Current Issues Confronting Tourism Industry

The assignment provided focuses on current issues affecting the tourism industry. It includes a list of references to various studies and articles related to topics such as destination image formation, sustainability, value, and satisfaction, risk and uncertainty in travel decision-making, and more. The references are from reputable sources such as journals, books, and websites. The assignment is likely used for educational purposes, possibly in a tourism management or business course.

TOURISM DESTINATION

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
TASK 1 ...........................................................................................................................................4
a. Define term tourist destination and identify some key tourist destination in UK. .................4
b. Table presentation of analysing recent visitor numbers and income generated in ten major
tourist destination inclusive of one UK destination and one from each continent. ....................4
c. Explanation of any two tourist destination with good reason of choice.................................5
d. Analyse the statistic such as visitor numbers and income generation of one leading UK
destination and one overseas tourism..........................................................................................6
e. Description on the analysis of statistics to predict the future trends of the one leading UK
destination and overseas..............................................................................................................8
D. Conclusion and give opinion about suitability of these destinations for Grey market..........8
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................8
g. Introduction with clearly identifying two destination being invested in detail. .....................8
h. Description on the cultural, social and physical features and how it is relate to their appeal
in Grey market.............................................................................................................................9
I. Define the comparison of features of developing and leading tourist destination and
consider the economical, infrastructure, demographic and political situation that leads tourist
destination.................................................................................................................................10
J. Explanation on the appeal of developing and leading the tourism destination in the UK.. . .10
k. Conclusion that evaluates that how discussed characteristics of each tourist destination
affects the appeal.......................................................................................................................11
TASK 3..........................................................................................................................................12
l. Define introduction with brief summary with the justification of the choices......................12
m. Description on the analysis of issues that may affect the how popular the two destination
impacts the Grey markets. ........................................................................................................12
n. Explain the reasonable approach to developing tourism at these two destination for grey
market........................................................................................................................................13
o. Conclusion with help of summaries the main points............................................................13
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................15

INTRODUCTION
The tourism destination is place where tourist comes to visit for exploring inherent,
exhibited, natural, historical significance and cultural value. This offers them leisure and
amusement experience (Cheng and Huang, 2018). Therefore, destination analysis aids to have
creation in developing distinct image of destination that is favourably differentiated from other
destination. The main aim of this report is to understand the importance of potential destination
in the United Kingdom.
The assignment will look over the activities of Travel solution i.e. family business
specialised in UK holidays, they started an agency specialising in self- catering holidays in rural
cottage. Furthermore, report will include things as to analyse tourist destination and generators of
the world in terms of visitor number and income generation, determination of tourist destination
and its trends predicts future trends, culture social and physical features, issue affects the
popularity of tourist destination and to discuss the potential for responsible tourism to enhance
host community at worldwide tourist destination.
TASK 1
a. Define term tourist destination and identify key tourist destination in UK.
To manage tourism destination is one of crucial part that aids to control tourism
environmental impacts. It is kind of travel destination that can helps to attracts lot of visitors.
This is inclusive of natural features or destination that are popular with tourist such as
mountains, beaches and wildlife areas (da Costa Liberato and et.al., 2018). In UK, there are
number of famous areas as London sightseeing destination, World Heritage sites, Tower of
London, Westminster Abbey, key gardens, Chester zoo, Windermere Boat Cruises, Bowness,
Flamingo Land Theme Park and Zoo, Yorkshire etc.
b. Table presentation to analyse visitor numbers and income generated of ten major tourist
destination inclusive of one UK destination and one from each continent.
Travel and Tourism is sector for economic development and job creation throughout the
world. Thus, the 10 major tourism destination inclusive of UK has been defined in below
presented manner as-
Rank Country UNWTO International tourist

