Characteristics of a tourist destination

TOURIST
DESTINATION

INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................... 3
TASK 1................................................................................................................... 3
1.2 Analyse the statistics which determine tourist destination and future trends
........................................................................................................................... 4
TASK 2................................................................................................................... 5
2.1 Analyse cultural, social and physical features of tourist destinations.......5
2.2 Compare features of developing and leading tourist destinations................6
TASK 3................................................................................................................... 7
3.1 Economic and political characteristic of selected destinations.....................7
3.2 Evaluate how characteristics of a tourist destination affect its appeal.........7
TASK 4................................................................................................................... 8
4.1 Analyse issues that affect the popularity of tourist destinations..................8
4.2 How designated destination could sustain its appeal with an emphasis on,
“Responsible tourism”...................................................................................... 10
CONCLUSION....................................................................................................... 11
REFERENCES........................................................................................................ 12

INTRODUCTION
In present scenario, travel and tourism industry is rapidly growing over the world.
Every year several number of people visit to come UK for personal and professional purpose.
In addition, British government has also pay attention as well as recognition to tourism
industry for economic development. Along with this, organisations which are associated with
travelling business are also acquired various tools and techniques for promoting all of the
integrated activities to get high competitive edge in a certain time period (Baker, 2014). The
report is going to be described different tourists destinations of UK in order to assess the
trends in tourist destinations. Readers will also come to know about variety of factors which
has a vast impact on popularity of tourist destination. Comparison has been made over the
features of a developing and a leading tourist destination and over the appeal made by a
developing tourist destination and by a leading tourist destination.
TASK 1
1.1 Analyse main tourist destinations and generators of the world in terms of visitor numbers
and income generation
Due to variations in environmental conditions and nature or patterns of the market a
change has been seen within travel and tourism industry as well. These progressions are
happening because of different components or qualities or highlights of an effective tourist
destination. The number of visitors has expanded because of changes in nature and patterns
of the market. In this world, there are various tourist destinations which are well known and
attract visitors towards them by making a compelling interest (Becker, 2016). Diverse nations
of the world have distinctive highlights which pull in the visitors.
TUI group is a multinational travel and tourism provider company which owns has
tour agencies, airlines, hotels, cruise ships, retail stores etc. In this modern era, people like
new places to visit, i.e. Spain, France, Italy, London, Paris etc. It has been analysed that
living standard of people has been improved in UK which will support travel and tourism
industry as well. As per the study, there was over 31.3 million people have visited UK , thus
the popularity of the tourist destination is driven up in comparison with Thailand, Nepal,
Switzerland, Mexico etc. In the 2013, number of overall world's travellers were 177.9 billion
which was reduced in 2014 to 177.2 billion.
France Turkey Thailand Hong-kong

It is one of the most
popular place as
people love to visit
France due to its
ancient beauty and
monuments. In 2013,
12 million people have
visited the nation.
Turkey attracts people
due to its wander and
attractive look. In
2014, 37.8 million
people have visited
Turkey that increased
in 2014 by 40.8
million.
The country attracts
people cause of its
natural beauty and
there is numerous
places to visit.
In 2013, number of
travellers who visited
Thailand was 41.8
million.
Hong-kong is
generating higher
revenues from tourism
activities rather than
other countries.
Almost 42.2 million
have visited the
country in 2014.
1.2 Analyse the statistics which determine tourist destination and future trends
Year Total Amount of
Travellers
(million)
Expenditure
(Billion)
Average
expend each
visit
Average
expenditure
of nights
each visit
Foreign Cost Balance
(billion)
2003 24.15 € 14.25 €402 8.3 -€ 16.33
2004 27.23 € 25.23 € 423 8.2 -€ 13.63
2005 29.45 € 12.36 € 456 8.3 -€ 14.22
2006 25.25 € 52.32 € 500 7.2 -€ 14.56
2007 30.12 € 25.32 € 521 7.4 -€ 14.57
2008 31.36 € 52.23 € 563 7.3 -€ 20.32
2009 31.45 € 96.12 € 589 7.8 -€ 21.36
2010 33.25 € 12.23 € 601 7.7 -€ 22.36
2011 33.85 € 45.21 € 621 6.3 -€ 14.63
2012 34.12 € 52.21 € 632 6.5 -€ 15.69
2013 35.96 € 12.32 € 655 6.2 -€ 18.96
2014 38.87 € 45.23 € 687 6.8 -€ 20.58