France Tourism: Socio-Cultural Changes and Economic Trends Analysis

This essay examines the impact of socio-cultural changes and economic trends on the tourism sector in France, a leading global tourist destination. It highlights how demographic shifts, such as an ageing population and changing social structures, influence the labor market and healthcare demands. Cultural clashes arise due to diverse tourist behaviors and values, potentially irritating local residents. Economically, political pressures for higher living standards and the deregulation of international air travel significantly affect the tourism market. The essay concludes that while tourism promotes cultural awareness and preservation, overcoming social and economic obstacles is crucial for achieving sustainable growth in France's tourism industry. Desklib provides access to similar essays and study resources for students.

Socio-Cultural change and Economic trade

INTRODUCTION
 Tourism attained exponential growth over last 5 decades
 United National World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) states that international
tourism growth has been continue growing but at a slower rate from the year 2012.
 Fastest growing economic sectors in the world
 Key driver for social economic progress.
 In the present study, France has been selected as tourism destination.
 It is one of the leading tourist destination with 83 million foreign tourists visit
every year.
 Here, impact of socio-cultural changes and economic trends has been assessed
upon the country.

IMPACT OF SOCIAL
DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES
 Changes in the demographic factors is one of the crucial reason
that affects the tourism destination.
 Therefore, it is essential for government of the country to adopt
effective practices in regard to respond effectively to enhancing
diveristy within labor market.
 Furthermore, constant changes in the demographic profile of
France population has been affected due to increase in tourism
destination as they are unable to meet the needs and wants of
country's citizens.

FACTORS
Ageing population
Changing social structures
Health
Values and lifestyles
Changing work patterns

Ageing population
 As per the view of Knox and Pinch (2014), ageing population
identifies that there are different age group of people living in
the country and thus it afffects the working conditions within the
country.
 As tourism is growing in the country demand of labour is
increasing day by day.
 Thus, it creates pressure upon the health and welfare services
provided by the country.
 Also, different age group people arrives France therefore,
government is required to arrange proper medical facilities in
regard to care and support individuals.

Changing social structures
It is one of the mahor factor that affects the tourist
destination. However, chaning social structures states
that families are focusing upon nuclear family or
chidren are living with their one-parent families as it
is common.

Cultural clashes
 It can be stated as per the view of Burr (2015), due to increase in
tourism it attracts wide range of people visiting the country and
thus differs in their geographical locations and social relations.
 Cultural clashes arise due to different culture people visiting the
coutnry and demanding different products and services as per
their requirement.
 Also, arising differences in cultures, ethnic and religious groups,
values and lifestyle and languages affects the prosperity of the
country.
 However, the attitude of local residents towards tourism
development mau unfold through different stages and thus it
affects the growth of local people.

Job level friction
 It also affects the development of local people
because in developing countries high skilled jobs
are obtained by different people from outside the
countries while, low class jobs such as waiters,
gardeners are given to local people.
 Thus, it affects socio-cultural factors of individual
and causes a gap between the cultures.

Irritation due to tourist behaviour
It also affect the tourist destination as different cultural
people visit the country and thus local people are
affected because of tourist behaviour. Tourists due to
carelessness avoid the local customs and values thus
it causes irritation to local citizens as per Lee and
Brahmasrene (2013).

IMPACT OF ECONOMIC TRENDS
There are varied economic trends that affects the
tourist destination in order to achive desirable
growth opportunities. Tourism market is a high
contribution to France's foreign trade. Following
are the factors that affects the economic trends of
the country-
 Political Pressures for higher living standards
 Deregulation of international air travel

Politial pressures for higher living
standards
As per the view point of Edwards, Raggatt and Small
(2013), it can be assessed that political parties
creates pressure upon the government to provide
wide job opportunities for local people so that they
can carry out higher standard of living. Thus, it
affects the tourism as their spending pattern is
increased due to high taxes etc.

Deregulation of international air travel
According to the view of Pieterse (2015), It assesses
that deregulation of airline is the process of
removing government imposed entry and price
restrictions so that any of the international airline
company can carry out their travel business and
charges as per the market trends.