P(56) Travel and Tourism Sector

Travel and Tourism Management

TRAVEL AND TOURISM SECTOR
TASK 2

2.1 Analyse the function of government,
government-sponsored bodies and
international agencies in travel and tourism
The global scenarios has changed because of the
changes of tourism that put negative affects on tourism.
The sponsored bodies and international agencies got
involved in the process to develop and regulate policies

2.2 Local and national economic policy and
their influences on the success of the travel
and tourism sector
 Travel and tourism consists of high degree of importance on
various socio economic parameters.
 Social benefits can be created by acquiring foreign exchange
funds, creating awareness in the environment, and by creating
jobs.
 In some of the countries tourism has been provided as lower
priority as they are not able to generate enough potential
revenue out of them

2.3 The implications of political change on
the travel and tourism sector in different
countries
In steering the growth of the travel and tourism sector of a
country political scenario plays a significant role.
Tourism is the largest industry in the world. It was around 922
million in 2008 that too worldwide and it has been forecasted
that it will reach around 1.6 billion by 2020.
There is a relationship between politics and tourism. As
political trends does affect the business of tourism it is also
affected by the global economy

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