Global Tourism Destinations

This report explores the scale and nature of global tourism, including the interpretation of nature and trends of tourism, investigating the characteristics of key tourist areas, and the impact of tourism on the economy. It also discusses the growth and characteristics of key emerging tourist markets, factors affecting travel and tourism, and the roles of key organizations in global tourism development. Additionally, it addresses the issues and threats in tourism, as well as the issues pertaining to future tourism.

GLOBAL TOURISM DESTINATIONS

Table of Contents
GLOBAL TOURISM DESTINATIONS........................................................................................1
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
SCALE AND NATURE OF GLOBAL TOURISM.......................................................................3
Interpretation of nature and trends of tourism......................................................................3
Investigating upon the characteristics of key tourist areas...................................................3
Impact of tourism on economy.................................................................................................4
GROWTH AND CHARACTERISTICS OF KEY EMERGING TOURIST MARKET...............5
Factors affecting travel and tourism........................................................................................5
Destination life cycle..................................................................................................................5
Factors affecting and driving tourism and travel trend.........................................................6
ROLES OF KEY ORGANISATIONS IN GLOBAL TOURISM DEVELOPMENT....................7
Organisations.............................................................................................................................7
ISSUES IN TOURISM....................................................................................................................8
Treats..........................................................................................................................................8
Issues pertaining to future tourism..........................................................................................8
Recommendations for future tourism......................................................................................9
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION
Tourism is considered to be one of the most important zone and sector of refreshment. The one
that is loved by every person all over the world. The world itself is a beautiful place and the
governments that are associated with a particular region focus upon making this as one of the
major sources of income because many people around are very much interested in visiting new
places (Higgins-Desbiolles, 2018). There are many historical destinations that can be visited on a
tourism basis. The global tourism is of the entity where the tourism spots are designed to make it
available for the visitors around. The one common aspect of every country and every region is
the tourism destinations. The entire report deals with the global tourism destinations and their
importance. The contribution of this sector with regards to commercial evolution and every small
aspects and points of consideration are mentioned in this report.
SCALE AND NATURE OF GLOBAL TOURISM
Interpretation of nature and trends of tourism
Global tourism is at the perk of being the number one economy of all the countries. In a recently
evaluated survey, the total investment that is contributed every region to develop the tourism
destinations by the world travel and tourism council (WTTC) is nearly 64 billion USD (Richards,
2018). The craze for travelling is a never-ending pace. People are more likely towards travelling
than to get struck in their daily routine. This is a source of refreshment to many and that is the
reason the governments focus more upon maintain this. The tourism sector generates revenue in
not less than billion every now and then. The money is now travelling faster at a rapid rate and it
is very much handy to people to opt for places of relaxation.
Investigating upon the characteristics of key tourist areas
More than 10 most beautiful tourist places are seen in the world. The tourism spots in every
place are maintained as another city with most of the requirements that are engrossed as a new
place (Higgins-Desbiolles and et.al, 2019). While the entire city is designed to be of one model,
the tourism destination in that area is said to be of entirely different model. Tourism is said to be
the heart of the economy. There are many characteristics associated with the global tourism.
Location: location is the first and most important consideration of many people. there can be
many places to relax as a part of tourism. For example, people cannot go to America to learn
about the historical evolutions. India is the biggest historical destination to be visited and it has
tourists from all over the world to visit the monuments that are existing from thousands of years

(Smith and Diekmann, 2017). Therefore, location is very crucial and main characteristic of the
tourism destination.
Climate: climatic conditions are same everywhere. There are people who would despair to
experience different climatic conditions. Some might have a longing to experience the cold
conditions while the other will strive for the humid ones. The climatic conditions are not
something that can be managed manually (Li and et.al, 2018). Yet, the different places with
extremities can be developed according to their conditions. For example, there are many cold
places in the world and one such is the Antarctican region. In this tourism destination the main
highlight is the snow carnival that is conducted. Based on the climatic conditions, the
destinations are to be managed effectively.
Environment: people will strive to experience the fresh air and atmosphere. Some might be
manually created while some exist naturally. The authorities will identify these places and will
add the tinge of making them the most auspicious environmental longing places. One of the
major sources of environmentally visiting places is the Switzerland where enormous tourist
destinations can be spotted (Qiu and et.al, 2020).
Culture: the most interesting aspect of every tourist is to visit the places that consists of different
cultures. The world is segmented into categories and every sector consists of different cultures
based on their principles. People would like to experience them and for this reason the authorities
focus upon maintaining abodes that represent the culture of a particular area.
Impact of tourism on economy
Tourism is not just related to the most beautiful attractions. There is an untold story behind every
tourist destination. If a country is developed with regards to tourism then it is economically at a
greater pace when compared to the others. The tourist destinations are emerging everywhere
because people are longing to meet and experience the new areas every now and then. On a long
run tourism is said to maintain its pace. The tourism in a country will help to maintain the
foreign relations and then becomes economically independent.

