A Comparative Analysis of Tourist Destinations: UK and Singapore

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of tourist destinations, primarily focusing on the United Kingdom and Singapore. It begins by exploring the global tourism industry, emphasizing income generation and the factors that contribute to a destination's appeal. The report delves into the specific characteristics of the London Zoo, including its cultural, social, and physical features, and compares these with Singapore's attractions. It examines the economic and political influences on both destinations, evaluating how these elements impact their attractiveness to tourists. Furthermore, the report discusses current issues affecting the UK's popularity as a tourist destination in comparison to Singapore and suggests strategies for the UK to sustain its appeal, with a focus on responsible tourism. The report concludes with a summary of findings and recommendations for enhancing the tourism sector's productivity and profitability.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
LO 1 ................................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Description on the analysis of the tourist destination and its generators of the world in
order to know the term in relation to income generation. ..........................................................1
1.2 Define analyse on which is helpful to determine tourism destination as well as to predict
the future trends...........................................................................................................................2
LO 2.................................................................................................................................................2
2.1 Define the culture, social and physical characteristics of the London Zoo...........................2
2.2 Description on the physical, culture and social features of the London zoo.........................3
LO 3.................................................................................................................................................4
3.1 Analyses the effect of the political and economic feature of the both destination. ..............4
3.2 Evaluation on the how features of tourist destination affect its appeal.................................4
LO 4.................................................................................................................................................4
4.1 Description on the issues which is having the effect the popularity of the UK destination
and compare it with the Singapore..............................................................................................4
4.2 Critical discussion on the activities of the UK which could sustain its appeal as a
destination and major focus on the responsible destinations......................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
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INTRODUCTION
The travel and tourism is considered to be most important tool in relation to build
important tool which is helpful in order to enhancing the productivity of the firm in the large
manner. The travel and tourism is the one of the famous and fastest growing industry in the UK.
The main aim behind this assignment is to being familiar with the tourist product and to know
the major famous destination in the UK, Europe and worldwide which is helpful in order to
know about the various kind of the things such are as economy, geography and culture etc. the
main goal of this task is to analyse the position of the UK in order to find out the generation of
the revenue from the various tourist (Zhang, Cai, and Lu, 2014). In this the effects on the
economical, physical and political is to be known so that function of the tourism can be run in
the effective and efficient manner. The main aim is to enhance the profitably and productively of
the tourism sector after knowing tree destination in the proper manner.
LO 1
1.1 Description on the analysis of the tourist destination and its generators of the world in order
to know the term in relation to income generation.
The travel and tourism is the one of the world fastest growing industry. The sector of the
tourism is need to be considered as the effective and efficient source to earn large amount of
revenue by delivering good services to the customers. In this it has been observed that large
amount of the profitability can be earned with the day visitors. It is one of the fast growing
industry and it is very helpful in order to have increment in the economic development of the
country. With the help of this the country can have the foreign exchange and due to this there can
be increment in the rate of the job available in the country. The sector of the tourism is
developing in the developed country with the help of which it is becoming major contribution in
the development of the country (Shahzad and et.al., 2017). There are the various kinds of they
attraction in the UK which attract the tourist in the large manner are as natural and man made
attraction. The tourism sector is taking various effective steps in order to provide those facilities
with the help of which they re able to enjoy their leisure moment. This kind of the place are
helpful in order to have expansion in the growth of the business. The natural destination is
inclusive of the historical monuments, gallerias, Museum and other place which is responsible to
gather the attraction of the large number of the tourist in the market. This kind of the places are
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helpful in manner rt earn large amount of the profitability and productivity. The tourism sector
play the biggest role in relation to have income generation in the country.
In this it can be seen that there are differed kinds of the ranges of the visitors who need to
complete their work effectively and in the efficient manner. Number of the tourist visit to this
kind of the places in relation to identify that which ages of people used to visit the places. In this
it can be seen that there almost In 2015 20.4 million visitors had visited, it is around the whole
population of one country. In the Alton tower there is also the wide range of the customer who
come to visit the place there was 1885500 visitors in the 2015.
Rank Country Regional market Number visited in
2016 Number visited in 2015
Change come
between 2015 to
2016
1 France Europe 86.8 m 86.8 m 0.0%
2 USA America 69.7 m 65.0 m 8.7%
3 China Asia 65.7 m 60.9 m 9.4%
4 Spain Europe 72.7 m 72.2 m 1.0%
5 Italy Europe 53.6 m 53.2 m 0.9%
6 UK Europe 48.1 m 48.2 m -0.1%
7 Turkey Europe 31.0 m 35.5 m 5.9%
8 Germany Europe 36.9 m 34.2 m 10.9%
9 Malaysia Asia 34.6 m 33.6 m 3.9%
10 Mexico America 25.4 m 24.5 m 4.4%
Income generation by the both of the countries are as-
Disney worlds generate the high volume of the income and it is increasing day by day. In the
current period it is almost 85 million per year and it is increases the number of the visitors. The
Alton tower has the very low income as compare to the Disney world.
