Tourism Destination Competitiveness

Tourist Destination

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK...............................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Tourist destinations and generators of the world..................................................................1
1.2 Predictions for future trends..................................................................................................3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................5
2.1 Social, cultural and other features in respect of tourist destination......................................5
2.2 Features of developing and leading tourist destinations.......................................................6
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................8
Covered in PPT...........................................................................................................................8
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................8
4.1 Issues affecting the demand of tourist choice.......................................................................8
4.2 Potential for responsible tourism to enhance the host community.......................................9
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Travel and tourism is a sector which is growing with a very good speed as demand in this
sector is rising from last few years. There are distinct reason behind why there is continuous
growth in this behind which the major reason is the development which is taking place in the
transportation and other associated facilities. Apart from this the other factors that led to the
increment of this industry is the advancement in the technology. When an individual decide to
travel the first thing which comes to the mind is to which place should be selected as the
destination for travelling which is chosen on the basis of its attractions (Ahmad, 2013). Other
factor that contributes in selecting the destination is its characteristics, amenities and
accessibility. The destinations help in the growth of economy as tourism brings wealth along
with it. As far now Europe is considered as the best place to visit as it has various visiting spots
which are very beautiful that attracts maximum travellers towards them. Earlier places which
were rich in culture and heritage were preferred more to visit per with the change in generation
people like to visit places which gives them relaxation and help them in reducing their stress.
Trip Advisor is one of the biggest online site which helps tourists in choosing the right place to
travel. In the following report different destinations will be discussed which are on top and latest
trends of the tourism industry will also be elaborated in detail.
TASK
1.1 Tourist destinations and generators of the world
Tourism plays a significant role in the economy therefore places which has effective
tourist destination are considered to be more powerful. Contribution of travellers is noticeable in
the generation of employment, infrastructures revenue generation etc. the income earned by this
sector can be calculated by doing the summation of all revenue eared due to the employment
generated by this sector and than the expenditure done by various tourist during their stay in the
various parts of the world (Armenski and et.al., 2011). London in Europe market is as per now
considered as the most famous destinations as who so ever visits Europe wish to travel their also.
UK experiences maximum of tourists every year with having 28.1 million global travellers
which brings it on number 6 in the top ten tourists destinations. After this comes USA which has
30.4 billion tourists visiting internationally and makes it on seventh position. As per the statistics
of year 2011, France experienced a great number of tourism in that year. Around eight crore
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enjoyed stay in that country which made it in the top ten famous tourist destinations (Beritelli,
2011). Each of the discussed place has various beautiful destinations which has the capacity of
influencing visitors. In Bali it is observed that tourism has contributed in creating much of
employment as jobs of 58000 individuals is generated through this industry. 60 – 70% of total
economy of Bali is dependent on the tourism industry which is a remarkable amount.
Contribution of the same sector in the economy of UK is also inevitable as it is £ 61.9 billion
which is a big amount. Given below is the details of different tourists destinations along with
their ranking among themselves. With that information regarding the total number of tourists in
different period is also given which gives a more clear image of the popularity of each each
tourist spots.
Ranking Nation Places for
tourists
Visitors
number
in 2014
Visitors number
in 2013
Amount (USD
billion)
1. France Eiffel tower
Disneyland
Paris
Palace of
Versailles
The Louvre
Arc de
Triomphe
76.8
million
76.8 million 46.3
2 USA Walt
Disney
world
Empire
state
building
Glacier
59.7
million
55 million 103.5
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