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Visitor Attraction Management: Role in Tourism
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Visitor Attraction Management: Role in Tourism
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TABLE OF CONTENTINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3TASK 1............................................................................................................................................31.1 Overlap of visitor attractions in relation to particular types of attraction.............................31.2 Importance of different visitor attractions.............................................................................4TASK 2............................................................................................................................................52.1 Needs and motivations of different visitor types..................................................................52.2 Impacts of tourism on visitor attractions in London.............................................................62.3 Effect of different theories of tourist motivation on the management of visitor attractions.7TASK 3............................................................................................................................................9Covered in PPT...........................................................................................................................9TASK 4............................................................................................................................................94.1 Different visitor management strategies...............................................................................94.2 Management techniques in relation to sustainability..........................................................11CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................12REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................13
INTRODUCTIONThis industry of visitor's attraction is hard to specify due to its overlapping activities withsome other correspondent sectors that are together associated with the tact of travel and tourism.It is where this particular industrial sector of travel and tourism is evident to play a consideraterole in enhancing the economic status of a nation (Albrecht, 2014). It is where visitor's attractionusually involves fairground attractions such as theme parks, historical railways and certain otherkind of city attractions like Madame Tussaud’s and London Eye in UK. It is hereby on definingthe visitor's attraction of UK, Merlin has been proven to be one of the large player in thisparticular industry with more number of attractive theme parks and other type of city attractions.At present, it is at number 2 position for being the globe's largest visitor attractionoperator after Disney. As a result to which, they are currently operating with near about 13, 500number of employees where exists approximately 35 million visitors every year. Merlin acquirednumerous such attractions such as Legoland Parks in the year 2005, Gardaland in the year 2006and Tussauds Group in the year 2007 (Berthon and et. al., 2008). All these acquisitions have inturn raised its standard denary in this 3 years. The attractions and parks owned by Merlininvolves London Dungeon, Alton Towers, Sea life, Thorpe park, the London eye and MadameTussauds. This industry is together referred to have a large number of autonomous fairgroundattractions and theme parks with a majority of them are nearby seaside resorts and are beingoperated by families. TASK 11.1 Overlap of visitor attractions in relation to particular types of attractionVisitors attraction plays a greater role in the overall system of tourism in a nation wherethese are usually considered as natural locations that are either man made or are inherited by thenature and reflects as a major attractive force for the tourists as well as the localities. These arethereby refereed to be leading motivators that are further divided into four major classifications,as stated below-Constructions within a natural surrounding. Mad made buildings and structures designed to serve the intent of devising it as a visitor'sattraction such as spiritual activity (Del Chiappa, Andreu and Gallarza, 2014). However,in the present time, they are drawing the attention of appreciable strength of travellerswho are exploiting them as comforts for leisure.
Man made structures and buildings along with those sites whose scheming is speciallydone to attract a large set of tourists. This is for instance the theme parks that arespecially built with a prime intent of accommodating the demand of visitors approachingfor leisure tourism. Events are together considered to have a specific categorisation in visitor's attraction.However, to elucidate the fact of overlapping of visitor's attraction, the St. Paul'sCathedral has been taken into consideration over here. It is a famous location with a substantialtrait with respect to London skyline as the world's illustrious dome. It is featuring renownedartistic work with complex mosaics that is referred to be a prime reason behind over-joying thevisitors with such an exciting interior. Herein, the tourists can together refer to explore the cryptas a way of discovering the tombs and memorials of some notable national heroes (Dickinsonand et.al., 2014). Additionally, the tourists can also refer to attempt acoustic quirks in itswhispering gallery by climbing onto the Golden gallery to enjoy a fascinated panoramic viewthroughout London. Furthermore, St. Paul's Cathedral is together referred to be a spiritualattraction to impart the sense of sacredness among the visitors who are not even Christians.Although, depicting a chief purpose of cathedral usually depicts a sacred place for worship bythe Christians where it is also referred to be one of the oldest building in London that isconstantly being used in its locality. As a result to which, it represents to be an overlappedvisitor's attraction in regard to serve as both inherited and cultural prospect of community people.1.2 Importance of different visitor attractionsThis is specially to analyse the significance of visitor's attraction, yet again the St. Paul’sCathedral has been taken into consideration. It is where the local area is largely benefited fromthese visitors attractions in the below outlined ways-This particular attraction is referred to be amongst the world's largest buildings that areaccessible with respect to national use where it is together used as a venue for concerts,degree ceremonies and lectures, etc. St. Paul’s Cathedral is referred to contribute into the development of local area bycreating an optimistic social and economic impact (Hathroubi, Peypoch and Robinot,2014).
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