Rank Country Region Amount
1 USA America 106.5
2 Spain Europe 58.4
3 France Europe 56.3
4 China Asia 55.5
5 Italy Europe 48.7
6 Germany Europe 44.7
7 United Kingdom Europe 50.4
8 Australia Oceania 30.2
9 Hong Kong Asia 43.2
10 Turkey Europe 30.8
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1.2 Define analyse on which is helpful to determine tourism destination as well as to predict the
future trends.
The trend in the tourism travel in the UK is rapidly increasing in the fastest manner. In
UK it has been analysed that there is 30% of the visitor comes in manner to official purpose and
40% of the visitors' comes in order to spend the leisure moment and enjoy their holiday. This
kind of the system is can be known as the inbound and outbound tourism destination. In London
it has been noticed that 15 to 17 million people come and visited and spent their time, there are
various locations like Scotland it is one of the famous tourism destination and it gathers the
attraction of the large number (Zeng and Gerritsen, 2014). At this place the domestic as well as
international visitor prefers to go. In this it can be true to said that the Scotland is famous for the
enhancing the value and it is having the major contribution in the economic development of the
country. The Scotland is also inclusive of the ancient monuments, castles etc. in this one of the
major future trend is this that it is coming up with the African and American based tourism
destination. With the help of the above it is true to said that this kind of tourism destination plays
the major role in relation to attract the larger customer in the market.
The various kind of the destination trends are as follows-
Technology- With the help of using the best kind of the technology they are able to get the
attention of the various number of the visitors. With the help of this the innovation can be done
in the better manner and they are able to provide the satisfy services.
Allocating resources- In order to allocate the tourism in the country the all kind of the resources
should be allocated specifically. With the help of this the work can be done in the effective and
efficient manner.
Culture- In this kind of the trend the tourist has to understand the differed kind of the culture of
the country. This kind of the places is need to be maintained so that better reseach can eb done
on the culture.
Market share- The travel group is need to work in thge better direction so that they can bale to
conduct the things effectively. With teh help of capturing the large amount of teh share they are
able to maximise the profitablity and the productivuty.
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LO 2
2.1 Define the culture, social and physical characteristics of the both countries.
In this manner it has been said that the London Zoo is the world famous and oldest
Scientific zoo. This is the major attraction for the various visitors. It is systematically manager
by the world zoological Society of the London. In this there are 698 spices of the animals. The
collection of the animals in the Zoo is very specific and attractive. The major attraction element
in order to visiting the London is the Zoo (Iniesta-Bonillo, Sánchez-Fernández and Jiménez-
Castillo, 2016). There are various kinds of the iconic building which is helpful element in order
to gather the attraction of the large number of the customer s in the market. In this there are
various kinds of the animals which plays the major role in relation to gain the attraction of many.
The source of the attraction are as reptile house, butterfly paradise, Blackburn pavilion, tiger
territory, gorilla kingdom etc. this Zoo was made up with the specific research on the scientific
techniques. This is very large in the size having layout and has a climatic condition. The major
source of contribution in this zoo in the form of funding and it ha been collected with the various
sources such are as admission, destination and charges. The London Zoo is the largest in the
world (Shahzad and et.al., 2017). The statue of the gorilla is at the entrance of the Zoo. In this
there are various number of the beautiful building which are as the major source of attraction and
this kind of the destination is having the major role in order to attract the tourist in the large
manner. The children can gather the various kind of the knowledge from this kind of the
destination. It is described in the following manner are as-
Land of the lions- The land of lion is the kind of the enclosure which is situated in the 2500
square meters in the sized.
Tiger territory- As per the current research there is 5 tigers in the zoo.
Intro Africa- African wild dogs, pygmy champion's zebra, dogs are display in this area.
Kingdom of gorilla- Currently there are 5 tigers in the Zoo.
Aquarium- There are three type of the Aquarium which is inclusive of the differed kind of the
fish.
Animal adventure- There are various kinds of the animal such are as sheep, donkey are display
in this area.
In this the difference of the culture, social, and physical feature of the UK in need to be defined
in the following manner are as-
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Features UK Singapore
Culture features The London can be called as
the sovereign state because it
is governed by the Parliament
in London. The UK is one of
the popular tourist destination.
There are various kinds of the
attractive features such are as
art, gallerias, museum and
theme parks. This all are very
helpful in order to measure the
cultural resource of the UK.
This country is very rich in the
cultural resources and it
attracts the large number of
tourist as compare to the native
places.
