(PDF) Tourism Destination Attractiveness

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
1.1 Analyze main tourist destinations and generators of the world in terms of visitor numbers
and income generation.................................................................................................................3
1.2 Analyze statistics to determine tourism destination trends and predict future trends............4
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................6
Covered in PPT............................................................................................................................6
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................6
3.1 Compare the appeal of current leading tourist destinations with that of currently
developing tourist destinations....................................................................................................6
3.2 Evaluate how characteristics of a tourist destination affect its appeal...................................7
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................8
4.1 Analyze issues that affect the popularity of tourist destinations............................................8
4.2 Discuss the potential for responsible tourism to enhance the host community at worldwide
tourist destinations.......................................................................................................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10
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INTRODUCTION
Travel and tourism is one of the fastest growing sector. Exploring and experiencing new
places is new trend in today's world. Tourism has developed within last few years and has scope
to grow at higher pace in coming years. Lifestyle , increased number of young population has
brought growth in the tourism industry. In the assignment, we will evaluate the scope of tourism
across worldwide and the factors affecting tourist destinations (Fyall and et.al., 2009). We will
compare statistics of various country to measure growth in number of visitors since past few
years. We will also discuss various issues that affects popularity of the tourist destination and the
need of sustainable tourism in order to conserve resources to be used by future generation.
TASK 1
1.1 Analyze main tourist destinations and generators of the world in terms of visitor numbers and
income generation
A country that is chose by tourists to visit is known as tourist receiver country. Tourism
is a key segment for any country as it helps in economic growth and provides many employment
opportunities (Morrison, 2013). France is the major destination for tourists worldwide . Highest
number of tourists visits France every year. On the other hand, if number of tourists are coming
from certain country then it would be called as tourist generating country. The biggest tourist
generating country is Germany from where highest number of tourists visits destinations
globally. Following statistics can be considered for countries receiving tourists:
Country Regional Market Visitors in 2015 Visitors in 2016
United States America 77.5 million 2.8 billion
UK Europe 33.9 million 37.3 million
Spain Europe 68 million 75.3 million
Italy Europe 50.7 million 54.3 million
China Asia 56.9 million 59.4 million
Table 1: Number of Visitors
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(Source: Record numbers of tourists visited UK in 2016, 2017)
Income generated from the tourism in theses countries can be given as:
Country Region Amount ( USD billion)
United States America 103.5
UK Europe 30.4
Spain Europe 52.5
Italy Europe 38.8
China Asia 45.8
Table 2: Income generation
(Source:Office for National Statistics, 2016)
A lot of revenue get generated due to tourism in Ireland . It is expected that tourism will
continue to increase revenue every year. Revenue generated through French tourist in year 2015
was €210m. To travel across the world for the purpose of pleasure or for promoting and
developing business is known as tourism. Tourism has many aspects associated with it such as
tourism is for attracting tourists, or for operating business or it can be for entertainment.
Government, government sponsored bodies and international agencies plays an important role in
tourism. They actively participate to promote tourism , provide many infrastructure facilities and
services required to promote tourism.
1.2 Analyze statistics to determine tourism destination trends and predict future trends.
USA 2014 2015 2016 2025 ( ESTIMATED)
Contribution
to economy
54398.46 USD 55836.79 USD 56343.05 USD 10 trillion
No. of visitors 75 million 77.5 million 2.8 billion 16.7 billion
Spain 29,718.50
USD
25,831.58
USD
26658.19 USD 7.67 trillion
No. of visitors 64.9 m 68 m 75.3 m 1.8 billion
UK 46278.52 USD 43734.00 USD 44040.13 USD 9.6 trillion
No. of visitors 17.4 m 33.9 m 37.3 m 1.14 billion
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