Social, Culture and Physical Features of Tourist Destinations

This presentation explores the social, culture and physical features of tourist destinations like India and the UK. It discusses the language, history, demographics, climate, accommodation, traditions, and attitudes of these countries. It also highlights how these factors contribute to the growth and development of their travel and tourism industries.

Tourist destinations

2.1 Social, culture and physical features of tourist destinations
India is a south Asian country which contains the
most different culture. In the previous years,
frequency of visitors in this nation has been
increased as comparison of past years. The Social,
culture and physical features of India are described
in the next slide.

Social features
Language: Official language of India is Hindi which
are used in many states.
History: The civilization of India is come under one
of oldest civilization in the world.
Demographics: Generally as per data, total population
of India is 1,25 Cr. Further, most of people lies
between middle and lower class income group.

Physical features
Climate: The environment of nation different from
one state to another hence its consists different
types of climates.
Accommodation: Indian government and many
tours and travel agencies provide effective
accommodation service which give huge reliability
to international visitors in lower expenses.

Cultural
Tradition: Each state has different language, own
set of traditions, music as well as religion.
Attitude: Attitude and nature of people is very
respective and good towards international visitors
which contribute effectively to increase its travel
and tourism business in India

Social, culture and physical features of UK
These factors also helps England increase its
growth and development of economy. Social,
culture along with physical features of United
Kingdom are explained in the next slides.

Social features
Language: Generally official language of Britain is
English and it is also international language
History: The history of Britain is also categorised
under oldest civilization which attract the people to
visit its historical and heritage tourism destinations.
Demographics variables: As per data of 2013, the
population of United Kingdom is 64.1 million

Physical features
Climate: Climate of United Kingdom is very
pleasant which contribute effectively to attract the
foreigners in the UK.
Accommodation: Accommodation facilities are
effective as well as satisfactory which aids to reduce
issues of visitors.

Cultural
Tradition: There are may areas of UK such as
Scotland, England, Wales as well as northern
Ireland which considers own values, beliefs as well
as culture.
Attitude: The nature and attitude of UK people is
very helpful which provide effective support to
foreign visitors.

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