Impact of Tourism on Economic Growth

This assignment examines the multifaceted impact of tourism on economic growth within organizations. It delves into how tourism strategies, political and economic conditions influence an organization's profitability. The document references academic books and journals that provide insights into destination branding, tourist satisfaction, and the role of culinary tourism in driving economic development.

Tourist Destinations

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
A) Analysis of a Tourist Destination around the world with a Tourist Destination of UK. . .1
B) Prediction of Future Trend for Overseas Destination and destination in UK...................2
TASK 2 ...........................................................................................................................................3
A) The culture, social and physical features of the worldwide tourist destination and its appeal
to tourists................................................................................................................................3
B) Compare and contrast the culture, physical and social features of the UK destination with
other destination.....................................................................................................................4
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................6
A) Analysis of political and economic characteristics of both destinations...........................6
B) Evaluation of cultural, economic, physical and social characteristics and their appeal to
tourist......................................................................................................................................7
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................8
A) Factors which affect popularity of the tourist destination.................................................8
B) Sustenance of appeal of UK.............................................................................................9
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
There are various kinds of destinations around the world, which have been the favourite
spot for tourists and people. These places are most often considered as Favourites of tourists
around the world and are usually most visited by people. In the current report a discussion will
take place on some of the most visited destination within UK and a comparison of the same will
be done with some other similar like tourist destination around the world. As these destinations
changes boundaries and crosses borders, the culture, language, preference and tastes of
individual changes considerably (Pons, 2016). The UK destination that has been taken for the
purpose of making discussion in this report is London Eye . It is a very Unique destination in
London, and any visitor in the city will surely visit this place, because of it popularity among
general people both in UK and outside UK.
TASK 1
A) Analysis of a Tourist Destination around the world with a Tourist Destination of UK
The chosen destination of UK for the purpose of Comparison is London Eye which was
established in March 9, 2000. It is very popular destination for tourists in London and contribute
a lot for generating income for UK tourism department. It is a huge wheel situated right in the
middle of London and gives a proper view of the city to people sitting within the capsules of this
Wheel (Datzira-Masip and Poluzzi, 2014). The construction of this wheel cost around 70 million
Pounds to the government. The destination has around 60 million visitors on a yearly basis and it
is increasing day by day. A person sitting in the wheel can see up to 40 kilometres within the city
from it. The usual prices of Ticket for London Eye is around 20 Pound, which is quite
economical and therefore can be affordable by any individual visiting London for any purpose.
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The above figure clearly states the percentage of visitors from different countries within London
Eye. The most has been from Germany. Germany has turned out be the most income generating
as most of the tourists were from this country only.
The comparison of London eye can be made from Ferris Wheel in Las Vegas, USA. It is
also a famous wheel situated in the mid of Las Vegas and give a whole view of the city. It was
created in 2014 and has been seen as a competitor of London eye because of its structure and
design. It cost around 25$ for a ticket, most of the visitors to this spot belongs to native
American countries like Argentina, Mexico etc. Though Las Vegas has various attractive
destination, But Ferris wheel is considered as the most visited because of its uniqueness and
popularity among tourists. The destination has around 20 Million visitors every year (Olmedo
and Mateos, 2015).
The above comparison clearly bend towards London Eye as it is established earlier than
Ferris Wheel and is having more visitors then it. Also, on a popularity scale London Eye wins
the race as it is a global destination and is known among various people around the world.
B) Prediction of Future Trend for Overseas Destination and destination in UK
Most of the visitor (Around 40%) in UK come for the purpose of spending a vacation or a
holiday and around 30% come for any official purpose. In 2017, In London alone around 24
million people visited who were from outside the country. The estimated spending of these
peoples on visits were around 12 billion Pounds. UK, in general has been able to attract people
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Illust
ration 1: Number of visitors to London in 2017

on the theme of culture and heritage tourism related to Queens and Kingdom, which has further
boosted visitors growth for London Eye. It is estimated that around 60 to 70 million people will
visit London eye this year and thus generate a good source of income for the country as well as
state tourism Department (Lu, and et. al., 2011).
Ferris Wheel, on the other hand is more focused towards attracting people from various
other regions around the world. The number of Visitors is estimated to be 30 million in 2018 and
is expected to generate around 1 billion$ in terms of revenue.
Visitors Trend
The number of visitors is expected to grow in London eye and it is estimated that an
annual increase of 10 million visitors will be added in the current list of Visitors for London and
the same trend is almost expected for Ferris Wheel, USA. As far as Visitors Profile is concerned,
it is expected the most visited tourists will come from Developing Countries like India, China,
Brazil and some of the parts of Asia Pacific. Thus it is quite crucial that right kind of technique is
followed by tourism department of both countries to attract tourists and visitors on a sustainable
basis (Morgan, Pritchard and Pride 2011).
