Tourist Destination Analysis

Tourist Destination
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Contents
Introduction.........................................................................................................................................3
Task1....................................................................................................................................................4
1.1Analyse main tourist destinations and generators of the world in terms of visitor numbers
and income generation....................................................................................................................4
1.2Analyse statistics to determine tourism destination trends and predict future trends..........6
Task2....................................................................................................................................................7
2.1Analyse the cultural, social and physical features of tourist destinations explaining their
appeal to tourists..............................................................................................................................7
2.2 Compare features of developing and leading tourist destinations.........................................9
Task 3.................................................................................................................................................11
3.1 Compare the appeal of current leading tourist destinations with that of currently
developing tourist destinations.....................................................................................................13
3.2 Evaluate how characteristics of a tourist destination affect its appeal................................16
Task 4.................................................................................................................................................20
4.1Analyse issues that affect the popularity of tourist destinations...........................................20
4.2 Discuss the potential for responsible tourism to enhance the host community at worldwide
tourist destinations........................................................................................................................23
Conclusion..........................................................................................................................................24
References..........................................................................................................................................25
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Introduction
The tourism industry is one of the fastest and leading sectors in the present market. It is one
of the sectors which is contributing to the development and growth of the nation to sustain
and retain in the global market. The industry is very effectively helping the nation to carry
out the work in an effective and appropriate manner in the competitive world. The economic
state of the nation is also getting more effective and stable as due to many issues and
problems the un-stability took place. The tourist destination has to be managed so that the
visitors can be able to get attracted more towards several beautiful destinations of the country
(Mowforth and Munt, 2015). In this report, the discussion will be done on the scope of the
key UK and worldwide destinations. Along with that the physical, social and culture features
of different tourist destinations will be concerned. The understanding of impact of
characteristics in the appeals of destinations will be done. The issues and problems that will
be affecting the popularity of the destinations will also be discussed in the assignment report.
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Task 1
Executive Summary
The five major tourist destinations that the study focused on generating revenues and visitor’s
arrivals are UK, France, China, Spain and the United States. All these are considered the top
revenue generator in the world level in travel and tourism sector. Therefore, it is understood
that the scope of travel and tourism sector is very wide.
Introduction
The travel industry is having a wide scope to grow and get developed in the competitive
world. With the assistance of this sector, the nation is also able to get stabilize in the world
market. This task will be focusing on the top income generators and destinations where large
number of visitors come
1.1 Analyse main tourist destinations and generators of the world in terms of visitor
numbers and income generation
Tourism is one of the industry which carries out all its operations and activities in relation to
the travelling. Tourist destinations are those places which are visited by the customer to fulfil
their purpose and objectives. The travel and tourism sector is very effectively growing and it
is helping in contributing to nation’s GDP (Boniface, et. al., 2012). There is a various nation
in the world which is listed on the top for generating income. Worldwide traveling is
preferred by the people which are creating a base to increase the revenue of a country. Below
are some of the tourist places which is generating highest rates of revenue in the world-
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Source: (UNWTO, 2017)
1. France- This nation is listed at the top of revenue generator place in the world. It is
having various places which have helped in attaining sustainability in the market.
Tourist arrival for this is a nation is considered the highest in number as in 2015 84.5
million people visited the nation and in 2016 it has decreased compared to 82.6
million. The revenue of the nation has also fluctuated due to the change in the arrivals
of people.
2. UK- The United Kingdom is listed in the top tourist destination places worldwide
where the arrival of the visitors in the year 2015 was 34.4 million and in 2016 it raised
to 35.8. The receipts that the nation received in 2015 is US$ 45.5 billion, and in 2016
the nation got US$ 39.6 Billion.
3. China- The nation is well known for its heritage and technological activities therefore
to is listed in the top revenue generator in the world. In 2015 the nation got 56.9
million visitors and in 2016 it raised to 59. 3 million (Munar, 2012). The revenue for
the year 2015 was US$ 45.0 billion and in 2016 US$ 44.4 billion
4. Spain- Spain is also in the top 10 positions in the highest generators of revenue. 68.7
million people were the arrival of visitors to this nation in 2015 and it took a hike to
75.6 million people in 2016. This is very effectively aided the nation to raise its
generation of revenue.
5. United States- The United States is also having numerous natural and man-made
destination which is drawing the attention of many people in the society it is very
helpful for it to generate high rates of revenue. The revenue that the nation has earned
in 2015 was US$ 205.4 billion and US$ 205.9 billion in 2016 which is the highest
among all the destinations.
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1.2 Analyse statistics to determine tourism destination trends and predict future trends
The travel and tourism sector is having a wide scope which is needed to be understood by the
organisation so that it can be able to make effective use of the resources and information that
is available with the firm. At the recent time, the customers are willing to spend lots of
money for fun and leisure time, it is very necessary for the organisation and the management
of the nation to take in consideration about this aspect (Chorley, 2015). Knowing it well they
can be able to get the source to plan and design the growth strategies in the proper manner.
Source: (Visit Britain. N.D)
The graph mentioned above showcase that the travel and tourism sector is frequently growing
and is having the opportunity to enhance in the coming time. The overseas visit of the people
in the nation is continuously growing from the past decades. The nation is able to attract lots
of visitors every year because of its beauty. There is a various aspect which is been concerned
by people which is been very effectively offered by the country. Since 2012 to 2017 the
growth can be seen in number visitors to the nation. Therefore, from the current trend of the
sector, it can be analysed that future of this industry is very wide and bright and it may draw
in the customer by 41.7 million people in 2018.
Conclusion
Form the discussion it has been understood that a large number of people are spending a huge
amount of money for their leisure time. this is aiding different nation to generate revenues
and income. This has also interpreted that in future the growth scope is very high.
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