The Singapore is the major
contributor to the national
economic life. The Singapore
culture is the combination of
Asian and Europe culture and
it is influenced by the south
Asians, east Asian. This is the
secular immigrant country.
This is also acted as the prime
example for the culture
diffusion and diversity in the
Singapore. There are the
various kinds of the nation
parks which has become the
major attraction for all visitors.
Social feature This factor is inclusive of the
local and regional
communities of the
destination. This is very
helpful in order to plying the
effective role for satisfying the
various needs of the tourist in
relation to meet the
expectation. The source of the
attraction are as reptile house,
butterfly paradise, Blackburn
pavilion, tiger territory, gorilla
kingdom etc
The Singapore is the kind of
the secular immigrant
countries. This is covered by
the many kinds of the religions
such are as Islam, Christianity.
Buddhism and Hinduism.
Here, the religions and
personal beliefs are majorly
considered by the government.
The differences in the social
status can be displayed in
order to find material worth
furnishing, dress, jewelry and
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other things.
Physical features The physical features of the
nation is inclusive of the
various kind of the lakes,
beaches and cost lines. This
naturally resources generally
look awesome in order to
attract the people with the
physical attractions. This kind
of the things are very helpful
in order to create the things in
the effective manner. Hence, it
can be said that this are very
rich in the relation to have the
resources in the countries.
The physical features of the
Singapore is the inclusive of
the island off the coast of
Malaysia and Indonesian
which is situated in the
distance of 275.8 sq miles.
This is the place which is
inclusive of the various
mountains, hills and valleys.
There is the creation of the
natural lakes in the Singapore.
2.2 Description on the comparing and contrasting the features of both destinations.
Feature of London- There are various kinds of the factor which are attracting the tourist
in the large manner. The beauty of the nature is usually the one of the famous element which
plays the major role in relation to attract the number of the customers in the market. Falling
pound id the main reason which affect the tourism and travel sector in the large manner. In this
there is the effective comparison of the ZOO. In this the lord park Zoo is situated at the elgin east
site, in the south end of the Lords park. The lord park was started in the year of 1895 whereas the
London park is started in the year of 1828. This two park is having size variation, London Zoo is
bigger than another one. The zoo in the London is based on the scientific research there are
animals in relation to conduct the research on the animals in the high manner. In Singapore there
is also world best zoo named as world best Zoo which is ads wildlife reserve Zoo. This is based
ion the geographical location. The nature is made up with the greenery grass and attractive
plants. This Zoo was constructed at the cost of the $9 billion. It was opened in the year 1973.
This zoo is used to be operated by the wildlife reserve Singapore. In this the animals are uses to
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be kept in the Spacious, landscape and enclosure. In this Zoo there are various kinds of the ride
which becomes the source of entertain for the visitors.
In this manner it can be said that the skill gap is also one of the another factor which affects the
working of the travel and tourism. There are the various kinds of the variation can be seen in the
both of the countries. In relation to this another important aspect is need to be considered in the
manner of the hospitality service (Shahrabani and et.al., 2018). In this the various kind of the
strategies is need to be framed and it is need to be implemented in relation to identified the
operational activities.
Features of Singapore- There is also major difference among the activities of the promotion in
relation to the both of the countries like the UK and Singapore. The promotion is used by the the
UK in the effective manner so that the large number of the visitors come to the place and can
take the promotion activities in the effective manner. With the help of various social media they
are taking promotion activities of that tourist can able to become the major contribution in the
economic development of the country. With the help of the tourist blogs this kind of the places
can be attracted towards it.
LO 3
3.1 Analyses the effect of the political and economic feature of the both destination.
London- The feature of the tourist destination can have the larger effect on the activities
of the tourism destination (Karl, 2018). The each characters is having its on advantage and
disadvantage. The culture of the both destination is somewhat differed from each other. Each
culture is having their own political values. The sport activity is famous in the UK and this factor
is having worldwide influence over the people. There are the various place which attract the
natural beauty of this place. The London is the well attracted place due to the various places such
are as royal opera house, historic architecture and the library etc. with the help of supporting
tourism activities it can be easily find out that Costa Rica is having the lower quality of the
transportation. London is having the one of the best infrastructure and it is considered as the best
driving force.
Singapore- The Singapore is the democratic state and it is rules by the only one party. In 2015
the world bank placed at the first in the enforcement of the contracts. In this the income tax rate
is raised to the 22% and government is spending total 18.2 % of the total output in the past three
years. In other manner in Singapore there is also having various place which attract the tourism
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in the large mode. The mid climate of this pace and sandy beach becomes the most attractive part
which also play the crucial role in relation to attract the attention of the larger number of the
customer. In this the various kind of the strategies is need to be framed and it is need to be
implemented in relation to identified the operational activities. Tourism of the Singapore is
popular due to climate and the natural beauty. This place is having the good infrastructure so this
kind of the place is need to be maintained specifically. This place can be visited in the winter and
summer as well.
