Tourists Destinations Assignment - Titan Travel

TOURISTS DESTINATIONS

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................1
TASK – 1...................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Main tourist destinations and generators of the world in relation with income and
number of visitor’s generator.................................................................................................1
1.2 Statistics to identify tourism destination trends and future trends...................................2
TASK – 2...................................................................................................................................4
2.1 Cultural, social and physical features of tourist destinations...........................................4
2.2 Comparison of topographies of developing and leading tourist destinations...................5
TASK – 4...................................................................................................................................6
4.1 Analysing issues affecting the popularity of tourist destinations.....................................6
4.2 Discussing the potential for responsible tourism to enhance the host community at
worldwide tourist destinations................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION..........................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES...........................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Over the years, the industry of travel and tourism is been growing substantially and
contributing towards developing and developed industries (Mbaiwa and Stronza, 2010).
There are numerous factors that attracts the visitors to a particular tourist destination and
thus, it is equally vital to analyse such factors and nations that are main tourist destinations
and income generators of the world. Tourism industry is a complex industry which includes
different businesses dealing in offering common products and services to tourists. In Britain,
tourism industry is a private sector industry involving around 200000 businesses. Domestic
business is the core of business revenue. The recent statistics shows that there has been
increase in the spending of people towards tourism. Pertaining to this, the present research
report focuses on analysing the main tourist destinations and generators of the world
including the facts that impact the current and future trends of the travel and tourism industry.
The company being chosen for the current study is Titan Travel, which is engaged in tourism
related activities in UK. Furthermore, cultural, social and physical features of the developed
and developing tourist destinations will be discussed. In addition to this, the current writing
will compare leading and developing tourist destinations of the globe and help in gaining
knowledge of the key aspects that can be used for the development of tourism destinations
TASK – 1
As a Junior Product Analyst in the organization Titan Travel, the main role is to write
management report on scope of UK and worldwide tourist’s destinations. For this purpose
five different tourists destinations will be analysed significantly and related statistics in terms
of income and visitor’s generator will be explained briefly.
1.1 Main tourist destinations and generators of the world in relation with income and number
of visitor’s generator
Tourist destination is being defined as a term which is utilized intensely for defining
those places where visitors visits mostly due to their historical development, cultural values,
natural scenic beauty, climate and many more (Bansal and Eiselt, 2004). There are many
destinations in the world which has highest number of visitors and income generated from the
same and these are being defined below:
UK is one of the most visited destination of the world and it offers many
purposes to tourists to visit this place. Every year, it attracts more than 15
million people from all across the world and is quite famous for its rich
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UK culture, royal palaces, cathedrals and castles. It includes many famous
places such as Tower of London, Buckingham palace, The British Museum
etc. Further, it also generates about 2.5 billion pounds of income every
year and contributes the same in the economy of the nation (UK Tourism
facts and figures, 2018).
France
In the year 2013, around 84.7 million people visited France but it ranks
third in relation with revenue generation. It is quite known for its scenic
beauty, remarkable gardens and beaches. The popular places includes
Paris, Strasbourg and Lyn. It generated income about 77.7 billion Euros
towards the GDP (Lynch and Tinsley, 2001).
Istanbul
This is quite vibrant place and is being located in Turkey which is popular
for its rich culture, churches, mosques and heritage. In the year 2014,
Istanbul has attracted 37.8 million tourists and generated income of around
30 billion dollars from the domestic as well as the international tourists
(Global Report on City Tourism, 2018).
China
China has grabbed the profitable position in the ranking of world tourism
and has also witnessed increase in the inbound tourism with each passing
year. In the year 2014, there were around 133.8204 million tourists who
visited China and has supported around 5810.7 Billion in nation’s GDP.
United States
US is quite famous for its landmarks, entertainment ventures and natural
wonders. Around 69.8 million people visited US in the year 2014 and
generated income of around 10.9 billion US dollars.
1.2 Statistics to identify tourism destination trends and future trends
Within in travel and tourism industry, trends and emerging changes are regarded as
the driving force. The demand of tourism is increasing all across the globe. Pertaining to this,
it is essential to evaluate these trends and adapt efficient strategies so that proper flow of
tourist numbers can be maintained (Richards, 2001). The current and future trends are
influencing opportunities and threats for the destinations. Concerning this, future predication
of destinations is quite essential. In the current task, destination UK is being focussed.
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