Comparative Analysis of Tourist Destinations: France and Mexico

This report provides a comparative analysis of France and Mexico as tourist destinations, evaluating their appeal through political, economic, social, and physical factors. The study examines France as a leading destination and Mexico as a developing one, assessing their strengths and weaknesses across various aspects. The analysis includes the impact of government structures, economic conditions, social stability, and infrastructure on tourism. The report further explores destination life cycles, cultural attractions, types of visitors, and promotional techniques employed by each country, highlighting factors that contribute to their popularity. The conclusion summarizes the key appealing characteristics of both destinations and provides relevant references from books, journals, and online sources.

TOURIST DESTINATION

INTRODUCTION
 The presentation is based on analysis of
junior analyst Titan travel over economic
physical and, political and social
characteristics of leading and developing
tourist destination.
 The leading tourist destination is France
and developing is Mexico.
 The study will present characteristics of
tourist destination which influences its
appeal

France

Appeal of France
Analysis of appealing factors of leading destination will help in developing critical understanding over place and its
influence on tourist. The appeal of France of will be evaluate by analysing 4 factors which are as follows:
 Political: The government of France is highly centralized and the country has high administrative control. The debt
of government of France has increased to 90 % of its gross domestic product. The structure of country is dictating
and have strict control of rules and regulation.
 Economic: Strong control of heavy taxes on spending of people to manage expense of state on development
projects. In accordance with this, it is outline that public expenditure reached 56 % on GDP. The country has
developed industries like, electronics, machineries, auto-mobiles, etc.
 Social: The country is socially stable and people have quality of life which denotes support by country to
immigrants.
 Physical: The country has developed infrastructure that is have appropriate sanitation facility, appropriate transport
network and standard of living. However, France is known for densest networks in the world with 146 km of road
and 6.2 km of rail lines per 100 km2.

Mexico

Appeal of Mexico
Appealing factors of country helps in deriving development and developing areas of region. The analysis of four factors
are as follows:
 Political: Mexico has control of federal government with the oldest functioning legislative assembly. The
unemployment rate of country is 8 % and since 2003 there is huge gap between rich and poor people of country.
 Social: The residents are free to enjoy any religion with freedom. On the other hand as per 30000 people 9 % of
population is below poverty line and is caused by geographic, political and individual factors.
 Economic: The economy of Mexico is highly volatile and is small where gross domestic growth rate of country is
3.6 % and changes annually. The country is driven by exports and major exported goods are aluminium, machinery,
electronic, etc.
 Physical: The country is industrial economy which promotes construction of rail line, energy plants, roads and
therefore is considered as modern industrial economy. The support from energy sources is the major growth factors
for manufacturing industries of Mexico.

Characteristics of tourist destination which influence its
appeal
 Destination (product life cycle): Mexico is rapidly growing travel destination of 2016-17
whereas France is already on leading position and is famous for its passion for food,
cheese and wine. It can be said that both the tourist destination are modern and historical.
 Cultural attraction: The country offers' opportunity to explore Cancun, Riviera Maya,
Cozumel. On the other hand, Disney land, The Eiffel Tower, The Louvre are the most
visited tourist destination of France and are considered as famous cultural attraction.

Cont..
 Type of visitors: The major motivation of people visiting Mexico is its shows and movies
like, The secret of Walter Mitty, Game of thrones, etc. Further, it is famous for chocolates,
poumkins and tequila. On the other hand, France is leading tourist destination with 85.7
million international travellers every year.
 Promotional technique: It is the most influential factor which helps in creating awareness
among people across the globe. France is leading because of approachable and cultural
attraction which are market in various movies and by celebrity visits. However, Mexico is
famous because of its world of animation which act as marketing tool for the country.

CONCLUSION
 It outlines appealing characteristics of leading and growing tourist destination that is
France and Mexico.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
 Mair, J., Ritchie, B.W. and Walters, G., 2016. Towards a research agenda for post-disaster
and post-crisis recovery strategies for tourist destinations: A narrative review. Current
Issues in Tourism. 19(1). pp.1-26.
 Pechlaner, H., Kozak, M. and Volgger, M., 2014. Destination leadership: a new paradigm
for tourist destinations?. Tourism Review. 69(1). pp.1-9.
Online
 10 fastest growing travel destinations in Europe of 2017. 2017. [Online]. Available
through: <https://www.star2.com/travel/europe/2017/10/18/fastest-growing-travel-
destinations-2017-europe/>.