Destination tourism at Sydney PDF
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Destination tourism at Sydney PDF
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Running Head: DESTINATION TOURISM AT SYDNEYDESTINATION TOURISM AT SYDNEYName of the Student:Name of University:Author Note:
1DESTINATION TOURISM AT SYDNEYThe term Tourism is defined as the activity of a person who can be identified as visitor. Itis the practise of a visitor to move around different destinations outside his or her usualenvironment and with a purpose to travel for leisure. There are a number of attributes connectedwith the term tourism such as eating, drinking, shopping, transportation, accommodation,entertainment business and hospitality services. These elements also connote the concept oftourism.There are plenty of attractions that a person can visit such as Sydney Opera House,Taronga Zoo Sydney, Bondi Beach, Australian Museum, Sydney Harbour National Park, SydneyAquarium and the Sydney Zoo. There are other destination sites as well like Queen VictoriaBuilding and Cockatoo Island but my journey will be restricted to the mentioned places only(sydney.com 2018).The Sight Sacralisation theory of Dean MacCannell was based on five distinctive factorslike naming, framing and elevation, enshrinement, mechanical reproduction and socialreproduction. According to MacCannell (2017), this five stage framework is highly influencedthe tourists and visitors. It can be argued that the sight sacralisation theory puts a great deal of emphasis oninfluencing the tourist minds. In this context, the name of the destination, Sydney, itself isconsidered to be a wonderful tourist destination and therefore able to attract the through itsverbal image. Besides this, Sydney Opera House can be taken as an instance to analyse theimpression of sight sacralisation upon the visiting place. In fact, the theory is very much relevantin the discussion that it helped me choosing Sydney as my travel destination.
2DESTINATION TOURISM AT SYDNEYButler’s destination life cycle is considered to be a tourism life cycle model which isbased on the six stages of situation in order to understand the growing number of tourists incourse of time (Butler 2006). My destination place Sydney is well developed and stronglydominated by the giant business organisations. Besides this the tourist destination, Sydney isconsidered to be generated maximum amount of profit for the local economy. Hence it can bestated that the life cycle of Sydney tourism is located between the third and fourth stage ofButler’s destination life cycle. However, it can also be asserted that the model is highly effectiveand ushered a new understanding for the tourists to get a perception about the condition oftourism at that place.It can be stated that a tourist is a person who is supposed to leave his or her home in orderto get the experience of shopping, entertainment and visiting for more than a day but less thantwelve months. Besides this, it can be asserted that a tourist is a person who is interested to visitplaces outside his hometown for a holiday.There are four types of tourists according to Cohen (2017) such as non-institutionalised,trip alone, infrastructure arrangements and groups. Different type of tourists has distinct patternand expectation (Karl, Reintinger and Schmude 2015). However, I am fond of group tourism inthis matter which is very relevant in my destination trip to Sydney.Sunluster tourists are defined as out-going and adventurous in nature. They always wantto perform trekking, rafting, sport and mountaineering. Most importantly those kinds of peopleenjoy beach and spas, whereas, the psychographic tourists are identified as nervous and self-inhibiting (McLennan, Becken and Moyle 2017). It can be stated that those people are liked toaccess well developed tourism amenities like hotels and shops. In case of my tourists most of
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