Tourism Impacts and New Zealand's Cities

This assignment examines the multifaceted impacts of tourism on urban areas in New Zealand. It delves into the social, economic, and environmental consequences of tourism, drawing upon research articles and publications. Key themes include tourists' perceptions of destination image, the role of point-of-sale data in understanding food consumption patterns, children's experiences in urban neighbourhoods, and the influence of tourism on active transportation to school. The assignment encourages a critical analysis of tourism's effects on cities, considering both positive and negative aspects.

Running head: TRAVEL AND TOURISM
Travel and tourism
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The essay consists of a wide discussion regarding the factors that attracts the tourists
in New Zealand. The factors are the motivational factors, the resistance and the facilitator
factors. The essay further concentrates on the analysis of these factors. New Zealand always
had remained an attractive tourist place. Every year there are lots of tourists found in New
Zealand. New Zealand has always turned out to be safe and enjoyable place for the tourists.
The vision of the tourism department of New Zealand has remained to motivate the tourists to
come back to New Zealand by managing the systems properly so that it influences the quality
of the experience of the visitors. It facilitates the tourists with the best quality and services.
New Zealand as a place is safe for the tourists. The governmental measures taken for the
safety and security of the tourists are extremely well organized. The major purpose of the
essay is to focus on the factors that motivates the tourists to visit New Zealand and attracts
them to visit the place innumerable times.
Motivating factors
The motivating factors of the New Zealand are to target the visitors and encourage
them to visit the visitors to come back to New Zealand and it targets the new group of visitors
as well. The motivating factors are different for all the visitors (Witten, et al., 2013). It varies
from person to person. The taste of every individual is different for every place, so is their
taste. The visitor’s choice plays a huge in choosing a place for their visit. The Environment
acts as a big motivational and facilitating factor in case of tourism. The environment of a
place includes those entire things that are created by humans. These factors include the
hotels, restaurants, casinos and the shopping places. Apart from this the operational sectors
are one of the most important in any tourism spot (Wilkins, 2014). It includes the availability
of transport, the wide range of accommodations, and the food services that are available. It
also includes the variety of the facilities of entertainment and events. The facilities of

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exploring different places and the chance to experience certain adventures plays a major role
in making a destination popular and a preferable destination of the tourists. Another factor
that is important is the in this case is the factor of hospitality. The tourists expect that they
will get warm and comfortable treatment in the place they have gone for visit. The tourists
expect warm greetings which is a major factor of the spirit of hospitality (Sun, Ryan & Pan,
2015).
Facilitator factor
New Zealand is a place that satisfies all the above mentioned requirements. All the
places in New Zealand have always remained a place which had good social environment. A
good social environment always motivates the tourist to visit the place (Witten, et al., 2013).
The cultural environment of New Zealand has always been rich. The tourists always felt safe
in New Zealand. The scenic beauty of New Zealand has been attractive enough to motivate
the tourist to visit New Zealand several times (Sun, Ryan & Pan, 2014). The other facilities
like the entertainment facilities and the shopping areas are well developed in New Zealand.
There are many shopping spots in New Zealand that attracts the tourists. The outskirts of
New Zealand is even more developed. The accommodations are of wide variety and range.
The accommodations in the hotels in New Zealand are safe and they are of a standard quality.
The hotels that are located in posh areas in New Zealand are expensive and the hotels in the
suburb areas are reasonable compared to the other hotels. Even the people in New Zealand
are homely and they are offer proper hospitality to the other tourists. The people of this place
are having a homely nature. Their behavior is warm which makes the tourist comfortable
(Rashbrooke, 2013). .
There are many tourist attractive places in New Zealand which is rich in scenic beauty
and it is nature crafted. The scenic beauty of New Zealand is so rich that it looks as if it is

