Tourists Destination - Assignment
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Tourists Destination - Assignment
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Tourists Destination
TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1TASK 1............................................................................................................................................11.1 Analyzing and comparing world's leading destination with royal borough of Greenwich11.2 destination trend of two leading tourist destinations........................................................2TASK 2............................................................................................................................................32.1 Cultural, social and physical features of Royal Borough of Greenwich..........................32.2 Comparing and contrasting cultural, physical and social features of selected destinationwith Royal borough of Greenwich.........................................................................................4TASK 3............................................................................................................................................53.1 Analysis and comparing the economic and political characteristics of Royal Borough ofGreenwich with Rome............................................................................................................53.2 The ways in which cultural, economic, physical, political and social characteristics ofRoyal Borough of Greenwich affects its appeal to tourists....................................................6TASK 4............................................................................................................................................74.1 Three issues that may affect the popularity of Royal Borough of Greenwich.................74.2 sustain its appeal as a destination, with an emphasis on ‘Responsible Tourism’.............8CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10
INTRODUCTIONTourism industry is one of the fastest growing industries in the world. It accounts thesignificant share in the GDP of countries. Domain of tourism is increasing to a very large extentin every aspect. Countries see this industry as the prominent source of income generation andincreasing engagement with the outside world. Hence, it always to caters to develop theirprestigious destinations to capture the attention of wide stream of people from all around theGlobe by adopting various steps and methods. Tourist destinations are developed to fulfill theneeds of travelers for the various purposes such as education, learning, recreational activities,exploring places, medical reasons and many others (Marrocu and Paci, 2013). The present reportis prepared to compare two leading tourist destinations with each other such as Royal borough ofGreenwich with another prestigious place Rome, Italy by using different dimensions such asincome generation, visitor's profile, changing trends with respect to the needs and preferences aswell as the characteristics of places that appeal tourists from different corners of the world.TASK 11.1 Analyzing and comparing world's leading destination with royal borough of GreenwichLondon borough of Greenwich is the prestigious tourist destination established in 1965with the amalgamation of two boroughs of Greenwich which are Woolwich and metropolitan.This place has international significance due to the presence of world heritage site, royal navalcollege and historic old royal observatory. The place got its royal status after the diamond jubileeof Elizabeth II. For the comparison, another leading tourist destination chosen is Rome, thecapital of Italy. Rome is the treasure trove of many attractions for tourist. It has the slew ofpieces of phenomenal architecture and art, spectacular views, unique combination of ancientcontemporary culture, colossal monuments as well as evidences of Roman Forum andCatacombs.In Greenwich, tourism has been the major source of income generation and foreignexchange earnings (Aschauer, 2010). Each day around 18.5 million people around the globe visitRoyal borough and escalate earning by generating over £1.2 billion. It has many places thatcaptures the attention of people from all around the world such as The O2 arena, Emiratesairline, Eltham palace and Cutty stark. These places have global significance that swell thequantum of visitors in the city. On the other hand, Rome is the epitome of place crowned with1
the number of titles due to the presence of wide range of places. It has historical significance tobeing the important part of western civilization. Being the center of Christianity, it has beenaccounted among the prominent holy and sacred places. Being the treasure trove of attractionsand majestic places, Rome attracts 7-10 million tourists per year.Tourists who are visiting both the selected destinations have different preferences andchoices. Varying nature of purpose of visiting makes the destination appealing as per the tourismaspect. Tourists seek to visit Greenwich in order to explore places that are having royalsignificance and global values such as Eltham palace, Royal Arsenal, electronic cable car, peoplevisits this place to explore its uniqueness and get entertained. Further, the place is the meetingpoint of geographical invisible lines and has the stable climate. The climatic stability makes it thepoint of research and development (Assaker, Vinzi and O’Connor, 2011). Tourists visit there forthe educational and research purposes. Rome on the other hand attracts tourists for seekingpleasure and spectacular views. Analyzing tourist’s profile infers that people visit Rome for thevaried purposes such as its religious significance attracts large number of holy visitors for thesacred reasons.In Rome, major tourist countries whose ratio is increasing each year are Russia, China,Netherlands and Austria.In Rome the major tourist countries whose ratio is increasing each year are Russia, China,Netherlands and Austria.1.2 destination trend of two leading tourist destinationsSince the inception of the travel and tourism, the trends have changed in the significantmanner. Earlier the visits to the places were confined to the informal tours and trips to the certainplaces and for the fixed purposes such as for holy reasons and sacred purposes. With theexpansion in the domain of supply by the operators, government and other organization, demandtrends have also altered. Rome contains the vast collection of sculptures, arts, architectures andnatural resources (Barros, Butler and Correia, 2010). With the growth of +4.4% every year andsignificant share in the nation's GDP, Rome has been the prominent destination of tourism inItaly, hence it is expected large number of people will visit Rome due to the announcement ofspecial jubilee. In the span of time between 8 December 2015 to November 20, 2016, 25 millionvisitors are expected to visit Rome. One the other hand, with the continuous development in2
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