy their life as well as can be able to take fun of the destination spot. No one wants to keeptheir life in risk for having fun or enjoyment. So, security features should be kept in mind atthese tourist spots so that no individual feels unsafe in visiting any destination, thus it will furtherhelp various holiday spots in gaining more tourists. 1.2 Analysis of the issuesOut of all the challenges in the travel and tourism industry, there have been some issuesassociated with the political and economic factors as well. UK is already suffering from pricecompetitiveness and North Africa is suffering from political unrest. Both of them are describedbelow :Post Brexit Challenges2
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