Region arrivals
1 France Europe 86.9 million
2 Spain Europe 81.8 million
3 United states North America 75.9 million
4 China Asia 60.7 million
5 Italy Europe 58.3 million
6 Mexico North America 39.3 million
7 United Kingdom Europe 37.7 million
8 Turkey Europe 37.6 million
9 Germany Europe 37.5 million
10 Thailand Asia 35.4 million
c. Explanation of any two tourist destination with good reason of choice.
The tourist destination is fastest growing business. With help of it, economical condition
of the countries can be improvised. Thus, the two tourist destination has been selected as-
London Tourism destination- The London is also one of the famous tourism destination in the
UK. This place is attracting upwards 15 million visitors each year. Thus, Britain is the capital
and this is place of vibrant arts and entertainment center. In addition to this, London is place that
is inclusive of the planet greatest concentration of cultural destination. This works from royal
places to people parliament, from museums and churches to riding a giant Ferris wheel for
breathtaking views (Della, Corte and Aria, 2016). Thus, there are also plenty of the kid friendly
places to visit in London. In addition to this, tourism is one one of the booming industry in
England in terms of development in job and economic growth. It is the significant for future
growth.
The London is one of the most popular tourist destination in the whole world and it also
attracts around 30 million visitors. Thus, around 13 per cent of the people who works in London
are employed by the tourism sector. Furthermore, the number of Tourist attraction as
Buckingham palace, Tower of London, Hop on Hop off bus tour, madame Tussaud, coca-cola

London eyes and the view from shard and so on. However, the London eye is one of the Europe
largest observation wheel. It is truly one of the most leading destination. This is country with rich
and unique history and also preserved with British culture. Thus, it is most expensive cities in
world and also famous for luxurious shopping malls and hotels. At this place, there are various
Museum of London, legendary exhibitions that enhance the beauty of place. In addition to it, this
can be stated that London is most diverse and exciting city and it is with some of amazing sights
and attractions. Furthermore, the eyes of London is take as Europe largest observation wheel.
Singapore Tourist destination- This is also one of famous place of tourist attraction and it
called as land of love and romance. Thus, it is land of exotic cheese, robust and fine wine. There
are number of many places like beautiful villages, picturesque vineyards, splendid chateaux and
breath taking scenery can be found. This is one of major port cities and that is filled with the
historical sites, medieval churches and old beaches as Ponte De peiree. Furthermore, this place
has the most beautiful scenery in the world. Singapore delights with fairly take castles, soaring
cathedrals and picture perfect villages yet the still impresses realist with its contemporary and
progressive. This is the place that is attracted by number of tourist ho wished to visit Singapore
for their Honeymoon purpose (Hassan, 2018). This, it is the country which is the most cleanest
and most orderly cities among the world. However, it is the most popular shopping precinct with
regards to local, tourist and expatriate.
Thus, it has the greatest concentration of the historical monuments on the earth. The one of the
main reason of choosing this place is that it is fool of fantastic cultural attraction to visit. It has
wealth of attractive historical sites to explore. In addition to this, it can be said that the tourism in
Singapore is directly contributed 77.7 billion euros to the gross domestic product and in this 30%
comes from the international visitors. This destination offer beaches and mountains to wild-life
reach national parks, energetic cities and cute towns. Herein, shopping scene provides bustling
markets, unusual floating markets and mega malls.
d. Analyse the statistic such as visitor numbers and income generation of one leading UK
destination and one overseas tourism.
There is two destination has been selected as London Tourism destination Within the UK
and another is Singapore Tourist destination. Thus, statistics of visitor number and income
generation in following manner as are-
London Tourism income generation and visitor numbers-

With help of it, number of visitors to the Tower of London can be showed in the United
Kingdom from 2010 to 2017. In the year of 2014, the number of visitors will be declined to
around 2.7 million in 2016 and it is slightly raised with 2.8 million in 2017. Furthermore, the
tower of London ranks as one of most visited tourist attraction and it is also leading attraction in
United Kingdom. In addition to this, Tower of London managed by historical Royal palaces and
its independent charity relying on donation and this all related with the other kind of self
generated program. However, tower of London will be called as crown of jewels of UK.
Singapore tourism income generation and visitor numbers-

