Issues Around Participation and Equality in the Tourism Industry

This essay discusses issues related to equality access and participation in the tourism industry. It covers topics such as the development of the tourism industry, statistics on accessibility and economic impact, emergence of new markets, impact of travel experiences, and positive and negative impacts of tourism on global destinations and society. The essay also highlights the importance of equal opportunities for men and women in the tourism industry and the impact of tourism on society.

What are the Issues Around
Participation and Equality in
the Tourism Industry

The aim of the essay is to discuss issues concerned with equality access and participation in
tourism. For understanding the aim, the following essay will address the key points which will be
highlighted within it and these will be regarding tourism industry (Alarcón and Cole, 2019). The
essay will help in understanding the issues and debates concerned with equality access and
participation in tourism. This topic is important for management of future development global
destinations. This will help in stating the key concerns regarding the important points which are
related with tourism industry.
The consumers expect too much within the travel industry and the different places and
destination to where they are travelling. Consumers are expecting too much from the travel
industry such as the services and facilities which are to be incurred by them. There is little form
of insensitivity to different cultures and traditions as people are not aware of some cultures and
traditions reading to the places to which they are travelling. Tourism impacts inequality and
poverty at large scale (Nguyen and et.al., 2021). There is increase in the income inequality in the
developing economies. It is very important to give the communities the scale of providing the
concerns regarding the aspects related to addressing effective analysis of how the communities
are helpful in the developing the countries. This will help in analysing the key concerns related
to how the accessibility and equality are the major points which helps in considering the value of
the travel and tourism industry at large scale. For community development tourism is the
effective tool which helps in understanding the key concerns related to the aspects of both
positive and negative within the tourism industry. Therefore, there will be key factors and
aspects which will be addressed within essay and this will help in determining aspects related to
tourism industry (Joo, Cho and Woosnam, 2019).
First Chapter
Information about how tourism industry has developed and become more accessible to
consumers
The tourism industry has developed due to the different types of people who are
interested in travelling and are engaged in knowing the culture and heritage of the different
countries and places (Han and et.al., 2019). Tourism impact is amplified through the economy
therefore the impact is much wider than just the direct spending levels. There are aspects which
are related to analysing the concerns related to understanding the people helping to develop the

basis of tourism engaged in the concerns related to travelling. There are accessible environments
and services which helps in contributing to help the quality of tourism and this helps in creating
the job opportunities for people who may have any kind of disability. Therefore, accessibility is
an important part for any responsibility and sustainable tourism policy and strategy. This is how
the tourism is more accessible to customers as there are new products and services which are
made available to them in the tourism industry.
Statistics to show the availability and accessibility to travel to a range of international
destinations as well as the economic impact of tourism Industry
The National Travel Survey results were 2.6 million and this constituted the concerns
related to analysing the travel process which has been identified at large scale. There are 2.6
million visits which are there in UK and the people are travelling there to different places (Onete,
Pleşea and Budz, 2018). Overseas residents spent £1.5 billion on visits to the UK in January
2019, which was the same as January 2018. There have past travellers which have spent most on
the travelling and these constitute £30 ($35) on meals for one day and £20 ($23) on local
transportation. There has been many range to travel to international destinations and this impacts
the economy in positive manner for the tourism industry at large scale in effective manner.
Impact increased tourism has on stakeholders
Tourism is important for stakeholders and this helps in understanding the concerns
related to increase in the impact of tourism on stakeholders. There are different stakeholders’
such as governments, local media, tourists, tourism developers etc activities which infer and
identify the aspects related to how the increase is there in the stakeholders (Woo, Uysal and
Sirgy, 2018). The are some major rules and regulations which have been identified and are
mentioned for playing specific role of the tourism industry and this helps in notifying the
concerns related to addressing the key concerns at large scale. The stakeholders are responsible
for different actions which are undertaken within the tourism programs for the people at large
scale. The impact has increased tourism which it has on stakeholders.
Second Chapter
Emergence of new markets in the tourism industry
There are new markets which have been emerging in the tourism market are Asia and
Middle East. These are the identified two countries which are interested in travelling and they are

increasing the economy of the country. There are some other major countries which are also new
markets in the tourism industry and these markets are mentioned as China, Indonesia, Brazil,
Argentina and Mexico (Dredge and et.al., 2019). These are the emerging markets which are
mentioned as addressing to understanding the new markets in the tourism industry at large scale.
With the help of these new markets in the tourism industry there are aspects which are related to
addressing the new markets which have been identified in the tourism industry. Thus, this helps
in understanding the concerns related to knowing that tourism industry is growing.
Referencing the economy and rise of the events Olympic as a part of travel
Tourism is one of the major economic sectors. It is the category with the world’s largest
export category. Tourism boosts the economy and helps in understanding the aspects related to
rise in the events which are held in the Olympics (Chappelet, 2020). The rise of the Olympics is
the part of travel and this helps in knowing the aspects related to understanding that there is
increase in travel and leisure of people as they are helping to understand and create value
towards the different countries where the Olympics are held. There is a massive media coverage
through which there is understanding of how effectively and in significant manner the travel is
covered by the media which is conducted in the host city or country.
Impact of travel experiences as well as expectations and behaviours of tourists
Tourists experience significant covariant to influence visitors’ satisfaction and behaviour
at large scale. There are different types of travel experiences which affect the tourists at large
scale (Kim, Lee and Preis, 2020). This also helps in understanding that whether the travel
experiences as well as expectations and behaviours of tourists is known and understood. There
are some geographical factors such as climate conditions, facilities and amenities, advertising
and marketing conducted by the tourism business after the decision making of the tourists at
large scale. The expectations and behaviours of tourists are interrelated with the several factors
and these are mentioned as – external communication, word-of-mouth, destination image, past
experience of the tourists. Therefore, this is the image of the tourists which helps in
understanding and knowing the concerns related to the behaviour and experiences which they
have had while travelling to places (Cardoso and Silva, 2018).
Third Chapter
Impact of tourism industry in consideration with equality

