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Tourist Destination TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 5 TASK 15 a) 5 i) The average expenditure in UK compared with Europe and Asia5 ii) Implications of the differences of Tourist Arrivals and Tourist Receipts in countries 6 (b) Statistical analysis of tourism destination trends over the last ten years and prediction of future trends of UK 1 Task 24 (a)4 (i) Analysis of cultural, social and physical features of three tourist destinations 4 (ii) Explanation about the most important elements that

Statistical analysis of UK tourism destinations

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TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION.........................................................................................................................5TASK 1...........................................................................................................................................5a)..................................................................................................................................................5i) The average expenditure in UK compared with Europe and Asia...........................................5ii) Implications of the differences of Tourist Arrivals and Tourist Receipts in countries...........6(b) Statistical analysis of tourism destination trends over the last ten years and prediction offuture trends of UK......................................................................................................................1Task 2...............................................................................................................................................4(a).................................................................................................................................................4(i) Analysis of cultural, social and physical features of three tourist destinations......................4(ii) Explanation about the most important elements that make up the appeal of each of the 3destinations..................................................................................................................................7(b) Comparison of the features of selected tourist destination with a developing touristdestination....................................................................................................................................8Task 3...............................................................................................................................................9(a) Comparison of the appeal of current leading tourist destination UK with currentlydeveloping destinations Nepal.....................................................................................................9(b) Identification of characteristics of tourist destination and evaluation of effects of thesecharacteristics on appeal of the tourist destination......................................................................9Task 4.............................................................................................................................................11(a) Issues experienced by the host community that affect the popularity of the touristdestinations with real examples.................................................................................................11(b) Discussion of the potential for responsible tourism to enhance the host community in thethree issues and identification of measures...............................................................................12conclusion......................................................................................................................................12references.......................................................................................................................................13
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TABLE OF FIGURESFigure 1: Number of visitors of UK over last ten years..................................................................1Figure 2: Spending of visitors over last ten years in UK.................................................................2Figure 3: Prediction of trends of the number of visitors in future ten years in UK.........................3Figure 4: Prediction of trends of the spending of visitors in future ten years in UK.......................3LIST OF TABLESTable 1: International tourist arrivals..............................................................................................4Table 2: International tourist receipts, 2014....................................................................................5Table 3: analysis of cultural, social and physical features of UK, France and Spain......................43| P a g e
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INTRODUCTION The main aim of the report is to provide details about tourism destinations in terms ofdifferent factors such as culture, social and physical features and also their popularity etc.Besides that, present study identified the tourist destinations current trends and characteristics ofdestinations which appeal tourists to visit the country (Baggio, Mottironi and Corigliano, 2011).Along with several advantages of tourism destinations, issues faced by tourism places are alsoexplored in the report. In order to better understand the scope of UK and worldwide touristdestinations, different factors including income generated, visitor numbers and tourism statisticshave been considered.TASK 1a) i) The average expenditure in UK compared with Europe and Asia Within the European Union, the UK’s standard of living is high and it is significantlyahead of France, Italy and Spain. On the basis of comparison of visitor numbers (tourist arrivals)and income generators (tourist receipts) an analysis of UK with destinations of Asia and Europecan be done. Table 1: International tourist arrivalsRank Country International tourist arrivals(2014) International tourist arrivals(2013) Change (2013 to 2014 (%) 1 France 83.7 million 83.6 million .1 2 United States 74.8 million 70.0 million 6.8 3 Spain 65.0 million 60.7 million 7.1 4 China 55.6 million 55.7 million -.1 5 Italy 48.6 million 47.7 million 1.8 6 Turkey 39.8 million 37.8 million 5.3 7 Germany 33.0 million 31.5 million 4.6 8 United Kingdom 32.6 million 31.1 million 5.0 9 Russia 29.8 million 28.4 million 5.3 10 Mexico 29.1 million 24.2 million 20.5 4| P a g e
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From the given figure of International tourist arrivals, it is clear that as compared to 2013,number of tourist arrivals in 2014 was increased by 32.6 million. It indicates that popularity ofUK as a tourist destination is continuously enhancing day by day. Excellent global connectivity,living standards, health and education services are the major attraction of UK which magnetizesvisitors to visit the country and spend their leisure time. From the critical comparison betweenUK and other tourism destinations including China and Mexico, it can be said that tourist arrivalsin UK was high (32.6 million) as compared to Mexico (29.1 million) but it was low in the year2014 as compared to China 55.6 million (Janson, 2015). In addition, British Museum, FlamingoLand in Yorkshire, cultural, technological, and archaeological achievements are the major touristdestination of UK. As per the statement provided by Hutchinson (2015), over 6.7 million visitorsin the year 2013 visited British Museum and National Gallery which was the second mostpopular visiting place of UK.ii) Implications of the differences of Tourist Arrivals and Tourist Receipts in countries Table 2: International tourist receipts, 2014Rank Country International tourism receipts US$(2014) International tourism receipts US$(2013) Change (2013 to 2014 (%) 1 United States 177.2 billion 172.9 billion 2.5 2 Spain 65.2 billion 62.6 billion 4.2 3 China 56.9 billion 51.7 billion 10.2 4 France 55.4 billion 56.7 billion -2.3 5 Macao 50.8 billion 51.8 billion -1.9 6 Italy 45.5 billion 43.9 billion 3.7 7 United Kingdom 45.3 billion 41.0 billion 10.3 8 Germany 43.3 billion 41.3 billion 5 9 Thailand 38.4 billion 41.8 billion -8.0 10 Hongkong38.4 billion 38.9 billion -1.4 From the above statistics, it is clear that international tourism receipts of UK increasedfrom 41.0 billion to 45.3 billion in 2014. On the other side, tremendous growth had beenachieved by Turkey (39.8 million), France (55.4 billion) and Mexico (29.1 million). While,number of international tourism receipts declined in Thailand (38.4 billion) and Hongkong (38.45| P a g e
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billion) as compared to previous year 2013. From the critical comparison of differences of touristarrivals and receipts of UK with other tourist destinations, it can be said that number of touristvisited (45.3 billion) in the year 2014 was high as compared to Thailand and Hongkong. Itindicates that UK was able to magnetize large number of international visitors to visit there(Janson, 2015).6| P a g e
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