Fundamentals of Travel and Tourism PDF
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FUNDAMENTALSOF TRAVEL ANDTOURISM
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................31. The key historical and current developments in tourism, identification of different types oftourism and their characteristics ............................................................................................32. Tourism demand, tourism behaviour and tourist motivations............................................53. Review the elements which should be considered when developing a new destination,extensively investigating the 6 A's of a tourist destination....................................................84. Identification and an outline of the key organisations involved in the 'Tourism Supplychain' in the private, public and voluntary sector of the UK travel and tourism industry......9CONCLUSION.............................................................................................................................10REFERENCES.............................................................................................................................11
INTRODUCTIONTourism and Travel is one of the fastest growing sector. It is increasing on regular basisas interest of people towards tourism is increasing (El-Gohary, 2016). Tourism is defined as thevisit of people to other places for relaxing and spending leisure time. In this given report aleading firm of UK is considered i.e. GSM Leisure Travel Ltd. In this assignment, a summary ofhistorical and current developments in tourism and identification of various kinds of tourism isdiscussed. There are other topics which are explained like tourist demand, tourist behaviour andtourist motivations. It also includes 6 A's of deciding destination of tourists. In the end, tourismsupply chain is discussed. 1. The key historical and current developments in tourism, identification of different types oftourism and their characteristicsTourism is a growing and developing industries of the world. According to “The World Traveland Tourism Council”, it is analysed that tourism generates around ten percent of globaleconomic output. The historical development in tourism is seen worldwide and it is good foreconomic development of country (Goh, 2012). The history of tourism in UK is categorised inthree different period-Before 1945- In the period of 16th century, people were involved in agriculturalcommunities and they move between rural community or local areas. The people who were ableto enjoy travel and leisure time were elite or rich groups. The international tours were affordedby people who were wealthy and rich until 1946. 1945-1979- This was the development stage of tourism sector. In the mid 1950s thedevelopment of tour operators engaged in individual business activities. For e.g. customers weregiven a wide range of services by hotels. In the year 1950, market in tourism expanded andvarious offers were initiated like improvement in package tours, paid holidays and leisure offerson travelling. 1980 to current day- In the year of 1990, huge development took place in tourism sectorin UK as there was increase in developing organisations and as a result there was improvementin air travel services. The current development in tourism includes increase in facilities and services offeredin tours and travel sector. In present scenario, tourism business is making huge profits for global
economy (Kim and Fesenmaier, 2015). The development of International society is enhanced asthere is increase in cultural trade. The tourism development also helps in enhancement ofeducation and developing career opportunities in tourism business. In the context of GSMTourism Pvt. Ltd. They follow new trends of tourism for satisfying their customers. Different types of TourismThe industry of tourism is one of the fastest growing industries of the world. There aredifferent kinds of tourism like niche, mass and special interest tourism which are discussedbelow-Special Interest tourism(SIT) - This is the kind of tourism which is for individuals andgroups of a specific interest (Kortunov and Et. Al., 2014). This tourism satisfies a particular needor interest. There are basically four experiences of SIT including rewarding, enriching,adventuresome experiences and learning experiences. CharacteristicsLocation- This is an important factor which has to be decided for selecting population ofspecific interest and making tour packages for them. Activity – GSM Leisure Travel Ltd. Identifies and creates database of supplying specialinterest and activity organisations. For example, The tour packages draws initiatives forsustainable development of rivers, mountains or lakes. Niche Tourism- This is a type of tourism that focuses on a particular topic or concept.These topics can be sports, food, wildlife, war, etc. This a new type of tourism because peopleare involving in different unique concepts and topics. CharacteristicsAdventure tourism- Niche tourism by GSM Leisure Travel Ltd. Initiates several adventuroustours like climbing mountains, sea diving, para gliding, etc. Movie location tourism- GSM Leisure Travel Ltd. Makes a place that is a movie set as a placeto visit and spend leisure time.Mass Tourism- This tourism is defined as the form of tourism when more than thousandpeople go to same resort or hotel. This a cheapest way of spending holidays and it is sold asPackage deals.Characteristics
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