Global Tourism Destinations Assignment Solved

GLOBAL TOURISM
DESTINATIONS

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
LO1..................................................................................................................................................1
P1 Nature and trends of tourism on global scale....................................................................1
P2 The characteristics of key tourist generating and receiving areas of the world................2
M1 The influence of emerging economies of scale and nature of Tourism...........................3
D1 The impact of both key and emerging markets, and significant factors affecting global
tourism....................................................................................................................................4
LO2..................................................................................................................................................4
P3 Specific reasons for the growth of key global receiving and generating areas of the world. 4
P4 Comparison of emerging global-tourism destinations......................................................5
LO3..................................................................................................................................................7
P5 Roles and responsibilities of key international organizations in the development of global
tourism....................................................................................................................................7
M3 The importance of Key organisations in growth and development of global tourism.....8
D2 Recommendations............................................................................................................8
LO4..................................................................................................................................................9
P6 The significance of various threats, issues and challenges to the future development of
global tourism.........................................................................................................................9
M3 Analysing the Implications of significant threats, issues and challenges to global tourism 9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Today, tourism industry has become one of the largest industries across the globe.
Millions of people each year makes use of tourism facilities in order to travel, go places and
explore new cultures. Tourism refers to the business of providing the services such as
transportation, places to stay, or entertainment to the people who are on holiday. (Boniface,
Cooper and Cooper, 2016). The report is going to explain the characteristic of key tourist
receiving and generating areas of the world. Along with it, it compares and contrasts the
differences between a range of emerging global tourism destinations in relation to the life cycle
destination stages, strategies employed and factors driving growth.
MAIN BODY
LO1
P1 Nature and trends of tourism on global scale
Figure 1 Top five tourist destination statics
Source: (Top five destination, 2013)
The travel and tourism industry is said to be one of the world's largest industries with the
global economic contribution of induced, indirect and direct of over 7.6 United States in the year
2016. The industry's direct impact which includes accommodation, entertainment and
transportation and attractions were 2.3 United States dollar in 2016. Countries such as United
States and France are said to be the most popular tourist destinations. Other countries which are
less known are also emerging in order to reap the benefits of the economy in the industry.
The industry today employs up to 10% of the global workforce and accounts for 10% of
the overall GDP. There are several reasons which are making the industry grow in terms of
revenue, customers and infrastructure. It includes technological developments, social media
arrival which is making easy for people to share their interest and hobbies and the internet.
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In travel destinations, there are a variety of trends including the provision of best-quality
food. Places such as Paris and France are growing because the food which they provide is of
good quality and as per the consumers needs and demands.
The trends in profits are majorly from the earnings of activities of entertainment. The
tourists destinations provides a variety of opportunities for its customers to make use of
entertainment facilities such as movie theaters, live shows etc. which helps to earn large sum of
profits.
The nature of the tourism industry keeps changing. The tourism industry often faces
losses when there are certain fluctuations in the prices of the products and services sold and the
downfall in the economy. It is completely based on the condition of the economy of the country.
The present trends in tourism industry includes technology where people today are making use of
mobile phones in order to book their reservations. It has been seen that 25% of the online
reservations in United States are made from mobiles (Global travel and tourism industry -
Statistics & Facts. 2016). Social media is also used for the sharing communication and
recommending frameworks which has become a means of interacting with travelers in real time
during the visits.
P2 The characteristics of key tourist generating and receiving areas of the world
Below mentioned are the areas of key tourist generating and receiving areas of the world:
CHARACTERISTICS OF TOP 5 TOURISM GENERATING AREAS OF THE
WORLD
France France is generating around 86.9 million visitors every year. The country is
seen to be leading the field of tourism. It hosts a variety of places which
hosts to the interests of the tourists including the cities of the cultural
interests including Lyon, Paris, ski resorts, beaches etc.
Spain Spain is generating around 81.8 million visitors a year. It is seen to be one
of the major industry in the country which is contributing nearly 11% of the
national Gross Domestic Product of the country. Most of the visitors in
Spain come from European countries including United Kingdom, Germany,
France and Italy . The characteristic of Spain are its good food, locations
which are green and a healthy environment. Its wines and its arts are some
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