Holiday Destinations: Culture, Social Dynamics and Physical Features

This report provides an analysis of tourist destinations, emphasizing the cultural, social, and physical features that contribute to their appeal. It highlights the significance of culture, encompassing languages, festivals, and activities, in attracting visitors. The report also examines physical features, including environmental impacts and geographical characteristics, alongside social groups and the behavior of local residents towards tourists. A comparative analysis is conducted, contrasting destinations like the UK, USA, Italy, Spain, and Thailand based on their unique cultural, economic, social, and physical attributes. The 'demonstration effect,' representing the visible differences between tourists and hosts, is identified as a significant socio-cultural and economic impact. The report references academic works to support its analysis of brand personality, destination management, and search engine marketing in the context of tourism.

Tourist Destinations
TASK 2

INTRODUCTION
A tourist destination is the place where people wants to visit
and spend time as well. Every country having their own
cultures, custom and traditions which are able to attract large
number of customers. Issues like climate related and other
are having impact on the popularity destination place.

2.1 Analysis the Culture, social and physical features
of tourist destinations.
A tourism company has seen the wide range of the different
benefits and new approaches out of these services provide in the
tourist industry. Government also understand the need of the
foreign currency to contributing in the growth of the economy.
The tourism sector is the only one which provide and generation
the foreign currency to help in create the new sources for the
income. There are various features of worldwide destination-
Culture characteristic- This feature is most important for the
attraction for the visitors. The different culture of the different
destinations to attract the tourists or its includes the many
languages, festival, activities and cultural of the different regions
sports adventures.

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Physical features- This feature includes the different
environmental impact of tourism such as geographical
areas and other factors covering the vast variety of
change in climates, natural characteristics, river system
and fountains system
Social groups- This group includes different regional and
national level of residents. Its includes the different behaviour
of the local residents toward the tourists.

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2.2 compare options of developing and leading
holidaymaker destinations.
Comparison of the features of tourist destinations-
There are many tourist destination such as UK, USA, Italy,
Spain and Thailand. They all are destination have the different
features related to their culture, economical, social groups and
physical features. . These macro-level figures however hide the
unbalanced nature of global tourism. In the UK there are
destination to attract the visitors such as England, Scotland,
Ireland and Wales. These all the countries share the past,
history about the villages, towns, cities have much to interest
the visitors and Tourist are know more about the history, old
castles, and museums infrastructure.

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Identification of cultural, social and physical features-
One of the more significant socio, cultural and economic
features are impacts on the tourism is referred to as the
'demonstration' effect. This depends on there differences visible
between tourists and hosts. The culture features includes the
many differences such as many languages, festival, activities
and sports adventures. The social features are includes the
different regions, social rules, behaviour and different social
strategies. Physical feature are includes the country
geographical characteristic, river systems and others features.

References
Usakli, A. and Baloglu, S., 2011. Brand personality of tourist
destinations: An application of self-congruity theory. Tourism
Management, 32(1). pp.114-127
Kozak, M. and Baloglu, S., 2010. Managing and marketing
tourist destinations: Strategies to gain a competitive edge.
Routledge.
Pan, B., Xiang, Z., Law, R. and Fesenmaier, D.R., 2011. The
dynamics of search engine marketing for tourist destinations.
Journal of Travel Research, 50(4). pp.365-377.