History and Structure of UK Travel and Tourism- Report

Travel and Tourism Sector
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
1.1 Key historical developments in the travel and tourism sector...............................................3
1.2 Structure of travel and tourism sector....................................................................................4
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................5
2.1 Function of government, government-sponsored bodies and international agencies on the
travel and tourism........................................................................................................................5
2.2 Local and national economic policy influence the success of the travel and tourism sector.6
2.3 Implication of political change on the travel and tourism sector in different countries........7
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................7
3.1 Factors affecting tourism demand..........................................................................................7
3.2 How supply changed to meet the effects of demand.............................................................9
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................10
4.1 The main positive and negative economic, environmental and social impact of tourism...10
4.2 Strategies that can be used to minimize the negative impacts while maximizing the
positive impacts.........................................................................................................................11
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................13
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INTRODUCTION
Travel and tourism industry is considered as one of the major industry within the global
market that is increasing at the pace and often results in contributing to the economy. However,
there are different components within the travel and tourism sector which are tour operator,
accommodation, hospitality organization, and airlines etc. that primarily constitute travel and
tourism sector. Within the international ranking, UK is ranked at eighth position in the most
effective tourist destination that is preferred by large number of domestic and foreign visitors
(Tourism alliance, n.d). With the increasing services in the travel and tourism it also results in
increasing and growing the number of visitors in visiting the tourist destination. It often results in
enhancing the image of destination among the market so it can be visited by many other people.
In the present scenario, tourism industry is blooming at the fast pace and so as UK industry is
enhancing their different destination to attract large visitors and customers across the nation.
Presently, report focuses on history and structure of UK travel and tourism sector is
London. However, the study will help in understanding the impact and influence of local and
national government as well as different international agencies on travel and tourism sector.
Furthermore, it will also examine the effect of supply and demand as well as their positive and
negative impact of tourism on travel and tourism sector.
TASK 1
1.1 Key historical developments in the travel and tourism sector
In last few years, there have been significant development in the travel and tourism sector
of London. Further people in the world consider London as one of the most renowned and
beautiful travel destination (Harrison, 2006). This can be justified by the fact that every year
more than 30 million tourist are attracted by the destination. People from different nations visit
London and gets amazed by its monument and destinations. Back in olden days,where tourism
was not a common phenomenon among people, the development of London begins. It was in the
primitive era, when travel and tourism was not a part of an individual's lifestyle. Sooner the
perception and mentality of people started to developed with the passage of time. Back in the
year between 1660 to 1840, people from some countries started to travel in other nations
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(Petrova and Mason, 2004). In such situation their purpose of travelling was not leisure and fun
but travelling was done to holy places only for religions purposes.
In this period, the concept of grand tours was developed and gained very high popularity
in very short span of time. The people which belongs to high income group or which were
treated as high class people became the first one to use and enjoy such kind of tours. It can be
stated that the grand tour was the one which provided people with a clear reason for travelling
(Reyes, 2010). Now a craze among people started to developed as they want to travel with a
purpose of getting aware of other cultures and people living in different countries. The major
contribution or development in travel and tourism sector of London took place at the time of
industrial revolution. It was back in the year 18th and 19th Century which witnessed high growth
in travel and tourism sectors. Further this was the time when brands such as Cox and Kings,
Thomas Cook took birth. It can be also stated that 1969 was the time when rules, regulations and
Acts related to travel and tourism were developed (Matz, 2008). The major development in travel
and tourism of London was happened in the end of 19th century.
1.2 Structure of travel and tourism sector
In order to grow and develop the UK economy tourism sector plays a significant role in
enhancing the growth the economy. London is being considered as one of the leading tourist
destination in the world that are preferred by many visitors as it features attractive heritage and
cultural sites that keep attract the visitors and customers to visits the place (Davidson, McPhail
and Barry, 2011). The structure of travel and tourism sector in the London mainly focuses on
different services element such as accommodation, tourist attractions, tour operators etc. that
consists the structure of travel and tourism sector. According to London Tourism Industry,
tourist those who are visiting London approximately spend around £15 million every year.
The foremost element that constitute travel and tourism sector in London include tourist
attraction for whom visitors visits the place. The attraction can be natural sites or man-made sites
that keep force the visitors to visits. For instance; Lake district and Blackpool Beach in the
London are the famous natural sites that attract around 6 million travellers each year
(Jayawardena and et.al., 2013). However, Tower of London, London Eye, Alton towers are the
attractions that are created and constructed just to attract the customers and visitors. Buckingham
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