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designed for a movie set (Pearce, 2015). When it comes to adventure New Zealand is full of
areas of sports that are adrenaline-fueled. The major attraction in this genre is water rafting,
jet boating, heli-skiing, skydiving and mountain biking. The Fiordland National Park protects
the most extravagant scenery of the world. This is known as a dramatic landscape which
carves the famous fjords like the Milford, Dusky and the Doubtful Sounds (Mandic, et al.,
2015). This place is attractive as the visitors here get a chance to explore and experience the
beauty of the offshore islands, virgin rainforests, the craggy mountain peaks. Apart from this
the Bay of Islands is another attractive tourist location in New Zealand. The Queenstown,
Lake Taupo and the Tongariro National Park, the Roturua, the Abel Tasman National Park
and the Mount Cook national park are some of the attractive tourist spots in New Zealand.
This justifies the place of being a good environmental tourist destination (Mason, 2015).
There are many attractive shopping destinations in New Zealand that is a major factor
of attracting the tourists (Doscher, et al., 2014). The tourists are attracted towards shopping in
any tourist destination. The famous destination of shopping in New Zealand is Tannery, Kina,
Vesta, Zambesi, Royal Jewellery Studio and many other such markets that offer authentic
New Zealand jewellery and other gift items which include the paintings, glass art and even
books in some region. It is one of the major attractions in New Zealand (Mandic, et al.,
2015).
Another factor that adds up to the attraction of the tourist in New Zealand is the
accommodation. The accommodation options in New Zealand are huge in number. The
standards of accommodations are of wide range and variety. It is generally higher than the
other countries. It ranges from five-star hotels and resorts to normal friendly bed and
breakfast home-style accommodation at a reasonable range. It is designed in such a way that
all types of tourists can afford it (Carroll, et al., 2015). It has wide types of accommodations
like the beach houses bungalow accommodation, the accommodations in luxury hotels, the

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accommodations in home-style which are known as the bed and breakfast style of
accommodation (Sun, Ryan & Pan, 2014). There are also accommodations in boats and
cruise, in Heritage houses as well as in holiday parks and campsites. There are more styles of
accommodations that have been invented and it has been launched in New Zealand. This has
been specially designed for the tourists. This feature of accommodation in New Zealand is
good enough to attract the tourists (Brimblecombe, Liddle & O'Dea, 2013).
Resistance factor
New Zealand has been reviewed as a top holiday destination. It is a well organized
country. The politics and the governmental policies of a country is an important factor of the
development of a country. The government of New Zealand is well structured and it is well
organized which makes the place safe for the people (Bærenholdt, Haldrup & Urry, 2017).
This has a great impact on the tourism of a place. New Zealand has the tourism agency of its
own. The purpose of the agency is to promote the country as a destination place worldwide.
The ministry of tourism data predicts a certain percentage of annual growth in the tourism in
New Zealand with an annual increase of more than 4 million tourists to be reached in the year
2016 (Papadimitriou, Apostolopoulou & Kaplanidou, 2015). New Zealand is thought to be
the most demanding tourist destination because it has a lot of activities like the sightseeing,
adventure tourism, tramping and camping. The New Zealand Cycleway is one of the most
attractive activities that are designed especially for the tourists. This act as one of the most
facilitator and motivator factor that influences the choice of the tourists of New Zealand as
travel destinations (Ashton, 2014). The climatic condition of New Zealand is favorable for
the tourists to visit in New Zealand. The transportation is well organized which acts as a
leading resistance factor of the place (En.wikipedia.org, 2017).

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Therefore to draw a conclusion of the essay few reasons can be mentioned which
shapes the expectations and behavior of the potential tourists while considering traveling to
New Zealand. There are few reasons which can be mentioned as to why people should choose
New Zealand as their travel destination. The New Zealanders are known to be naturally warm
and friendly to others. They are known to be hospital to the tourists. The tourists receive a
friendly smile wherever they travel across the country. The tourists receive a warm welcome
from the native people. The climate of the region acts as a resistant factor to the tourists. The
climate of New Zealand is favorable for the tourists to visit New Zealand. There are four
distinct seasons in the region and there is not extreme hot and cold found in this place. The
climate of New Zealand is favorable in the entire year to explore the region. The place is safe
for the tourists. There is low amount of crime in New Zealand. Moreover there is no lethal
creature found in New Zealand therefore the fear of getting bitten is not there. The tourists
can explore without the danger of getting bitten. The culture plays a major role in making a
place attractive and desirable for the tourists. The culture of New Zealand was actually
originated by the native people of the region. Today New Zealand is a fascinating mixture of
cultures who mingles and thrives in a peaceful yet vibrant society. In the end this can be
concluded that New Zealand has a refined history of promoting the tourism and is referred as
the oldest national tourism organization in the world. According to many researchers New
Zealand has always remained one of the highest rated tourist destinations. The above
mentioned factors acts motivates the tourists and it acts as the resistance and the facilitating
factors for the tourists. These aspects are enough to attract the tourists in New Zealand.

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