Report on the Contemporary Travel and Tourism Industry: Part 1

This report provides an in-depth analysis of the contemporary travel and tourism industry, focusing on key milestones such as the introduction of holiday camps, technological advancements, and transportation developments. The report identifies and examines the crucial elements of the industry, including attractions, locale, accommodation, accessibility, amenities, and activities, often referred to as the 5 A's of tourism. It then analyzes the discrete role of each element and critically assesses their inter-relationships, highlighting how factors like attraction influence activities and accommodation, and how amenities are linked with accessibility. The report also acknowledges potential weaknesses, such as issues with food quality, which can negatively impact the overall tourist experience. The conclusion summarizes the key findings, emphasizing the interconnectedness of the industry's elements and the importance of addressing weaknesses to enhance the overall travel experience. This report is a valuable resource for understanding the complexities and dynamics of the modern travel and tourism sector.

THE CONTEMPORARY
TRAVEL AND TOURISM
INDUSTRY PART 1

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
PART 1............................................................................................................................................1
Key milestones in the development of the travel and tourism industry.......................................1
The different elements of the travel and tourism industry...........................................................1
Analyse the discrete role of each key element of the travel and tourism industry......................3
Critically analyse the inter-relationship between the different elements of the travel and
tourism industry ..........................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION
The contemporary travel and tourism industry is a type of business which direct;y
provides services and goods to facilitate the business, leisure and pleasure activities that is away
from the environment of home (Spencer, 2019). The report will lay emphasis on key milestone in
development of tourism and travel industry. Also, the different elements of travel and tourism
industry will cover in this report. The report will also analyse the role of tourism and travel
industry in key elements and their interaction with different elements. The critical analysis of
inter relationship between different element of travel and tourism industry will be covered in the
report along with the weakness in element which can impact on overall tourist experience.
PART 1
Key milestones in the development of the travel and tourism industry
The milestone for the development in travel and tourism industry in UK are as follows : Introduction of Holiday camps - There is an increase of interest of people towards
packaged holidays in country. These packages offer mid weeks, short breaks, or longer
holidays for travellers. There is availability of entertainment for both children and parents
at all-inclusive rates. This is the milestone of development for travel and tourism industry
as it attracts number of customers and enhances development of travel and tourism
industry. Technological development - The development of technology helps travel and tourism
industry in attaining a huge success. The availability of online booking attracts huge
number of customers towards the industry of travel and tourism (Summers, Cavaye, and
Woolcock, 2019). Also, the online booking enables tourists to set a package of their
choice. This is a key milestone for the development of travel and tourism industry.
 Development of transport - The development in service of transportation in travel and
tourism industry helps to meed the needs and wants of customers. It is the milestone for
industry of travel and tourism as it helps the industry to shape in better and efficient
manner. The development of air, road and rail transportation enables this development in
industry. The technologies such as Travel tech sector and integrating technologies
provides aid to such development in travel and tourism industry.
The different elements of the travel and tourism industry
The elements which includes in the travel and tourism industry are as follows :
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 Attraction - This is the most important element of travel and tourism industry. The
Attraction refers to anything that creates want of a person in order to travel on a specific
destination or tourist attraction. This element includes factors to attract travellers or
tourists. The attraction includes nature, place, lakes, monument, beach, etc. The Locale is
another element of travel and tourism industry. In this the holiday destination are
included along with the offer for tourists. The holiday destinations offers various natural
attractions. Thus, it is an important element of travel and tourism industry. Accommodation - The industry of travel and tourism is engaged in providing service of
accommodation to the tourists which are travelling from far places. The place in which
tourists stay during travelling for overnight or stays for rest (Ivanov, and Webster, 2019).
The companies engaged in this accommodation services gains attraction of more number
of customers. The engagement of this service enable a high accommodation quality
service and also, there is enhancement of consumer experience observed. The
collaboration of companies with hotels vary from deluxe to seven star to provide the best
quality of services to their customers. Accessibility - The another important element is Accessibility for travel and tourism. The
travel companies make sure that their customers or tourists does not face any difficulty
and for this they make proper planning and accessibility in order to visit the attraction of
tourists. The companies provide the best service of transportation to the tourist. Thus,
they can visit to every type of locations without any hindrance. Amenities - The services which the tourists require while travelling for comfortable
living. The element of amenities includes drinking water, food, sanitary, etc. The
companies make proper arrangement regarding these services to tourists to make their
experience the best. Also, the companies execute the efforts to supply hygienic and good
quality food to their customers. For this they collaborate with hotels so that they can
supply them all the amenities to their best.
 Activities - The activities includes nature walk, history and architecture, water sport,
cultural programmes, boating, etc. in the place which attracts and holds tourists towards
the place. The travel companies contact with such entertainment providers so that they
are able to render these services and activities to tourists.
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Analyse the discrete role of each key element of the travel and tourism industry Attraction - The travel and tourism company is to make aware the interested customers
towards the destination. They generate offers, discounts, and packages to gain attraction
of people. Accommodation - The travel company collaborates with hotels. The hotels provide best
services to tourists according to their comfort. The accommodation service is avail by
tourism company by collaboration with Hotels vary from five star to deluxe. Accessibility - The tourism company provides quality transportation facility by booking
tickets of tourist. So that they avail the best service to tourists. Amenities - The company collaborate with different hotels at different place which
attracts the tourists as these hotels provide them quality and hygienic food and other
facilities they need.
 Activities - The company executes contract with the entertainment companies at different
place which attract customer interest and holds them at the place they arrive.
Critically analyse the inter-relationship between the different elements of the travel and tourism
industry
All the elements of travel and tourism is inter-related with each other. As the attraction is
related with activities and accommodation (Pesonen, Komppula, and Murphy, 2019). Also, the
Amenities and accommodation are related with Accessibility. The elements are work together
and company can not leave any element because it leads to decrease in profitability of company.
The common weakness face by these companies are lack of quality of food. This not only
impacts the health of travellers but also impact on the image of the travel company.
CONCLUSION
The report was all about contemporary travel and tourism industry in which the report
highlights the key milestones such as transportation development, holiday camps, etc. Also,
Elements of travel and tourism was reflected in the report by 5 A's of tourism. Then comes inter-
relationship between these elements and role of each key element in tourism industry.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Spencer, A., 2019. ICT and Caribbean Tourism. In Travel and Tourism in the Caribbean (pp. 95-
114). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
Summers, J., Cavaye, J. and Woolcock, G., 2019. Enablers and Barriers of Tourism as a Driver
of Economic and Social‐cultural Growth in Remote Queensland. Economic Papers: A
journal of applied economics and policy.
Ivanov, S. and Webster, C., 2019. What should robots do? A comparative analysis of industry
professionals, educators and tourists. In Information and Communication Technologies in
Tourism 2019 (pp. 249-262). Springer, Cham.
Pesonen, J., Komppula, R. and Murphy, J., 2019. Plastic loyalty–Investigating loyalty card
programs for a Finnish hotel chain. Tourism Management, 73, pp.115-122.
Online
5 A's of tourism. 2019. [Online]. Available through :
<https://www.twoecoinc.com/post/2017-01-29-going-beyond-the-5as-of-tourism>.
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