Tourism in the Singapore is a major industry and contributor to the Singaporean economy
attracting the 17.4 million international tourist in 2017. it is the Three times of Singapore total
population. It is the leading tourist destination for the travel industry (Horner and Swarbrooke,
2016). Thus. In addition to this, it can be stated that Singapore's revenues from tourism will grow
by 3 per cent a year from 2017 to 2027 to US$18.1 billion by 2027 - that is, by 46 per cent in a
decade. Both the domestic and international tourism has significant impact on the economy of
french. Moreover, it can be said that in 2016 travel and tourism contributed a total of 198.3
billion euros to GDP in Singapore, on the other hand tourism employment will be created 2.8
billion job in the both manner as directly and indirectly.
e. Description on the analysis of statistics to predict the future trends of the one leading UK
destination and overseas.
The number of tourist are enhancing day by day and due to this it is also gaining
popularity of tourism in industry. It is trend in which tourism activities arechanging day by day
and this thing also impacts over demand of tourism. Thus, there are differ kind of tourism and
this include-
Inbound tourism- It is the type of tourism that is related with the traveling to the places within
the demo-graphical boundaries. Thus, UK destination has the number of the attractive places that
led to have enhancement in inbound tourism in United Kingdom.
Outbound tourism- Under this, traveling refers to tourism in which people uses to visit different
destination which all are outside the demographically boundaries.
Culture tourism- It is the kind of tourism that takes place at the time in which people visit
particular place to know about the culture and history of that place.
Nature Tourism- The most of the tourist prefers the Tourism destination of the UK as London
as there is number of wildlife and nature attractive places (Horner and Swarbrooke, 2016).
Hence, it can be stated that there are number of the place that are affecting the particular
destination and these trends highly impact over the needs and wants of the customers. For
example- Singapore attracts the most of foreign tourist because it is gaining popularity of the
natural attractive place. In addition to this, there are many emerging trends that includes the
changes in tourist travel to the particular place. This all are causes the reduction in tourist
attraction to that place.

D. Conclusion and give opinion about suitability of these destinations for Grey market.
Based on the above two destination as Singapore and London are the best suitable place
for travel by considering the Grey market. In this, there are people who are living successful
careers and they spend money on themselves. Thus, people are presumably and they are called
panthers.
TASK 2
g. Introduction with clearly identifying two destination being invested in detail.
In this report, the two destination has been selected as Singapore and London tourism
destination. Thus, Singapore is popular destination among the world. There are many tourist
attraction as heritage sites, historic monuments, national parks etc. On the other hand, London is
tourism place that is diverse and exciting city with some of the worlds best and largest sights and
attractions. Furthermore, this city can be considered as noisy, vibrant and multicultural. There
are many sightseeing attractions in London and it is mainly considered as one of the best among
the world.
h. Description on the cultural, social and physical features and how it is relate to their appeal in
Grey market.
There are number of the factors as cultural, social and physical features and this all
affects the image of tourist destination at the larger context. In the present task the London has
been considered as tourist destination and its various features as cultural, social and physical
would be analyzed in greater aspects. London uses to consider as one of the most famous and
visited place in UK due to availability of educational institutes and historical monuments and
This also contributes high number of tourist that from the domestic as well the foreign origin.
With help of putting major consideration over tourism statistics it has been analyzed that London
is been visited by more than 16.7 million people in during the last few years and so on. It aids to
have 12 billion revenue from the tourism (Karl, 2018). Thus, the tourism activities can be
considered as one of the major driver for economical change.
Furthermore, it can be stated that the tourism activities do not generate revenue in
isolation but also adds profitability to countries as transportation, air bookings, construction,
hotel and food industry etc. The maximum of 0.2 million people are employed in activities of
tourism in both direct and indirect ways. Thus, legal authorities of United Kingdom is taking
various initiatives by undertaking the promotion of tourism industry with help of online methods.

