Visitor Attraction Management

Visitor attraction management

Table of Contents
Activity 1 ........................................................................................................................................3
LO 1.................................................................................................................................................3
P1 Different classification of visitor attractions.....................................................................3
P2 Importance of different visitor attractions to impact upon economic growth...................3
Activity 2.........................................................................................................................................4
LO 2.................................................................................................................................................4
P3 Needs and motivations of different visitor types..............................................................4
P4 Critical social, economic and environmental impacts of visitor attraction.......................5
Activity 3.........................................................................................................................................5
LO 3.................................................................................................................................................5
P5 Feasibility study that assesses market demand, product & service development for new and
an existing visitor attraction...................................................................................................5
Activity 4.........................................................................................................................................6
LO 4.................................................................................................................................................6
P6 Assessment and implication of different visitor management strategies..........................6
References........................................................................................................................................7

Activity 1
LO 1
P1 Different classification of visitor attractions
A tourist attraction is a place where tourists come for visiting it for their cultural value,
natural as well as for built beauty. There are mainly 2 types of visitor attractions including built
or man-made and natural. Both types of attraction Built and natural play an important part in
attracting tourists and increasing sales of London & partners agency.
Man-made visitor attractions: A man-made attraction refers all those places and things
which are being modified and made by people by constructing & decommission. Most popular
man-made visitor attractions include Eiffel Tower, Big Ben, Statue of liberty etc.
Natural visitor attractions: Natural visitor attractions includes those things that are not
being made by people as they already present in nature like mountains, rivers etc. Most popular
attraction includes Niagara falls, Machu Picchu etc. Some examples of visitor attraction include:
Tower of London: It is a royal palace and historical castle and built by White Tower. It is
stated that approximate 2,858,336 visitors have been met till now.
River Thames: It is a river that is the longest river entirely in England (Connell, Page and
Meyer, 2015).
It can also be divided into 2 parts such as private and public. Public sector visitor attraction
includes:
Museums: Museums is an institution that cares all collection of artefacts which are
specially famous as a cultural and scientific point of view. Several public museums like Victoria
and Albert museum are available for public viewing. For knowing the history of collected
objects of museum, visitors and tourist ors come and visit museums.
Private sector or private visitor attraction includes:
London eye: London eye is a cantilevered observation wheel on the South Back of the
River Thomas in London. It is the most popular paid visitor attraction as it is the tallest
observation wheel so, it attracts tourists.
P2 Importance of different visitor attractions to impact upon economic growth
It can be said that tourism and visitor attractions play a vital role to a country’s economy.
They can help London & partners agency to increase their sales and generate a strong economy