In the tourism industry, women are offered equal opportunities so that they deliver their
role best in the society. This is done in reference to understanding the concerns regarding the
attributes and skills which are required by the men and women in the tourism industry. One of
the major working right which has bene mentioned in the laws of UK regarding the travel
industry is Preventing Discrimination and Value Diversity (Alarcón and Cole, 2019). This helps
in banning the unfair treatment to the people working within the travel and tourism industry. The
working conditions in UK regarding the tourism industry have been signified as understanding
the aspects related to UK jobs remaining unfilled in the tourism industry. There is shortfall of
UK jobs which is expected to remain constant for the tourism industry.
There is analysis of gender pay gap which has been identified between both men and
women. Women who work in tourism earn 14.7% less than men as compared to 16.8% in the
economic scale (Ramkissoon, 2020). There are statistics which suggest that majority of the
tourism workforce is female. Crime in UK is about the location where the tourist most visits the
places. The crime scenes are very rare and UK for travelling is safe (Cole, 2018). There is very
low profitability that the tourists are facing the problems and issues while travelling in UK.
Moral disengagement acts as the significant aspect which helps in knowing the basis of how
effectively and in appropriate manner the tourists are identifying the ethics and moralities at
large scale. The consumer attitude helps in addressing and pointing out the basis of responsibility
towards the tourist places and how they are undergoing certain key measures to create value
towards the society towards the tourism industry in significant manner (Eslami and et.al., 2019).
Positive and negative impacts of tourism on global destinations and society
Related to tourism there are some major positive and negative points which are addressed
and identified within the tourism industry. There are some positive impacts of tourism on global
destinations and these are mentioned as follows – there is increase in jobs, higher quality of life
for locals, increase of wealth in an area. This helps in stating the concerns regarding the
rebuilding the tourists’ destinations in different manner (Garau-Vadell, Gutierrez-Taño and Diaz-
Armas, 2018). There are some significant aspects which are mentioned which helps in
addressing the impacts of tourism on global destinations and these are – rebuilding and restoring
historic sites and encouraging revitalization of different cultures. There is also prevalence of new
facilities which are made available to the tourists and this also benefits the locals. For example –
new roads, rebuilding the new places, greater demand for local food and crafts. This also helps in

building the society and reforms the major concerns related to knowing the benefits of travelling
to global destinations.
On the contrary, there are some negative impacts of the tourism on global destinations
and society and these are mentioned as – density of tourists’ arrivals, road accidents, higher
levels of crime, traffic congestion, crowding etc. These are some of the negative impacts of
tourism on global destinations and society (Su, Huang and Huang, 2018). This helps in
addressing that the society is also impacted at larger levels due to the disturbances and issues
which arise due to the travelling and tourists arriving at different global destinations. They face
such types of issues and problems which identifies the impacts on the society at large scale.
Therefore, it is very important that the global destinations and society helps in understanding the
major points which are being addressed related to both positive and negative impacts of tourism
on global destinations and society.
Therefore, from the above essay it was fond that tourism industry has developed and
become more accessible for the travellers. Further, it was also found that statistics has bene
provided to show the availability and accessibility to travel along with economic impact.
Moreover, emergence of new markets was also identified for the tourism industry. Along with
this, rise in the Olympics event in the travel industry was also identified in significant manner.
The expectations and behaviours of tourists was also mentioned by providing some proper
details through some research. Furthermore, tourism industry in consideration with equality was
also explained in creating value for the travelling purpose. Thereafter, Positive and negative
impacts of tourism on global destinations and society were also described by giving some
examples in definite manner.
There are some changes which the tourism industry needs to focus upon which are
important and these are regarding the access and equality. The equality and access to the
facilities to both men and women were identified in different manner. For this statistics were also
provided in detail manner. Equal opportunities should be made available to men and women so
that they are able to incur the services in the society in respect to tourism industry. The society is
impacted by the positive and negative aspects of tourism and these are mentioned as
understanding the concerns and key points which were highlighted in the above essay as major
points for the travellers or tourists at large scale. There were some key aspects which were
mentioned regarding the impacts the tourism had on the society. They have got disturbed due to

the tourists’ crowd within certain destinations. The research has also mentioned and highlighted
the key points which have been addressed regarding the disturbances which are caused in the
society at large scale.

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