Cultural, Social and Physical Features of Tourist Destinations

This presentation discusses the cultural, social, and physical features of popular tourist destinations like London and Thailand. It explores the historic attractions, cultural significance, social aspects, and physical places to visit in these destinations. The presentation also highlights the business opportunities and unique attractions that make these places popular among tourists.

TASK 2

2.1) CULTURAL, SOCIAL AND
PHYSICAL FEATURES OF THE
TOURIST DESTINATIONS
Historic features:
Different kinds of places are there which can be used for business purpose such as
Rome, London and Florence which can be selected as the place for business.
Majority of places are there in London which are related to their history and culture.

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Main things of improving tourism business in London are there because of the unique
places such as the palace of London, London palace and Royal garden are center of
attraction for the visitors.

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Cultural features :
 Culture of Europe is mainly in the art, architecture, music, literature and philosophy
which is originated from European cultural region.
 It is the place where people visit for business purpose in tourism and also it is the
great place to visit for the lovers of art.

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Social features:
 People of Europe are living with very high living standard because the economy of
the country is very growing.
 This will create a great business opportunity for the businessperson which is the
major reason to visit.

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Physical features:
 Europe has many physical place to visit for the tourist loves like the historical place,
natural sites, educational visits and many more things.
 This will make TUI to find more attraction for their customer, through which they
can make more profits from their services.

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 It is bordered by the Arctic ocean to the north.
 Other than this, people also like to visit for its uniqueness.

FEATURES FOR THAILAND
Historic features
 UNESCO designated five world heritage sites in Thailand which make it more
attractive for the tourist to get the visitors in Thailand

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Cultural factors
 The mother tongue of Thailand is the Thai language.
 Other than this the people also like to use Chinese, Lao, Malay and English and this
are very common languages of Thailand.
 People of Thailand are much friendly in their nature that is the reason from which it
is named as Land of Smile for living.

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 The main religion that exist in Thailand is Buddhism, majority of the people follow
Buddhism.
 People of Thailand respect too much of the Royal peoples such as kings and queen
which are ruling their. These people are give much more respect than others.

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Social life of people
 Thai people are more polite in their nature with others and they also like to talk with
courtesy and maintain healthy relationships with the other people.
 Usually people use wai to greet others people and do not like to shake their hands
with strangers people and others.
 They are also having non confrontational society.

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Physical places to visits
 It is the most popular destination for visiting the South East area.
 The major places includes river and Dongrak mountainside along with borders of
Thailand.

2.2) COMPARISON BETWEEN
THAILAND AND EUROPE
There are some similarities and dissimilarities are there in both the destinations are
having different kind of cultures. Apart from this, various background are the which
making this palaces different from others.

SIMILARITIES BETWEEN EUROPE
AND THAILAND
Basis Thailand
Culture background English is the common language for
Thai people but their mother tongue is
Thai language.
Social background People are very friendly with their nature
and also like to maintain relations with
other people.
More respect is given to the parents
than other people of the family.
People are more famous for their smiling
face. As the country is known as land
of smile.
Historical places UNESCO designated five world heritage
sites in Thailand which make the
people attracted towards them.
Most of the historical places are there
like Grand palace, Wat Arun are there
in Thailand .

DISSIMILARITIES BETWEEN
THAILAND AND EUROPE
Basis Thailand
Physical places Thailand is the most popular destination
for visiting the South East area.
In Thailand majority of the place to visit
are rivers and mountains of Dongrak.
Cultural factors The common language of Thailand is
Thai language.
90% of people follows Buddhism in the
country.
Social factors People use Wai to greet other people.
They do not shake their hands.
Thailand is known as Land of smile for
the jolly nature of the people.

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