Tourist Destination Development and Attraction

The assignment provided a detailed analysis of tourist destinations in Bath, UK, and Iceland, focusing on various characteristics and features in the context of social, economic, and cultural aspects. The study aimed to attract tourists to these destinations by developing and leading them with differences in features and characteristics. Future trends and appeal were also identified for currently developing tourist destinations in Bath, UK, and Iceland.

Tourist destinations

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................1
2.1 Analysing social, physical and cultural features of tourist destination for attracting
different numbers of tourists.......................................................................................................1
2.2 Comparing features of leading and developing tourist destinations.....................................2
3.1 Comparing the appeal of leading tourist destinations with that of currently developing
tourist destinations......................................................................................................................4
3.2 Evaluation how features & characteristics of a tourist destinations affect its appeal...........4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Tourist destination can be defined as a place of interests where many tourists come to
visit for its inherent with natural & cultural values. Travel solution is a family company which is
specialisation in United Kingdom holidays. There is the difference between developing
destination Iceland and developed destination Bath UK in context of tourism. The world has a
large number of tourists destination or attractive places by which they generate income. This
present assignment will show the importance and features of tourism industry (Andrades and
Dimanche, 2017). It will show about the destinations and attractive places in bath UK and
Iceland that are based on local holidays.
TASK 2
2.1 Analysing social, physical and cultural features of tourist destination for attracting different
numbers of tourists
Basis Bath UK Iceland
Cultural features Bath UK consists of various
attractive features where a
number of visitors come as it is
famous for spa heritage and
Georgian architecture
(Sharpley, 2018). It is the most
fashionable city in England as it
has the best food, travel and
cultural guides. Some of the
attractive places in England and
Bath UK which inspires UK
cultural values are
accompanying museum which
houses artefacts from the
Roman period and it attracts
In context of culture, the
culture of Iceland is varied
and rich which is mainly
known for its literary heritage.
It also has various traditional
arts including silversmithing,
Weaving and Wood craving.
It attracts tourists towards
them.
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over 1 million visitors a year.
Roman Bath is a leading and
developed city. In context of
cultural, music, cinemas,
Christians are the most
important aspects of British and
Roman culture.
Physical features Bath destinations are developed
because it is blesses and famous
for its Roman built Baths.
(Ashton, 2015). Tourists also
want to do some activities and
the most attracting activity and
sports which is famous of Bath
are Skyline walk, Leigh Woods,
North Wessex Downs as people
of different countries and
tourists love to do all the
activities when they visit Bath
destination.
Iceland is an arctic desert that
is famous and punctuated by
mountains, geysers,
volcanoes, glaciers and
waterfalls. It is stunningly
beautiful as it is one of the
youngest landmasses on the
planet.
Social features Most of the people of Bath city
belongs to Christian religion as
it has been stated that 56.5% . It
had estimated 88,859
population in 2011. People of
the country are very good at
nature that help each other to
make the proper leading.
It has various social features
as the primary feature is its
language and the principal
language of this country is
Icelandic that is highly
inflected North Germanic
language. Children are also
being taught English & danish
that is the main social feature
(Ridderstaat, Croes and
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Nijkamp, 2016).
2.2 Comparing features of leading and developing tourist destinations
Developed and leading destinations have the ability as compare to developing nations to
provide advanced and unique services to tourists and their guests. There is an increasing rate of
tourists that come and visit in Bath, UK. This initiative and growing rate help them in taking
opportunities and more challenging goals. Liz and Scott want to expand their company. They
both have currently employed 4 people in this sector. Due to changes in the climate and other
things it impacts on their demand and supply of services (Benur and Bramwell, 2015).
Basis Iceland Bath UK destinations
Cultural features In context of culture and as
compare to Bath UK, it has
large number of art galleries,
cinemas, book stores &
museums. It also offers and
famous for its wider varieties
of traditional cuisine.
Poorramatur is the famous and
special Icelandic national food.
As compare to Iceland, Bath's
culture is quite different in
context of tourists and
travellers. Many Roman
archaeological sites throughout
the central area of the city. It
has mainly 5 theatres such as
Ustinov studio, theatre Royal,
the Rondo theatre, the Mission
Theatre and The Egg that
attracts internationally
companies and director and
also to tourists.
Physical features There are various physical