Although, London tourism is considered one of important place due to perspective of social
benefits.
Thus, this things can be understood with the help of example as Tourism in London is one of
greater source of peace, heritage and cultural. Thus, tourism industry is beneficial local
community and it provides effective support to local lobs and businesses.
Social and cultural- This is benefited from tourism industry in terms of seasonal employment
and it is offered by tourism industry and can also spoiled lifestyle of people who are looking for
the permanent job. In order to resolve the issues of temporary jobs, this is very crucial to attract
tourist for medical, education and research so that destination popularity can be enhanced
(Shahrabani and et.al., 2018). In addition to this, environmental impact over London is both in
negative and positive aspect and it also helps top develop the business opportunity. It is essential
to preserve the natural destination so that there can be possibility to have enhancement in
revenue through Eco tourism and heritage tourism activities. Furthermore, waste discharge and
factor of pollution would be among the major negative environmental that can have great impact
for tourism activities.
I. Define the comparison of features of developing and leading tourist destination and consider
its economical, infrastructural, demographical and political situation that leads tourist
destination.
There are some key features relates with tourism destination and its can be compared
between developing the tourism destination. This would include branding, aim of tourism, and its
management of historic tourism destination ( Shahzad and et.al., 2017).
Thus, the comparison from the aspect of infrastructure point of view it can be stated that the UK
is having much better road, water infrastructure and air facilities and this all features are the
major motivation for tourist as compare to the average infrastructure facilities offered in
Singapore. Furthermore, the purpose of tourism in Singapore is that it is the city of romantic
image, stunning architecture and iconic tower creates pleasure to the person or its provides better
leisure facilities to the people. On the other hand, UK taken as better tourist destination with the
number of tourist purpose and higher number of the tourist visit in UK as compare to the
Singapore. In terms of branding, UK will be considered as one of the big premium brand as
compare to the Singapore tourism as its have lack of promotion, lack of capital. Thus, legal
authorities of United Kingdom use to take various initiatives to promote the tourist destination.

J. Explanation on the appeal of developing and leading the tourism destination in the UK.
To find out the effective comparison of leading tourist destination with developing tourist
destination the example of London and Singapore has taken into consideration. Thus, both the
tourist place are having similar characteristics. The UK is one of leading destination among the
world and there is more than 29 million people uses to visit United Kingdom every year with the
respective purpose. Furthermore, it can be stated that the Cost Rica is located in central of
America and ranked as fifth in respects to environment sustainability (Shahzad and et.al., 2017).
There are some other tourist destination that can also be visited in Cost Rica as would
include Drake Bay, Montverde cloud forest, Arenal volcano and Antino national park etc. With
help of undertaking the tourist destination this is stated that London and Cost Rica are having the
bio diversity and unique landscape. Thus, these are the place which works as to capture the
beauty of the place and its majorly attracts the visitors. In this, it has been stated that the Cost
Rica appealed for the Spanish culture and United kingdom appeals for its wide variety of
literature from the Byron, Milton and Shakespeare etc. Thus, London can be taken as the home
for the Royal opera house, Albert hall and theater etc. However, it can be stated that London is
having the finest infrastructure. These are the major driving force for the number of tourist that
uses to visit London.
Thus, London stands at the 5th place in respect to environmental protection. By analyzing
the entire scenario of both countries it can be stated that the developed countries as UK will be
inclusive of attractive features as infrastructure, government initiatives and marketing for the
tourist destination and this all leads to create the positive impact over the tourist and it tends to
enhance the beauty of tourist destination.
k. Conclusion that evaluates that how discussed characteristics of each tourist destination affects
the appeal.
Based on the above stated facts, it can be concluded that there are various characteristics
and this all considered by tourist to get access to its appeal and there are some major factor of
tourist destination and this all defined in below presented manner-
 Crime rate is major determinants for visitors. The lower crime rate would appeal to the
higher tourist as it is attractive factor in terms to the particular tourist destination ( Tribe,
2015). In London crime case are significantly low but pick pocket cases rapidly happens
in the street of London.