TASK 2
A) The culture, social and physical features of the worldwide tourist destination and its appeal to
tourists
Tourism is considered as the most developing industry which contributes a huge amount
of in growth and development of economy. Social, culture and psychological features plays
essential role in and has a huge influence on the tourism sector. London Eye is the most popular
tourist destination in UK which receives millions of tourist and visitors every year. There are
various aspects which has a direct appeal to the tourist are described as under:
Social Aspect: This consist to be the most essential aspect which has a direct influence on the
appeal of tourists. Tourist sector performs effective role in implementing social equality within
country of its people (Horng and Tsai, 2012). As a most developing sector tourism provides
variety of opportunities to the local as well as outsider people to attaining growth in their career.
Wide rage of people are depend on the tourism sector as to establishing sustainability in the
social environment. In UK approximate 2.72 million people are employed in tourism sector
which represents that in UK around 9 to 10% people of population are significantly engaged in
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the tourism sector which create UK as a third largest employer in the Tourism Sector. UK is
famous for its tourism sector as it considered to be the a social event in which local people of
country are respectful and willing towards the tourist who are belongs from the other areas. This
is the major focused area which is considered by the tourist in appropriate manner.
Cultural Aspect: This is also an another essential aspect which has a direct influence on the
development of countries economy. Tourism is significantly connected with the culture of
nation, as tourism represents the various aspect of culture which followed by the people of
country. Visitors are having their major interest in the culture of country who are belong form
the outside nations. The long history and pervasive culture create UK one of the most essential
factors of visitors attraction. London Eye is the most popular and visited destination of UK and
also considered as the most attraction puller place.
Physical Aspect: This is the most important feature of tourist attraction as it consist to be the
geographic level. This aspect has a positive as well as negative influence on the countries
performance. In UK tourist are mainly performs the activity of Walking, visitors love to walk
and enjoy the sites of country such as rivers, hills, lake etc. London Eye is the most popular and
attractive place in UK large number of visitors are come to see the beauty of the London
Through take a visit on London Eye (Shoval, Isaacson and Chhetri, 2014). On the other side the
negative impact cause due to over crowding which create lots of issue in the life of countries
people.
B) Compare and contrast the culture, physical and social features of the UK destination with
other destination.
It is important to make comparison among the aspects of tourism such as social, culture and
physical with the other tourist destinations as it create value in identifying the discrepancies
which is needs to be overcome by the country as to gaining attention of more visitors towards the
popular destinations of country. As a largest tourist attraction UK always concerned on
implementing new and innovative aims of tourism as to making it more effective and profitable
in nature. UK is the most visited place across the globe and country faces various conflicts in
regards to environmental change it directly impacted on the retain position in the tourism sector.
The effective comparison among United Kingdom and other leading tourist destinations are
described as under:
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Contents United Kingdom USA
Social Features Social feature involves differences in
the religion and customs of the a
specified geographical area. UK has a
huge acceptance for the different
culture and religion.
USA is a much modern country and
is having people from diverse
countries and therefore it is quite
obvious that the number of visitors
will also be very high for attractive
tourist spots.
Cultural Features The culture that prevails in UK is a
blend of various types of culture that
exist within the country from
different nations. It is a multi cultural
country and is growing fast in terms
of tourism. The Hip Hop culture is
prevalent in UK and most of the
youth of country can be seen
following the same.
USA can also be considered as a
multicultural country having
various culture being involved in
the same. Ferris Wheel organises
display show on a monthly basis
and people who follows diverse
culture attends the show and
participate in the same
enthusiastically.
Physical Features There are various destinations in UK,
which can be considered for the
purpose of Tourism and attract most
of the tourist on a regular basis (Peña,
Jamilena and Molina, 2012). These
Destinations include Birmingham
Palace, London Eye, The London
Bridge, Lord's City etc.
USA is also famous for its variety
of tourism destination that it offers,
This include Statue of Liberty, New
York, World Trade Centre,
Manhattan, Ferris Wheel in Las
Vegas Etc.
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TASK 3
A) Analysis of political and economic characteristics of both destinations
There are two types of destination which are considered in this part of the projects like
London Eye (London) and Ferris Wheel(Las Vegas). There is comparison between the political
and economical environment of their respective country. The comparison between these two are
mentioned below:
Content London Eye (London) Ferris Wheel (Las Vegas )
Political
Environment
The political environment is bump
because of its exit from European
Union. There are various types of
research which define the large
number of customer who have
arrived to UK to Europe from
travelling (Shemma, 2014). It is
considered as the political stability is
being carried out by the nation which
aids to maintain effectiveness in
performing different types of
functions of organisation in proper
manner (Pechlaner, Kozak and
Volgger, 2014). So it is important for
government in order to ensure that
there is chance to maintain the level
of stability in the whole nation which
feels secure to visit nation.
Due to instability in the external
environment give negative impact
on the economy of nation. The
capital city of the nation have
ascertain a major blow which are
related to tourism. The most
recent information are collected
post Catalinia incident occurs due
to which there id decline in the
tourism sector in tourism by 22%
this not only affect the Catalonia
but it also affect the nation also.
The government put its effort in
order to maintain the political
stability in the nation.