GROWTH AND CHARACTERISTICS OF KEY EMERGING TOURIST
MARKET
Factors affecting travel and tourism
Every country aims to develop the best destinations to draw more people into visiting the place.
For this purpose, the authorities develop lots of attractions few of which exist naturally and the
others are man-made. There are many factors that are considered in maintaining the places. Some
might have a negative impact on the tourism. Few of the factors are as follows:
Weather conditions: the weather conditions are not the same everywhere. Some places
experience the extreme heat whereas the other places are in extreme cold. The weather
conditions are a dramatic feature of the tourism destinations (Poddubnaya, 2019). This the major
concern of every individual although they are new to a particular place the thing that stops them
from visiting places are the extremities that pertain there. These cannot be change and
monitoring them requires lots of economical effort which sometimes will result in loss.
Natural disasters: natural disasters are the factors that are given by nature itself and this is
something that cannot be controlled or monitored by the humans. Places with more earthquakes
and other disasters cannot have a better tourism spots because the loss of lives is the major
concern. For this purpose, the authorities minimise the scale of tourism in such places.
Diseases and plagues: people will not develop interest upon visiting places that are suffering
from dangerous diseases. Though the region is known for some wonderful places, the dreadful
diseases will prevent people from entering. This is a major drawback that affects the tourism and
that to extend globally.
Destination life cycle
Destination is defined as the final place to be landed. In tourism destination refers to the actual
place that is to be visited. The destination can be a country and area or a particular region. Butler
in 1980 propose a tourism area life cycle (Richards, 2020). In this it is mentioned that a
destination has got a particular life span. With regards to tourism, the destination is not meant to
be staying fir a longer period. The long period stay in a particular area will make them the
residents of that region yet that period is also stipulated with a certain life span. Elements in this
are as follows:
Exploration: every tourist destination starts with exploration. Exploration is the art of knowing
different places that can be visited. Through exploration come the decision of visiting the place.

Exploration is conducted on the note of many considerations like that of food, shelter and the
attractions that are to be visited.
Development: based on the number of tourists that visit the area the development is based on the
that. When there is more demand to the place and there seemed to be a large group stay, them
obviously the authorities will focus upon developing the place.
Stagnation: stagnation is when the tourist place cannot take the number of people that are
visiting. There are many places where the tourism is carried and developed. Large number of
people visit the place at the same time and there comes a point when there is no scope for
refreshment because of the crowd. This point is called as stagnation.
Rejuvenation: it is knowing the statistics of the people visiting the place every now and then, the
government will introduce new technologies and mechanisms so as to enrich the idea of
extending tourism.
Law of diminishing returns: as stated by Samuelson & Nordhaus in Microeconomics, the value
of any place will decrease as and when the number of implementations are carried in that
particular place. Therefore, from this it can be well equipped that lots of improvements will
reduce the natural look and that attractions will go in vain that will lead to the decline in the
number of people visiting the place (Milano and et.al, 2019).
Factors affecting and driving tourism and travel trend
Greater flexibility of booking: technology change the lifestyle to a greater extent and that resulted
in making things easy. One can easily opt for the places to travel and their stay can be decided
upon surfing on the internet. Easy bookings are carried in many places where the tourism is
developed. This makes it easier for the people to opt for many places in different regions. This is
a trend that is occurring everywhere around the world.
Growth and expansion of regional airports: the travel is made easier because of the increase in
transportation facilities to the nook and corner of the world. There are many places in the world
which has got more access of the airlines and that made it easier for the travel freaks. When there
is a tourist destination in a country, then there will probably be airlines facility so as to ensure
that the tourists will visit it on the basis of air port facility. This is also a trending factor in the
travelling regards.
More independent travellers: these are the days of vloggers and bloggers. People are very much
interested in travelling to make documentaries and researches. There are many independent