 Economic impacts must be explored and it also works to access the impact on tourism
activities. It is disclosed that increased inflation and higher currency prices in London
have made harsh impact over the all tourism activities.
 Political instability and terrorism activities would also negatively impacts over the tourist
inflow in the country (Yang and et.al., 2017). Thus, London is considered as politically
stable country as its have lesser chances of terrorism attacks and this also has helped the
UK in order to have enhancement in tourism inflow in the country.
 In order to enhancement in product and services life-cycle for the tourism activity in
London. This is essential in terms to offer the involvement for the higher authorities so
that better and effective customer services can be offered to tourist coming from origin as
domestic and foreign origin.
TASK 3
l. Define introduction with brief summary with the justification of the choices.
The tourism industry or particular estimation affected by the running of tourism activity.
Thus, factors are Environmental, Economy, Historical and religious significance of tourism
destination impacts the choices of destination. In this, the two destination has been selected as
Singapore and UK and there are number of factors that attracts the choice of visitors.
m. Description on the analysis of issues that may affect the how popular the two destination
impacts the Grey markets.
From the last few years, tourism destination industry has experienced the sustained
growth and it has continually diversified into the one of the fastest growing industry among the
world. The choice of destination impacts the working of the tourist. This industry has become the
fourth largest industry and it contributes the large proportion to the gross domestic product and
economy to the world. The growth in Grey tourism in the UK is set to continue with the number
of citizens comes from abroad. In London, there is forecast for increased number of the overseas
visitors that depends over the airport capacity, new visa regulations and it also provides the
continuation of worldwide promotional campaigns. In both countries the number of tourist
comes and visit. Thus, there are various kind of issues that are affecting the popularity of London
and Singapore and the caused are defined in below presented manner as-
 Natural disaster- There are number of natural disaster that can impact the tourism
activities in larger context. It is inclusive of things as landslides, Tsunamis, earthquakes

and cyclones etc. This factor has strong impact on the destination of tourism. In
Singapore, the natural incidents happened in huge volume ( Zeng and Gerritsen, 2014. ).
Thus, the people tends to choose UK over the Singapore.
 Impact on sustainability- The conditions of Tourist situation is must be in the stable
manner. In this condition, the UK is more stable as compare to Singapore. So, the country
must run its activities in smooth manner so it can positively impact the popularity of
destination.
 Climate conditions- The climate conditions plays crucial role to attract the customers.
Thus, high use of chemical substance in industry, heavy vehicles uses to create air
pollution and due to it people suffer from number of disease (da Costa Liberato and et.al.,
2018). Thus, dis-balance in the condition of climate might have impact over popularity of
destination.
 Enclave tourism- This is also one of the factor that works as to affect the activities of
tourism in UK and its inclusive of packages that has huge effect over local business such
as pubs, local accommodations, food center etc. Furthermore, package designed by tour
operators are highly expensive.
 Inflation rate- The enhancement in rate of inflation and high exchange rate have
negative impact over tourist coming from the foreign destination (Cheng and Huang,
2018). For example, cost of transportation has also raised in UK due to the impacts of
environmental and road fuel duty that is 53 £ per litre.
 Tourism leakage- This is one of the significant factor that has adversely impact the
tourism industry of local areas. Thus, it also has been evaluated that the most of the
revenue in this term belongs to airline and hotel industry. However, leakage of revenue to
the hotel and aviation industry are not enthusiastic towards the activities of tiurism and
this is not effective in terms to participate in tourism activities.
n. Explain the reasonable approach to developing tourism at these two destination for grey
market.
To have development in tourism sector is one of essential factor of central planning. It is
related with its limitation and its particularly relates to consideration of community involvement
in process of its development. Thus, all basic amenities must be provide with help of the tourist
so that they can able to enjoy the leisure moments.

However, legal authorities must be responsible towards providing the security to the
visitors and it is also helps to provide leisure moments. It is very useful to enhance the worth of
the place. Thus, better initiative must be taken so that things cam be undertaken in best and in
much effective manner. With help of providing the services in the economical manner tends to
have positive impact over tourism activities.
o. Conclusion with help of summaries the main points.
Thus, it can be summarised that above factor can revealed the great impact over the
destination of the tourist popularity. Thus, demand of the tourism destination like UK can be
reduced due to its negative factors but legal authorities of United Kingdom is taking various
initiatives to maintain the appeal among the tourist around the world.

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