features that attracts tourists
such as Blue Lagoon, Surtsey
etc. People of Iceland remains
healthy because they are very
There are various reason of
attracting tourists towards Bath
are its natural features and
beautiful and cleaned places
(Boniface, Cooper and Cooper,
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active and take participate in
various types of leisure
activities.
2016). Bath is fully enclosed b
y green belt that help in
maintaining local green space.
Social features In context of social, People of
Iceland are literate and the
literacy rate of Iceland is
highest in the world. Its
society has high level of
gender equity as many women
are in leadership positions in
the businesses and
Government. People of Iceland
are proud about their Viking
heritage & their language and
also take great care of this.
People and social norms &
believes of Bath are different
from other cities. There people
are punctual and calm but in
some situation they become
angry and rude. It is ethnically
diverse city. People of this city
are very much discipline in the
nature and are strict about
following rules.
3.1 Comparing the appeal of leading tourist destinations with that of currently developing tourist
destinations
Bath, UK has various attractive tourists places as compare to Iceland developing
destination place. Roman Bath is one of the UK's biggest tourists attraction as they have various
characteristic and features that attract a number of visitors and travellers. Cultural and physical
features of Bath, UK has been a well-being destination since Roman times. Physical features
contribute in this a a lot as they increase the ratio of visitors. In this particular sector,
manufacture industries of Bath generated around 14,000 jobs in retail, leisure and tourism and in
context of health & education it provides 30, 000 jobs and other professional and businesses
services it generates 10,000 jobs. Government is also contributing and investing in infrastructure
facilities with the main aim of attracting more guests towards them (Hong and Lee, 2015).
Economic growth and development, components of GDP, fluctuation of process in export
markets and clean water supply are some features of leading tourists destination. There are
various antiques in Bath that attracts tourists that directly impact on the economy by increasing
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sales. Antiques includes Bartlett street antique centre, assembly antique centre and old bank
antique centre. Growing employment sectors include communication and information
technologies where Bath is 1 of the recognized national centres for publishing.
3.2 Evaluation how features & characteristics of a tourist destinations affect its appeal
Tourists destinations helps the Bath, UK in controlling its long term processes. They
invest in more and motivate people to make them able to attract a number of attraction goals.
Economic features: It has various features such as economic features and factors that
affect the tourists places. Bath has become the cheaper place to visit for tourists. There are some
attractive places and States of Bath, UK visitors are British museum and it is stated that around 1
million people have visited this place (Narangajavana and et.al., 2017). It has relatively and
comparatively low unemployment rate (3.1% as compared to 3.4% in the West of England & 4.9
% nationally) and has highly qualified residents. Out of their total educated residents 25%
residents are employed in professional occupation. It gives employment to people that help in
increasing economy. This area has around 8,500 businesses that employ around 92,000 people. It
produces £3.2bn in gross value added in 2012.
Physical features: Physical features includes the beauty of destinations and place of
Bath, UK. It is the main reason of attracting more visitors towards them. There are various
speciality as mountains, Museum of Bath architecture, Queen square and gay street, Bath
Abbey, Pulteney bridge etc. Tourists also consider all these factors while visiting places and all
these places highly contribute in attracting them, so it is important for people in this industry to
focus on developing all these factors. It gives rise to the wide variety of landscape that has been
found across the Bath, UK.
Political features: Changes in government parties and laws and regulation have an
impact on its appeal. As changes in laws and strictness to follow them decrease the chances of
riots. Political stability and instability have an impact on attracting a large number of guests and
visitors (Oppewal, Huybers and Crouch, 2015). Bath, UK political system is a multi party
system. Development, growth and structure of economic development has changed the system of
tourism dramatically. Governmental policy has a larger impact on the economy.
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CONCLUSION
From the above study it has been concluded that tourists destination and attractive places
consisted various characteristic and features in context of social, economical and cultural
manner. This assignment and study focused on to attract a numbers of tourists towards their
attractive places in Bath, UK and in Iceland. Developing and leading tourists destinations have
some differences in context of its features and characteristics. It also identified future trends and
appeal of leading tourists destinations with currently developing tourists destinations of Bath,
UK and Iceland
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