3.2 Evaluation on the how features of tourist destination affect its appeal.
There are various kinds of the features which is helpful in relation to play the major tole
in order to have expansion in the activities of the business. The beauty of the country is very
important which is helpful in order to attract the attention of the visitors (da Costa Liberato and
et.al., 2018). The all the basic amenities is need to be provided with the help of the tourist can
able to enjoy their leisure moments. The ample of the opportunities is need to be provided so that
the tourist are able to live in the most comfort manner. The country which is able to run their
activities in the sustainable manner can impact on the popularity of the destination in the large
manner.
The social feature of the both destination is so differed from each other. This is depends on the
locality and the tradition. This kind of the factor affect the growth of the business in the lear
manner. The level of the income of the people of Singapore is much higher than the people
reside in the London. This kind of the factor can create the large impact over the policies.
The economic factor affect the working of the firm in the large manner. This both countries are
putting their contribution ion the GDP. This kind of the situation has raised the aware of the
countries' situation. It is the prominence of the destination which leads the government to spend
the various kind of the resource. With the help of this list it can be seen that there are many kinds
of the visitors to the London.
Year Tourist arrivals
2017 5,651020
2016 4071612
2015 3033307
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Year Tourist arrivals
2014 2028775
2013 716368
2012 871305
2011 845547
LO 4
4.1 Description on the issues which is having the effect the popularity of the UK destination and
compare it with the Singapore.
In both of the countries there is the large number of the tourist who come and visit the
place. There are the various kinds of the issues which is affecting the business of the tourist and
prevent the people in relation to visit such places (Shahzad and et.al., 2017). In this it can be said
that the varied amount of the tourist destination can be popular with the help of the increasing in
the number of the visitors. In this manner there are the various kinds of the issues are been
discussed which Is affecting the popularity of the UK and Singapore are defined in the following
manner are as-
Natural disaster- the Natural disaster is also having the largest effect on the activities of the
tourism. There are the various kinds of the natural disaster are given which is having the large
effect on the natural disaster in the country and it is inclusive of the landslides, Tsunami,
cyclones and earthquakes (Zhang, Cai, and Lu, 2014). This kind of the factor is having the
largest effect on the destination of the tourism. The people come less to the place where this kind
of the activities are in the low manner. In this manner the people tends to choose UK over the
Singapore.
Impact on the sustainability- In this manner it can be said that the condition of tourist
destination is need to be in the stable manner (Yang and et.al., 2017). In this way it can be said
that the UK is much more stable as compare to the Singapore in relation to the various kind of
the impact which affects the tourism destination in the large manner. The country which is able
to run their activities in the sustainable manner can impact on the popularity of the destination in
the large manner.
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Climate conditions- the climate plays the essential role in relation to attract the large number of
the customer’s. The increment in the transportation service leads to increment in the factor of the
environment. This kind of the factor can cause the large impacts such are as air pollution and the
factor due to which the people can be suffered from the skin disease (Shahzad and et.al., 2017).
The people can be suffer from the death due to dis-balance in the condition of the climate. This
kind of the factor can affect the output of the country in the large manner.
4.2 Critical discussion on the activities of the UK which could sustain its appeal as a destination
and major focus on the responsible destinations.
It is very essential to conduct the good kind of the tourism in the country. In this manner
it can be understood that the tourism the each activity is need to be run in the effective manner so
that there can be large contribution in the economic development (Horner and Swarbrooke,
2016). This kind of the activities are very helpful in relation to enhancing the profits of the
tourism sector. IN this manner there are various kinds of the opportunities and facilities is need
to be provided so that it is helpful in relation to attract the visitors in the large manner. The all
things is need to be determine in the specific manner sop that visitors need not to face any kind
of the deficiency in relation to the services of the tourism.
The all the basic amenities is need to be provided with the help of the tourist can able to
enjoy their leisure moments. The ample of the opportunities is need to be provided so that the
tourist are able to live in the most comfort manner.
In this manner it can be true to said that the government is also responsible in relation to take the
various kind of the initiative which is helpful in order to provide security to the visitor so that
they are able to feel protect themselves in the other country. With the help of this the standards
of the place can be enhanced and people are able to spend their leisure moments in the effective
manner (Iniesta-Bonillo, Sánchez-Fernández and Jiménez-Castillo, 2016). This kind of the
activities are helpful in order to enhancing the value of the place. In this manner the visitor need
to give the major focus on the facilities provide by the traveling industry with the help of the
good services the sector of the tourism can be expanded and they are able to earn the larger
amount of the profitability and productivity. The activities are need to be improved in the
possible manner as much it is able to developed. The development function is need to be taken so
that large number of the people, can get attracted towards the activities of the firm.
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