The Contemporary Tourism and Travel Industry Elements
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The Contemporary Tourismand Travel Industry
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1LO 1.................................................................................................................................................1P1 Development of tourism and travel sector..............................................................................1P2 Elements of tourism and travel industry.................................................................................2LO 2.................................................................................................................................................3P3 Factors influencing the tourism sector....................................................................................3P4 Different models of motivation..............................................................................................4LO3..................................................................................................................................................6P5 Emerging way in travelling at international level...................................................................6LO 4.................................................................................................................................................7P6 Different factors affecting the global destination...................................................................7CONCLUSION...............................................................................................................................8REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10
INTRODUCTIONToursim and travel is a sector which provides both the pleasure and the business to thepeople. It also includes the concept and activity of doing touring and also the business ofattracting the customers, providing them with accommodation and also entertaining tourists andthe business (Fennell, 2019).The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is the specializedagency which is responsible for the sustainable and accessible tourism. It was founded in theyear 1975 and is a leading international business in the tourism sector with the intention ofpromoting the travel and tourism to increase the economic growth of the countries. The reportwill outline the development of the touring industry. Further it will discuss about the differentelements of the industry of tourism and travel. Later it will discuss about the factors whichinfluences the travel and tourism sector. Also, the report will highlight the motivational methodswhich are used to influence the customer’s process of decision making. Furthermore, it willdemonstrate the modern and future trends in the sector of international tourism and travelindustry. In the end the report will evaluate and analyse the different types of factors whichaffect the popularity of a global destination. LO 1P1 Development of tourism and travel sectorTourism and travel industry plays a very crucial and vital role in enhancing, appealingand supporting the economy of any country. This sector is treated as the principal leading sectorall over the world (Marine-Roig and Clavé, 2015). According to the research by the WorldTravel and Tourism Council (2001), the report shows that the tourism has developed to morethan ten percent of the global economic output and 1 in 10 jobs worldwide in every country. Thedevelopment of the travel and the tourism industry was given much importance because of thefollowing reasonsDevelopments of travel and tourism sector since its starting that is 3000 BC:Time periodDevelopment3000 BCTravelling was done only for the purpose of business1500 BCIn this era the travel mode was used for the purpose of the religionand leisure or pleasure. It was mainly done by Egyptian people.6BCHere it became a mode for heritage and cultural.5BCReligion form of tourism mainly considered by Greece.1
Middle agesIn this period the concept of holiday came into existence. Thispractice was majorly encouraged by European people.16 ADPilgrimages were developed by the European people and travellingwas promoted by these people to these pilgrimages.18 Th CenturyHistory or cultural tourism referred as grand tour.1840This period included the individual travelling as it was invented firstby Englishmen Thomas Cook1990 sDevelopment of multinational airlines like Delta, American Airlinesetc20 Th CenturyVFR, mass international tourism, online tour operations etc. wereintroduced (Lyons, Hanley, Wearing, and Neil, 2012)P2 Elements of tourism and travel industryTourism and travelsector is gaining importance because of the numerous advantages andthe benefits which it brings for the country (Buonincontri and Micera, 2016). There are majorlythree elements of this industry which are discussed below – Accommodation – this refers to a place where in the people lives temporarily in placeslike guest’s house, lodge, hotels, caravan cottage inns etc. When the people go out for thepurpose of the travelling and roaming around then the first thing which they need is tohave a place to live and rest. So there the need of the accommodation arises for thatperson to live and stay. This need of shelter leads to development of many other needslike eating, drinking recreation, sports, conventions, professional meetings and weddingbanquets associations and others.Restaurants and caterer – when a person goes out to travel it is not possible for them tocarry the eatables and food with them every time. So for this they have to rely upon therestaurants and the hotels. This is an industry which is engaged in the business ofproviding food and beverages and related services to the customers and the tourists. Thistype of industry is engaged in the food and beverage sector because it is the mostpromising sector because of the reason that many people loves to travel. Even the peoplewhen go out to travel in different countries can live without buying clothes or other typesof clothing but no tourists that can survive without the taste of the food.Transportation – this is another major element of the travel industry. Without thiselement the travel and tourism industry cannot even exist. This is because of the reason2
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