Ancient Stonehenge and Medieval Salisbury: A Popular Tourist Destination in the UK

This presentation highlights Ancient Stonehenge and Medieval Salisbury, a prehistoric monument on the Plains of Wiltshire, England, as a popular tourist destination in the UK. It provides key facts about the destination, explains Cohen's tourist topology and the types of tourists that visit, and explores the key attractions of Stonehenge. It also discusses the transportation services available at the destination. The presentation concludes by emphasizing the popularity of Stonehenge and the millions of visitors that visit throughout the year.

Tourist Destination in the UK

Table of content
• Introduction
• Key facts of destination
• Cohen’s tourist topology
• Explanation of types of tourist
• Importance of Cohen’s tourist typology
• Key attraction of Stonehenge destination
• Transportation services at Stonehenge
• Conclusion
• References

Introduction
• The term destination can be defined as
the place which has several features such
as unique culture, gastronomy,
landscape, infrastructure and
architecture. This presentation is based
on Ancient Stonehenge and Medieval
Salisbury, a prehistoric monument on the
Plains of Wiltshire, England.

Key facts of destinations
• The average weight of each Stonehenge is approximately 25 tons. The largest stone
weighs around 30 tons and it gives idea to people about how massive the Stonehenge
stones are.
• 180 generations have passed and stones were erected at Stonehenge.
• It has been analysed that more than 800000 tourists all over the world visited this place
in 2021. Many of the tourists also visit Neolithic and Bronze age marvels.

Cohen’s tourist topology
• This topology can be considered as one
of the first major topologies which was
developed in tourism and travel space.
Cohen’s tourist topology is a model
which emphasise on categorizing
tourists into various types.

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• There are various types of tourists which
are identified in Cohen in his topology
and are based on continuum- a spectrum
which allows tourists to be placed at
some edge between novel and familiar.

Explanation of types of tourist
• The Drifter
• The explorer
• Individual mass tourist
• Organised mass tourist

Importance of Cohen’s tourist
typology
• This typology facilitates in
providing understanding of
various types of tourist
businesses and stakeholders of
tourism industry so that they can
provide better customer service
experience.

Key attraction of Stonehenge
destination
• Mystery surrounds it
• Its incredible design
• Experience the extraordinary
• Special exhibitions

Transportation services at
Stonehenge
• Taxi
• Bus
• Red bus service-
• Personal travelling by car

Conclusion
• From the above presentation it was
concluded that Stonehenge is one of the
most popular destination and millions of
visitors visit throughout the year. It has
been analysed that in peak season, there
are about 9000 visitors with queue
stretch from ticket counter to car parking
area.

References
• Mathew, P.V. and Sreejesh, S., 2017. Impact of responsible tourism on destination
sustainability and quality of life of community in tourism destinations. Journal of Hospitality
and Tourism management, 31, pp.83-89.
• Olsen, L.S., 2016. Sami tourism in destination development: conflict and collaboration. Polar
Geography, 39(3), pp.179-195.

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