Comparative Analysis of UK and Cuba as Tourist Destinations - Unit 9

This report provides a comparative analysis of the UK and Cuba as tourist destinations, examining their economic growth, cultural influences, physical characteristics, social aspects, and political factors affecting their appeal. The report contrasts the developed economy and rich cultural heritage of the UK with Cuba's developing economy and unique blend of African and European cultures. It delves into the impact of foreign investment, infrastructure, and government policies on the tourism sectors of both countries. The analysis also explores how factors like natural attractions, people, and artificial features contribute to the overall appeal of each destination, referencing various studies and statistics to support its findings. The document concludes by emphasizing the importance of these characteristics in shaping tourist preferences and destination popularity. Desklib provides a platform to access this and similar solved assignments for students.

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Table of Content
 Introduction
 Comparison of appeal of current leading tourist
destinations with that of current developing spot
 Analysis of characteristic of a tourism destination
affects its appeal
 References

Introduction
 It is defined as an activity which includes movement
of people from one place to another.
 Economic Activity.
 Comparison between UK and Cuba will be done.

Comparison of appeal of current leading tourist
destinations with that of current developing spot
Comparison base Cuba UK
Economic growth and
development
It is developing economy
and having a less GDP
87.13 Billion USD and it
has averaged growth 2.07%
It is a developed country
and having a 2.619 trillion
dollar in the year of 2016
which is too high from the
CUBA.
Culture Cuba is having a mix
culture of African and
European tribes.
It has a great British culture
which attracts to people
towards to visit once in
their life.

Continued...
Tourism is the primary source of foreign exchange in the economy. The public sector
employment was 76% and private sector employment is just 23%. Investment in Cuba
restricted and any investment needs the approval of government. This has impacted the
tourism as no foreign tourism companies has be allowed to do business here.
Foreign investment in Cuban tourism has increased after tourism drive. In 1990's 25
foreign and domestic companies with collaboration was working in the tourism sector.

Continued...
Cuba's economy was downfall when GDP declined by 33% between the year 1990 and
1993. In past United States made it a familiar holiday spot for Wealthy Americans.
They use to come there and use to spend their holidays and use to indulge themselves
in activities like racing and golfing. This way tourism become an important for the
economic sector.

Continued...
Hotel Havana Riviera in the city of Havana was built before the revolutionary
government came into the power. Cuba has one crop economy that is sugar cane and
earlier its most of the businesses was owned by US dominated companies.

Continued...
90% of its country's raw sugar and tobacco exports was exported to US in 1956. In
2011, the new economic reforms were introduced thus born of new economic system
was taken place. At after that Cuban government lists 181 official jobs which are no
longer under their control (Bosnjak, 2010).
Cuba imports machinery, food and fuel products and they export sugar tobacco, nickel
and pharmaceuticals. Cuba's tourism industry generates over 2 million arrivals per day
and it is one of the main source of income for them.

Continued...
UK has a GDP of $2.629 trillion and ranked 5th in the country. It exports
manufacturing goods, fuels and etc. It ranked among 8th major tourist destination in
the world. Economy of UK is highly developed and is market oriented. It is the tenth
largest goods exporter and fifth largest good importer.

Continued...
Tourist is a important to the British economy as over 32.6 million travellers came to
UK in 2014 and is the 8th major tourist destination in the world. The services sector
dominates the UK economy as it contribute around 80% of GDP. There economy is
boosted by North Sea Oil and gas production. In 19th century the second industrial
revolution taken place.

Continued...
Physical characteristics: Two thirds of the Cuban population currently lives in
poverty. The state salary is just $20 per month. They score well in education level and
has low fertility rates. It lacks shortage of everything from transportation, to food, to
internet access. Cuba today, like many other poor nations is going backward. The
luxurious tourist resorts are being built at an precedented rate. The growth in the
biggest city of Cuba Havana takes place against the backdrop of ageing infrastructure,
lagging economy and a decaying urban landscape. 95% of Cubans had access to water
source There is rail network of total 8,285 km and roads of 60,858 km.

Continued...
Transportation in UK is comprises of road, air, rail and water networks. It has road
network of 47000 km of road network and rail network of 16116 km. There are many
regional and international airports with Heathrow Airport in London being the busiest
of the world. Public water and sanitation in UK is considered as good service quality
and almost 100 percent has access to water. 97% of the population has the sanitation
facility.