Efficiency of Tourism in Sydney as a Successful TDR

Running head: TDR ANALYSIS
TDR ANALYSIS
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This essay aims to discuss the efficiency of tourism in the city of Sydney as a
successful Tourist Destination Region. TDR is a place where the tourists visit, stay and enjoy
the place mainly due to relish the natural beauty of the place or engross the cultural value of
the region. This has tourism products, get infrastructural support, attractions as well as
tourism resources. The most general classifications of tourism are on the basis of the
requirements of tourism. The TDR receives the tourists when they have some interested in
gazing certain attractions. In this perspective two major tourism theories can be discussed.
One is Leiper’s model and the other is Butler’s tourism area life cycle model. In judging the
validity and attractiveness of the TDR. Doxey’s Irritation Index or Irridex. This essay will
critically analyse the city of Sydney as a successful TDR, the factors which make the place
more attractive and the role or effect of tourism or hospitality in the development of this
region. This essay concludes with the evidences of sustainable tourism in Sydney discussed
on the basis of sustainability theory.
Overview of Sydney:
Tourism in the city of Sydney forms an essential part in the economy of the region. In
the previous year this region is visited by more than 9.5 million of visitor only from the states
of Australia as well as 4 million international tourists. There are various tourist attractions in
this city which includes Sydney Opera House, Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney Mardi
Gras, Luna Park, Royal Botanical Gardens, its beaches and famous Sydney Tower. The NSW
or New South Wales Government is the responsible authority to take care of tourism matters
on this particular region. This is the reason why this government has operated two relevant
programs one is the Brand Sydney and Visit Sydney. The Australian Minister of Tourism
and Project Steering Committee are responsible to complete the Brand Sydney project. In
addition to this the recent data has revealed that this region has gained competitive advantage

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to the tourism hot spots like Canberra, Gold Coast, Melbourne, Hobart and Tropical North
Queensland.
Leiper’s model and Butler’s tourism area life cycle model is important as the first one
discusses the tourism attraction systems through which the organisations as well as the
government of the region can understand the strengths as well as the weaknesses of the
region as fitting the attracts of the global tourists (Leiper 1990). On the other hand, the
Butler’s tourism area life cycle model discloses the critical range of elements of capacity
(Butler 2006). This helps the authorities to judge the involvement, development and the
position of the region in gaining competitive advantage more than the neighbouring tourist
spots. Sydney is in the development phase where the host country acknowledges the plans
actively advertise as well as develop this region for tourism.
According to Leiper’s model, the phenomenon of tourism is a system and this functions
under various environments. These environments are related with Social, Physical, Human,
Cultural, Technological, Political, Economic and Legal Environments. The whole tourism
systems or WTS are associated with people, organisations and the places which interact with
one another and play certain roles in the development of tourism in a particular region. In
every whole tourism system, there are five elements present. These are
 at least one tourist
 a tourist generating region when the trip will be begun as well as end
 one tourist destination place
 a transit route
 one tourism industry
the TDR is fitted in the pull factor as this attributes of a different place that attracts or pulls
the tourist towards it.