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Structure of Travel and Tourism Sector
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The Travel and Tourism Sector
TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4TASK 1............................................................................................................................................4LO 1.1 Key Historical developments in travel and tourism sector..............................................4LO 1.2 Structure of travel and tourism sector..............................................................................5TASK 2............................................................................................................................................6LO 2.3 Implication of political changes on travel and tourism sector.........................................6TASK 3............................................................................................................................................7LO 3.1 Factors affecting tourism demand...................................................................................7LO 3.2 Changes in supply to meet changing demand.................................................................8TASK 4............................................................................................................................................9LO 4.1 Positive and negative economic, environmental and social impact of tourism...............9LO 4.2 Strategies that can be used to minimise negative impact while maximizing thepositives.....................................................................................................................................10CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12
TABLE OF IMAGESINTRODUCTIONTravel and tourism industry has emerged as one of the key components of any economy.Various studies and real life situations have stated that a country can grow and develop if itstravel and tourism industry functions at an optimal level (Holloway, 2009). Travelling hasbecome an integral part of everyday lives of people. Due to this reason importance of thisindustry has increased manifolds in recent some years. The present report explores differentaspects of this sector. It sheds light on key historical developments and their impact on the traveland tourism industry. Further a thorough discussion on influence of local and nationalgovernment and international agencies in UK have affected operations of the industry. TASK 1LO 1.1 Key Historical developments in travel and tourism sectorOver the years there have been numerous developments due to which this sector hasgrown at an exponential rate. Its development through history can be divided into three parts:“before 1945”, “1945-1979”, and “1980 to current day” (Sharpley, 2006). It is presented in thefollowing poster presentation. From the above diagram it can be clearly observed that the travel and tourism industryhas undergone numerous changes which has helped it to grow at such an exponential rate. Thisdevelopment, as per the diagram can be divided into three sections. Prior 1945 period can becategorised as one where travel and tourism activities were either minimum or non-existent. Itcan be supported through fact that it was exclusive only to the rich and elite class of people(Tribe, 2005). Moreover during the 16th century majority of people made their living throughagricultural activities. Due to this, they seldom had the time to engage in travel activities. Inaddition they did not had access to these engagements primarily because of lack of financialresources. Similar trend continued during the 1950s as well. The tourism industry was rathervery inconsistent, as hotels, transport operators worked separately. But this all changed duringperiod of 1945-1979, as the tourism industry became more organized. At this time participants ofthe sector started forming alliances and coordination with one another instead of working asseparate business units (Wang, 2009). 3
LO 1.2 Structure of travel and tourism sectorThe travel and tourism industry is one of the fastest growing sectors around the world.Numerous analysts have predicted that the industry will continue to experience upward growth incoming years. The following diagram represents structure used in the industry. On basis of the above diagram it can be said that travel and tourism industry is one of themost complicated sectors as there are numerous participants involved in it. This structure is notvery old and there are numerous elements which have very recently became a part of theindustry. One such component is the conferences and exhibition organisers (Ouerfelli, 2008).Initially travel industry consisted of only three main parts: airports, travel agents andaccommodation. But with passage of time the industry grew and newer elements were added toit. This continuous expansion at horizontal level is the main reason behind such profound growthof the industry. Airlines and airports form the component which people use to travel by air. It isthe fast mode of transportation and the most efficient one as well. Travel agents are another partof structure of the travel tourism industry. They can be called as link between all othercomponents of the sector. Travel agents develop and maintain relations with different travel andtourism service providers and sell their services to customers as a complete package (Goh, 2012).Conferences and exhibitions is the new part of this industry. Some service providers sell travelpackages to companies so that they can attend different corporate events. They aim at providingcomplete travel solutions like accommodation, leisure, visitor attractions, etc. Business persons,executives now a days travel all around the world for such purposes and they need to have easyaccess to travel services. Considering this, many organizations have created their own traveldesks, so that employees find it a lot easier to travel from one place to another, whether local,national or international. New forms of travel have emerged like sea travel. Road travel and railtravel are some of the oldest format of travel (Araña and León, 2008). People have been usingthem since years and they have found these to be very comfortable. In recent years, number ofpeople travelling by road have increased substantially, mainly because there has been an increasein popularity fo adventure activities. Road travel is a part of it. 4
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