Historical Development in Travel and Tourism Sector in UK
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Historical Development in Travel and Tourism Sector in UK
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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3TASK 1............................................................................................................................................31.1 Evaluate the key historical development in travel and tourism sector in UK..................31.2 Explain the structure of travel and tourism......................................................................4TASK 2............................................................................................................................................52.1 Analyse the functions of various government bodies in promoting travel and tourism...52.2 Explain how local and national economic policy influence the success of tourism........62.3 Discuss the implications of political change on tourism sector ......................................7TASK 3............................................................................................................................................83.1 Describe the factors affecting the tourist demand in London...........................................83.2 Explain the concept of demand and supply in context of tourism sector.........................9TASK 4............................................................................................................................................94.1 Evaluate the negative and positive impact of Tourism on London..................................94.2 Describe strategies used to minimize the negative impact on Tourism.........................10CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................12
INTRODUCTIONTourism sector falls under the category of rapidly growing industry. Tourism word can bedefined as to travel for work or pleasure. Tourism mainly deals in attracting the potentialcustomer and influencing them to travel which ultimately generates profitability for the sector(Moutinho, 2011). UN categorize Tourism into Domestic, Inbound and Outbound. Basically itrefers to the short term programme of visitor to any particular destination which is decided byvisitor itself. This movement is temporary or for a certain time frame. This assignment covers thetourism sector of UK and the impact of leaving EU. Along with this it also covers the impact ofvarious government bodies towards the development of Tourism Sector and also determine thenegative and positive factor that influence the growth and profitability of Tourism. TASK 11.1 Evaluate the key historical development in travel and tourism sector in UKUnited Kingdom is considered as the leading travel and tourist destination all across the globe.Places like Tower of London, Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, Tower Bridge and various othersvisited by millions of people every year. The era of travelling and tourist has been started in theyear 1830. With the passage of time, the number of visitors increased and reaches up to 30million every year. This comes out to be a major shift in the era of UK Tourism. Following arethe key historical development according to their defined period:Period of 1830-40: The main attraction of this period was Queen’s Bazar and Regent’sZoological Park. During this period Royal Clarence Vase which is made up of gold, enamel andglass object weighing 80 tons was prepared for the emperor George IV. Period of 1870-80: During this time, skating considered as new attraction for the tourists ofLondon. During winters, visitors play various skating games such as rifle shooting, archery,croquet and ice-skating which creates curious among other member and influence them to visit. Period of 1880-1920: This period develops the interest among tourist to explore their culture, artgallery and exhibition that were held at various places of UK such as Earls Court, Crystal Placeetc. (Goeldner and Ritchie, 2015).
Period of 1920-50: During this time, people started visiting Buckingham Palace, Hyde Park, andGreen Park. This was the time when people started coming out from their houses and startexploring the unknown places. Period of 1950-80: Around this period, younger generation have made their own tourist placessuch as Club Tahiti, where they love to spend hours with their peers. At this point, various touristcompany starts hiring guide for their clients, which makes easier for them to roam around thecountry. Guided help them from their accommodation to their tourist places which clients wantsto visit. Also for women, tourist companies hire female guide so as to make them feelconformable. 1.2 Explain the structure of travel and tourismThe structure of tourism and travel industry is categorized into various parts and they are:Transportation: It is considered as the most crucial factor of travel industry as it includesreaching or getting to the destination (Frey and George, 2010). . Customer uses various types of transportation in the mean of airlines, roads, railways, taxi,cruise etc. Accommodation: Visitors travel away from home so that they can feel relax, hence they arelooking for such places which gives them home environment where they can fully relaxthemselves. Hotel, Resorts come under this. This is the most influential factor that effects thevisitor choice. Information and Co-ordination: In order to assess various clients, tourism industry has openedup service center where visitor can come and ask their query such as tourism authorities, touristguides, travel guide publications, tourist information center etc. Tour operators and Wholesalers: They are the one who provide various facilities in bulk suchas Thomas Cook, Trivago, Yatra etc. Government: It plays a major role in planning tourism, promotion, advising and regulating thetravel industry.Attractions: This is the most important element of travel and tourism. Visitors on the basisattractions comes to visit the places (Xiang and Gretzel, 2010).It can be in the form of anynatural, historical, entertainment or cultural places etc.
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