travellers around that are longing to visit the most of the best places. This has become one of the
trending factors. Many people are affected by noting the actions of the other. Their interest in
this regard is portrayed by visiting the places that are observed trough sources. This is the reason
why there are many individual travellers.
ROLES OF KEY ORGANISATIONS IN GLOBAL TOURISM
DEVELOPMENT
Organisations
There are many organisations nationally and internationally intervened in the aspects of tourism.
Tourism is one of the major economic contributors and is carefully enhanced with all the
requirements. The organisations that are involved in promoting tourism include:
World tourism organisation (UNWTO): This is the major organisation that is associated with
tourism and its destination management. Its aim is to carry forward sustainable tourism
development around the globe by not enhancing the unfair practices. The organisation believes
that, tourism promotes innovation and that is the requirement of any destination. Ethics, skilling,
hospitality and marketing sector are the main focus and the areas of developments for this
organisation.
Global business travel association: hospitality is the main concern of the tourism. Whatever may
be the tourist destination, the interest upon visiting the places will have to be ensured following
the hospitality. The global business travel association focuses upon the urge of increasing the
hospitality conditions. This is the most luxurious organisation which is establishes with billions
of dollars.
American Hotel and Lodging association: this association is probably one of the best of all kinds.
The bar associated with this is the top notch of all the searches. It provides a customer friendly
environment that is acceptable by all kinds of tourists around the world. This is a tourism
friendly organisation with a very good hospitality and is opened to all the people around the
world.
The roles and responsibilities of every organisation that is promoting tourism is to enhance the
destination. They aim towards providing the better among the lot and that is when tourist feel
like getting into their service very often. Tourism is the most prominent and such refreshing
aspect of people around. The tourism spots are a source of information providers and also act as

the base of the region economy. If tourism is to maintain the essence of the destination then the
tourism organisations associated will aim in providing the amenities that will enrich the destined
place.
ISSUES IN TOURISM
Treats
There are not many threats pertaining to tourism.one of the major one that is common and almost
affected the entire globe is the pandemic Covid-19. Tourism in the pandemic is probably not a
considerable aspect. The nature is adorned by the factors that are rich in the beauty and is
governed by the sense of being refreshed. The absence of people will be a great loss to the
destinations. Fear grows up in people and that leads to an overwhelming appetite. These are
probably the major concerns associated with the tourism in pandemics. The loss of life is the
major criteria yet tourism is an abode for many individual travellers around the world. When
pandemic like this arise, the major threat is the crisis in the economy. Of all the possibilities,
tourism being the most important contributor towards economy, the government will experience
a major downfall in this regard. Initiations cannot be taken to prevent a pandemic free tourism
because any drawback in the maintainance will result in loss of lives.
Issues pertaining to future tourism
There are many issue in this regard. As discussed earlier things that are in control of the human
will be ensured to work on. The natural phenomena are hard to deal with. In this regard the
issues involve:
Increased globalisation: the urge of habitat is one of the common issues pertaining to tourism.
The extension of land because of the rise in population will impact the tourism on future
grounds. The historical places that are evolved as part of the greatest movement will have to be
minimised based on the approach of globalisation. This will be severe threat towards the tourism.
The land and water are being invaded and the destinations will become the least utilised ones of
all kinds. This issue will hit tourism to a great extent.
Economic issues: as discussed, tourism itself has a major impact on the country’s economy.
When the country is developed with regards to tourism, then it is considered to be most
developed country. The revenue that is generated by tourism on a whole will be able to maintain
the foreign relations and also would carry out the necessary developments. The pandemics that

are hitting the world are not just affecting people. The effect is also seen on economy. There is a
rapid downfall in the revenue of tourism from march till date because of the hardest time.
pandemics like these will have a negative effect on tourism.
Technology advancement: increase in technology is a boon as well as a bane with regards to
tourism. One may not be able to decide whether to opt for a place or can that be visualised. There
are many travellers around that are visually presenting the places on the sources and that is
making people to enjoy a place though they are not physically there. The documentaries that are
recorded and the images that are captured are making every nook and corner live. This is major
satisfaction of people around and are not so interested in visiting the places.
Recommendations for future tourism
Planning: any initiation will have to start with a plan. Tourism being one of the largest of all
kinds, will have to maintain a perfect plan. Proper planning will help to minimise the risk of
falling prey to the issues that are all of a sudden, a global problem. Tourist organisations will
have to maintain the structure upon which the y can handle the conditions that vary.
Conditions: before developing a certain point or a place as a tourist destination, the overall
statistical data regarding the place will have to be studied and known. Knowing the structure of
every essential feature of the place will help to tackle the conditions in a more approachable
manner.
Operations and management: the management must be carried in all the sectors of tourism. To
maintain a tourist organisation is not a small component. It requires much greater efforts. The
management must be able to endure the situational changes.
CONCLUSION
The entire report deals with global tourism destinations. Tourism is one of the finest of all kinds
and is such a recreation that is adopted by various people all over the world. Tourism is one of
the contributors of the economy. There are many effects that are related with tourism. The

interpretation of nature on the trends of tourism are explained perfectly with mere examples that
can be depicted in the world. The characteristics of key tourist areas are explained in the report
highlighting the roles and regulations. The issues pertaining to the destinations are explained in a
way they are to be. Tourism is an evergreen consistent phenomena that will last for over a long
run. There are many issues pertaining to tourism. The increase in population and globalisation
are the major aspects and major issues pertaining to the tourist destinations.

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