Tourism Destinations: Current Trends and Forecasts

Tourist Destinations

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK-1............................................................................................................................................1
1.1 The main tourist destinations of the world in terms of numbers and income generation 1
1.2 The latest trends in tourist destination and prediction of future trends............................3
TASK-2............................................................................................................................................3
2.1 The culture, social and physical features of tourist destinations......................................3
2.2 Comparing features of developing and leading tourist destinations................................4
TASK-3............................................................................................................................................6
3.1 Comparison between current leading destination of tourism with developing tourist
destinations: ...........................................................................................................................6
3.2 Characteristics of a tourist destination that affect its appeal..........................................11
TASK-4..........................................................................................................................................15
4.1 Issues that affect popularity of tourist destinations........................................................15
4.2 Potential of tourism to enhance the host community.....................................................16
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................17
REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................18

INTRODUCTION
Tourism is an essential sector that has an impact on development of country’s economy.
The main advantages of tourism are that it creates jobs for many unemployed people across
globe and is also a good source of income creation (Kim, Holland and Han, 2013). It is also
considered as an important source of welfare for many regions and countries. The travellers or
visitors select different destination for their travel. Based on their likes and preference these
destinations are selected by them. The main objective of tourism industry is to provide its
travellers with best experience while visiting these destinations.
This report will represent the five well-known tourist destinations of the world in terms of
income generation and numbers. The latest trendsin tourist destinations will also be presented
with this report. In this report the social, culture and physical features of tourist destination will
be shown. A comparison between developed and leading destination of tourist will also be
shown in this report. This report will also represent the issues that affect popularity of tourist
destination.
TASK-1
1.1 The main tourist destinations of the world in terms of numbers and income generation
When a country has many tourists, that are visiting these places then it is termed as
tourist receding country. For an instance if any visitors like to visit UK then it is known as tourist
receiving country. In the world, the major tourist receiver country is France has it has the highest
numbers of visors that are visiting each year (Komppula, 2014). The country is known as
tourisms generator country when the tourist is generated from that particular country. Suppose if
the visitors that are visiting USA are more in number than it would be termed as tourist
generating country. The highest number of tourist are choosing Germany as for travelling so it is
the biggest tourist generating country. Every year many tourist visitors Germany for global
destination.
For the tourism receiving countries the below given statistics can be considered
Rank Country Location
market
Visitors
visiting
Visitors in
2013
Change 2010
to 2014
1 France Europe 75.7 m 75.7 m 0.0 %
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2 USA America 58.3 m 56.2 m 8.3 %
3 China Asia 54.6 m 50.3 m 9 %
4 Spain Europe 51.6 m 51.6 m 1 %
5 Italy Europe 42.6 m 42.1 m 0.6 %
6 UK Europe 28.0 m 28.1 m -0.1%
7 Turkey Europe 23.8 m 21.8 m 5.6%
8 Germany Europe 23.2 m 21.3 m 10.2 %
The next table will show the income that is generated by these all countries. The
largest income will be shown at top and the lowest income generated country will be shown at
bottom of table.
Rank Country Region Income generated
1 USA America 102.5
2 Spain Europe 50.5
3 France Europe 45.2
4 China Asia 44.6
5 Italy Europe 37.8
6 Germany Europe 32.7
7 United Kingdom Europe 30.2
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Illustration 1: : TOURISM TREND IN ITALY

From above , it is clear that there is a continuous rise in the tourism trend in Italy.
From above, it can be seen that the figures are significant, which means tourists are interested in
this.
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Illustration 2: TOURISM TREND IN GERMANY
(Source: CBRE,2018)

Due to increase in fare, USA found a tremendous decline. The government has to take
suitable steps for this.
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Illustration 3: UNITED STATES TOURIST ARRIVAL)
(Source: CBRE,2018)