Global Tourism Destinations

GLOBAL TOURISM
DESTINATIONS

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
LO 1.................................................................................................................................................1
P1. Interpretation of Statistics to accurately present overview of nature and trends of tourism
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P2. Investigation of characteristics of key tourist generating and receiving areas globally...2
M1. Analysis of how scale and nature of tourism is influenced by emerging economies.....3
LO 2.................................................................................................................................................4
P3. Determining specific reasons of growth of key global tourism generating and receiving
areas of the world...................................................................................................................4
P4. Comparison and contrasting differences between range of emerging global tourism
destinations.............................................................................................................................5
M2. Evaluation and Comparison of importance of different factors affecting and driving
tourism trends.........................................................................................................................7
LO 3.................................................................................................................................................7
P5. Investigation of roles and responsibilities of key international organisations in
development of global tourism...............................................................................................7
M3. Evaluation of Significance of Key Organisations in the Growth and Development of
Global Tourism.......................................................................................................................8
LO 4.................................................................................................................................................8
P6. Reviewing Significance of various threats, issues and challenges to future development of
global tourism.........................................................................................................................8
M4. Analysis of implications of significant threats, issues and challenges to global tourism10
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Tourism refers to travelling for the perspective of either leisure or business. It undertakes a
variety of activities which provides a person with psychological satisfaction and recreation of the
mindset. Moreover, it includes aspects like accommodation, travelling, sightseeing, indulging
into different cultural activities and so forth. For businesses tourism is associated with attracting,
accommodating, as well as entertaining the individuals in the best manner possible (Mathew and
Sreejesh, 2017). On the other hand, Global Tourism Destinations currently are holding massive
importance, due to latest social trends highlighting the importance of travelling and recreational
prospects.
Hence, in this condition, the report below is based on United Kingdom as a global tourism
destination, especially London and it undertakes examination of the scale and nature of global
tourism. Along with this, the report also involves assessment of growth and characteristics of key
emerging markets and destination regions. Moreover, exploration of the roles of key
organisations in the development of global tourism has also been emphasised upon the
assignment. In addition, the report addresses appraisal of threats, issues and challenges to future
development of global tourism.
LO 1
P1. Interpretation of Statistics to accurately present overview of nature and trends of tourism
It is very important to determine the nature and trends that are currently prevailing within
the tourism sector, which would also allow in identifying the rate with this the overall sector has
been evolving lately. Moreover, this would also be beneficial to map the changes that the
industry has been facing on a wider global perspective. The reason for determining and
interpreting the statistics is to determine the changing nature, as well as the trends which are
currently shaping the sector and that would continue to do so in the coming future.
Hence, in regards to this, below are various trends and the relevant statistics associated
with the same: Solo Travelling:
One of the key trends which is currently prevalent within the industry is solo travelling.
People prefer to go individually and alone to different parts of the world and explore various
destinations themselves. This trend is currently on a rise and millennials, as well as people from
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older generations are very much inclined towards being explorer and taking solo trips to various
destinations. There are various statistics which could determine the enhancement of this trend
lately. For instance, according to various sources, such as Klook, solo travelling has been the #1
trend in the 2019. On the other hand, there has been a 131% increase within the searches within
engines like Google in context of Solo Travelling between the years 2016-19 (TOP SOLO
TRAVEL STATISTICS, 2020). Therefore, this showcases the nature of tourism as well, which is
highly inclined towards personal recreation and effective exploration of different destinations
which does not even require multiple individuals as per the trend.
 Ecotourism:
Another very popular trend within the global ends is related to Ecotourism, which refers to
the practice of taking a holiday in pristine, fragile and undisturbed areas within the world to
explore their natural beauty. However, the agenda of the same is to explore the nature without
causing any sort of harm to the natural habitats and forestation. Quite recently, this has become a
major trend especially for the younger generation as with major global disasters that are leading
towards destruction of forests and natural lands like the ones seen in Africa, the individuals are
very much concerned lately towards protection of environment. Along with this, people are
actually going to farther ends towards supporting environment conservation.
In relation to the statistics that represents its popularity as a key trend, almost 41% of the
individuals involved in various surveys have recently claimed that they have a lot of interest
towards booking eco-tourism holiday packages (Global Eco-tourism takes off with 35% of
holiday makers now likely to book an eco-holiday, 2020). Hence, this global data again
showcases a prominent nature of tourism that is related to a major shift toward environmental
protection and exploration of the untapped areas of the world to visit and experience natural
beauty and calm surroundings which is different from what individuals experience in cities, i.e.,
diversity in experience.
Key tourism generating and receiving countries
The top most tourist destination and courtiers of the world on the basis of their annual
revenue generation and total number of visitors are provided below along with the help of
following graph and their interpretation:
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