Economic
Environment
The government of UK estimate the
tourism sector of the nation worth
more than 257 billion euros. The
present scenario of employment of
the tourism sector which stands at a
The economic environment of the
nation which is related with
tourism sector is experiencing a
growth. As per this collected
information which are related
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crucial 11% of total employment. The
nation ascertain 37.6 billion people
who gave away 22.5 billion euros
which is large. The above
information state about the tourism
right set of environment is provided.
The tourism sector will mark BOP in
addition which is far fetches dream.
with the tourism in Spain which
constitute around 11% which is
about the 1.2 trillion USD in
nation's gross domestic products.
The instability in political sector
will turn up into loss from
peripheral of incident occurs
which are around $1.41 billion
and in term of the society. It can
leads to create condition of
unemployment in the particular
nation.
B) Evaluation of cultural, economic, physical and social characteristics and their appeal to tourist
It is very essential to determine various factors as they performed as a main determinant
of the behaviour of tourists which is according to country. The determination of these factors are
mention below:
Cultural factors: this factor is the another important determinants of tourists in order to
visit the nation. This possess power of either being asset for the nation in order to act as a
damage image for the same. The culture of UK is affected by the historical and Christian style.
Other factors which are important are British literature, music, theatre architecture and education
which appeals to people in in order to visit and explore nation.
Economic Factors: The present economic condition of the nation act as a crucial
determinant in order to attract large number of tourist. The nation is experience a growth in the
relation of economy. The certain condition which promote investment in the tourism sector
which ultimately aids to attain higher foreign exchanges. (Kun, Mei and Yaling, 2013) This
condition result in more disposable income with the prospects which they would love to spend
on travelling and leisure functions resulting in higher mobility.
Physical factors: There are different types of resources available in the nation which
have capability to fulfil various types of requirement of different residents and tourist within
nation. This nation possess varied physical resources like agricultural land, minerals, lakes and
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mountain make it appealing and satisfying for the travellers. The presence of these physical
factors the state tourism of the nation.
Political Factors: the inbuilt monarchy of the nation is the another feature which
appeals to the different tourists planning to visit the nation. The queen is head and carry an
influence rights in the decision which is undertaken by the government. This nation have the able
to crate a stable environment which have been successful to invite in the international company
top conducts different event in the nation. The main example of the same is Olympic which
encouraged 5 million propel to visit the UK (Baggio, Scott and Cooper, 2013).
TASK 4
A) Factors which affect popularity of the tourist destination
There are different types of factors which includes a crucial affect on the influencing population
of UK. These factors are responsible to compare with other tourist destination.
 The first and most important factor which affect the popularity of the tourist destination
is the terrorism. The disclosure of such types of secret service of UK M16 stated the
nation is under a threat of terrorist incident which give negative on the popularity in the
term of tourism. Whereas Spain ascertain fresh wound when it comes to terrorism.
 Adaptation if suitable tactics of marketing which aids to appealing people to visit nation.
This is one of the major issues which is struggled by the UK. In this present scenario of
competitiveness of each nation which is concerned with UK have adopted marketing as
a major tool which aids to making of nation popular to the different rivals present in the
nation.
 Natural disaster is the another scenario which deal by the government. The UK have
face flood situation which leads to decline in UK as a suitable place in order to visit.
 Climatic condition due to change in the climatic condition tourist do not show there keen
interest to visit destination place.
 Rise in the price of fuel the tourism sector of UK face problem due to rise in the price of
petrol as there is large number of involvement of various types of transportation facilities
of organisation in proper manner. Due to rise in price of petrol the visitor have to pay
more money to avail the transport facilities to different travellers.
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B) Sustenance of appeal of UK
The proper definition of responsible tourism is the form of tourism which are concerned
on natural, social and economic environment. There are different effort which are focus on to
reduce the negative effect on the tourism on all over the different factors given mentioned above.
It is the responsibility of the different stakeholder like government, hoteliers tour operator and
local people in order to give ensurity about the tourism in the nation does not involve any
harmful effect.
Educate: it is responsibility of the government is to acknowledge the people about the
sustainable tourism and provide different relevant information which are practised in the tourist
oriented regions.
Maintenance: The main attraction of the nation are to visit large number of customer to
whole year therefore it is important to manage them in their eminent situation. This is perform to
ensure that appeal of the nation can be preserved,
Revision of policies: government took different types of initiative steps in order to adopt
effective operations which are related to the sustainable tourism which are ascertain by the
different stakeholders. So it is important to keep policies and laws up to date that they can be
practised in ideal manner. This is the another manner by which government can aids to explore
tourism sector.
CONCLUSION
As per the above mentioned report it has been assumed that organisation put their effort
in order to accomplish various function of organisation by implementing different new and
advance tools and techniques. Organisation implement different approaches in order to attract
large number of customer which aids to generate large number of revenue in stipulated time
period. Organisation perform various types of activities which aids to communicate with
different customer in order to give various information to different travellers in order to attract
them to take benefits of organisation. There are various activities of organisation which are
ascertain by company in order to maximise the level of profit of company. Organisation use
various types of initiative steps which aids to accomplish goals and objectives of different
organisation in proper manner. The impact of political and economic condition of particular
organisation in order to attain maximum level of profit for organisation.
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