Travel and Tourism Sector Assignment : TUI Group
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Travel and Tourism Sector Assignment : TUI Group
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TRAVEL ANDTOURISM SECTOR
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1TASK 1............................................................................................................................................11.1 Important historical developments in the travel and tourism sector.................................11.2 Structure of travel and tourism sector..............................................................................2TASK 2............................................................................................................................................32.1 Functions of government, government sponsored bodies and international agencies intravel and tourism...................................................................................................................32.2 Impact of local and national economic policy on the success of travel and tourism sector..32.3 Impacts of political change on the travel and tourism sector...........................................4TASK 3............................................................................................................................................53.1 Factors affecting tourism demand....................................................................................53.2 Change in supply at TUI Group to meet the effects of demand.......................................6TASK 4............................................................................................................................................64.1 Positive and negative economic, environmental and social impacts of tourism withreference to TUI Group..........................................................................................................64.2 Strategies that can be used to minimise the negative impacts while maximising thepositive impacts .....................................................................................................................8CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9
INTRODUCTIONNowadays, the travel and tourism sector is one of the biggest and fastest growing sectorwhich plays a crucial role in development of a country.(Nisthar, S. and Vijayakumar, S)According to World Tourism Organization, travel and tourism sector is considered as the fastestgrowing economic sector which helps in increment of foreign exchange earnings and also boostup employment. TUI Group of tourism is one of them, it is world's leading tourism businessconsisting of number of travel agencies with turnover of around 17.2 billion euros. In this study, the history and structure of travel and tourism sector will be discussed.Further, the impact of government and agencies on travel and tourism sector. In addition to that,the impact of tourism on different sectors will also be observed.TASK 11.1 Important historical developments in the travel and tourism sectorIn comparison to earlier times, perception of people on travel and tourism changed a lot.History of travel and tourism sector depending on the different time bands is described below:Travel and tourism before 1945:In ancient times, say 16th century was the time when agriculture was the main occupationof people and thus this stationary occupation resist them from travelling. At that time, only eliteclass enjoyed travel and tourism. Period before 1946, i.e. the era of world wars was the timewhen privileged, wealthy and high class people took the leisure of tourism and travelling.Travel and tourism between 1945 to 1979:This was the period when the growth of tourism and travel sector started. Travel andtourism sector majorly developed in this time period. Various factors which developed under thistime band enhances the travel and tourism business, and these factors involves: development ofhotels having customer based strategies, revolutionary growth of air transportation, services likeinsurance provided by airlines, improvement of packaged tours, etc. Also, under the various actssuch as-Development of Tourism Act (1969), the travel and tourism sector was benefited. Inaddition to that, the main tool of that time for increase the number of travellers was thedevelopment of destination, this helped travel and tourism business to a greater extent.Travel and tourism from 1980 to present time:This is the era of development of technology, transportation and lifestyle, which helpedtravel and tourism sector reaching a next level. 1
Role of technological development- Technology is the crucial tool playing a vital role in traveland tourism sector. Technological development includes internet, call centres, televisions, etc.. inpresent time, internet has revolutionised the way people buy travel services. Almost every travelcompany and airlines uses the call centre tool extensively. Also, televisions and internet helps inpromotion of destinations, tour packages, hotels, etc. Further, development of transportationenhances the growth of tourism sector. Addition of more comfortable, faster, better servicesincreases the transportation business, consequently increased tourism business.1.2 Structure of travel and tourism sectorStructure of any travel and tourism industry depends on the attractions of the destination,transportation system, accommodation services, tourism services, etc. The structure of travel andtourism industry should be strong enough to attract the tourists visiting there. Main componentsof tourism structure are-Attractions: It is the most essential component of structure of a tourism industry.Attractions of the place plays a crucial role in profitability of an industry. Attractions canbe man-made or natural but they should be able to attract the visitors. Transportation: 'Transport is the backbone of a sustainable economy, it brings peopletogether, facilitates trade and sustains tourism', this quote from Sir Michael Bishopsummarizes the function of transportation sector in tourism structure. Major means oftransportation includes- airlines, ferries, rails, cars, etc. Tour Operators: They are the persons which combines all the components that makesan ideal tour plan and sell them as tour packages. Their bond with various hotels, airlines,etc. help them in making their earnings.Travel Agent:Travel agents are the distributors of the product. They provide touroperators with the complete information of traveling. But, nowadays with the help ofinternet tourists are planing their travel on their own and this is suppressing the role oftravel agents.Accommodation: Accommodation available in travel and tourism sector is in varioussectors like- hotels accommodation, holiday park accommodation, campsitesaccommodation, etc. Because of highly varied choices of customers, hotels need to offera large range of products and services to satisfy the customer needs. 2
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