Understanding the Appeal of Tourist Destinations: A Comparison of UK and Costa Rica

Running head: TRAVEL AND TOURISM
Travel and tourism
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LO3: Understand how the characteristics of destinations affect their appeal to tourists...........3
3.1 Comparing the appeal of current leading tourist destinations with that of currently
developing tourist destinations:..................................................................................................3
3.2 Evaluating the appeal by the Economic, physical, political and social characteristics:.......5
Economic difference:.............................................................................................................5
Physical comparison:.............................................................................................................6
Social charecterisitcs diversity:..............................................................................................6
LO4Understand issues likely to affect the popularity of tourist destinations............................7
4.1 Analyse issues that affect the popularity of tourist destinations..........................................7
4.2 Discuss the potential for responsible tourism to enhance the host community at worldwide
tourist destinations.....................................................................................................................9
References................................................................................................................................12

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LO3: Understand how the characteristics of destinations affect their appeal to tourists
3.1 Comparing the appeal of current leading tourist destinations with that of currently
developing tourist destinations:
Being a Junior Product Analyst for Virgin Holidays, it is essential to look at the interest of
encouraging vacationer goals with that of a destination for vacation; as the destinations are
England and Costa Rica. Both the nations have different qualities, yet they would be analyzed
on the basis of interest.The United Kingdom is one of the best ten travelers'destinations on
the planet with right around 28 million vacationers going to the place practically
consistently(Tan eta al. 2017). Costa Rica is arranged in the Central America area and has
some delightful spots to visit. Both the destination have wonderful and one of a kind scenes
and also the diversity within the region.The first contrast is that of Costa Rica is where
individuals visit when they need to see something strange, while the United Kingdom is for
individuals who appreciate incredible scenes and natural highlights like Lake region or
Scottish mountains(Schegg&Stangl, 2017). As far as culture Costa Rica has an extremely
Spanish culture and London displays a common Shakespearean culture.
While contrasting the transportation viewpoint in these spots, Costa Rica has public streets or
expressways which are ineffectively created and are also not maintained. The general
transportation in Costa Rica is exceptionally poor which a considerable issue. The United
Kingdom is different amongst the modes of transportation departments like airplane
terminals, trains, transports and so on(Thakran&Verma, 2013). The crime rate in both the
nations is genuinely low. However, the legal and police powers are significantly created and
improved in the United Kingdom than Costa Rica.

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As far as the ecological point of view, The United Kingdom has a delightful condition that is
adored by numerous sightseers and furthermore has as a remarkable charm. Costa Rica has
decent scenes, however, is more towards being exotically attractive, even the climatic
conditions are better in the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom is an exceptionally created
as the traveler destination throughout the recent years, while Costa Rica is as yet building and
some individuals do not know anything regarding the place(AlSayyad, 2013).The features of
the traveler destination affect the tours and travel organizations significantly. There are
unique qualities for the destinations like financial attributes, physical attributes, social
attributes, political attributes, and so on.There are different criteria for the destination that
decides the volume, and types of travelers can attract. Different qualities have their particular
advantages and drawbacks to attract the visitors with their specific manner. Highlights of the
culture and physical perspective draw in both nearby and abroad travelers.Looking first at the
vacationer destination and also creating visitor destination, the best case of a central traveler
goal will be the United Kingdom and that of a creating vacationer destination will be Costa
Rica. The United Kingdom has an excellent environment and scenes and an entirely
developed society.The social values and standards in the United Kingdom support the
tourism as it was. Additionally, the significant measures of individuals who visit the United
Kingdom every year contribute to the general social advancement of the place too(Huang et
al. 2013). Then again, Costa Rica is not socially created when compared with the United
Kingdom.There is still most of the general population living underneath poverty line and
keeping up not as much as a usual way of life. There are still individuals who are working for
a daily wage in the Costa Rica. On the grounds of culture, the United Kingdom which was
good in craftsmanship, music, and theater overwhelmed culture, has now developed into a
design and media commanded culture. This is the most probable reason for the tourists to
visit the United kingdom more than the Costa Rica.