Visitor Attraction Management

VISITOR ATTRACTION
MANAGEMENT

TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS.................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
ACTIVITY 1....................................................................................................................................1
Classifications and categories of visitor attractions.....................................................................1
Significance of visitor attractions in terms of economic growth and purpose.............................2
ACTIVITY 2....................................................................................................................................3
Motivational factors and need of different visitor attractions......................................................3
Impact of visitor attraction tourism..............................................................................................4
ACTIVITY 3....................................................................................................................................4
Feasibility study and financial viability for visitor attraction......................................................4
Recommendations for suitable approach.....................................................................................5
ACTIVITY 4 ...................................................................................................................................5
Strategic Assessment of techniques for visitor Management ....................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Visitors attraction management helps in increasing number of visitors for a tourist place
or for a visitor attraction (Mason, 2015). This assignment will lay emphasis on visitor attraction
management which will explain the various types of visitor attractions, importance of these
attractions in context of economic growth of London will be explained, impact of a tourist place
and motivational factors that attract customers will also be discussed. It will also use this
feasibility study for developing or improving an existing or new visitor attraction. Further it will
apply and analyse the various techniques of visitor management and their effect on sustainability.
ACTIVITY 1
Classifications and categories of visitor attractions
Visitors attraction can be defined as natural locations or man made constructions that are
mostly visited by visitors either for entertainment purpose, leisure purpose or any other purpose.
These attractions are developed in such a manner that they are liked and loved by most of the
tourist globally. Visitors attractions can be classified into two main categories that are: natural
and build. Natural visitors attractions are those places that are not been tempered and has been a
visitors' attraction naturally such that visitors can natural beauty of the attraction.
Build visitors attraction are those places that have either been build for visitors or had been build
for some another purposes but today they are visitors attractions (Weidenfeld and Leask, 2016).
These classifications are further divided into specific categories of visitors attractions, that are:
natural attractions, artificial attractions, attractions build for sole purpose of attractions, those
places that were build for some other purpose but today they are one of the visitors attractions.
Natural attractions for visitors consist of beaches, forest, island, deserts, mountains, waterfalls
and various others. Artificial attractions include artificial waterfall, artificial beaches etc.
Attractions build for sole purpose of attractions are zoo, aquarium, museums, snow parks etc.
Places build for some other purpose but today are visitors attractions, such type of attractions
consist of old monuments, palaces, antiques. London has always been a centre of attraction for
tourist attraction, business, life style and many more. Few of the famous visitors attractions are:
Sea life centre London Aquarium it is a man made attraction build for visiting purpose only,
Buckingham Palace is a one of the attraction that was build for some other purpose but today it is
one of the visitors attractions as well, British Museum is one of the visitors' attraction that was
build for visitors only.
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