Impact of Government Policies on Travel and Tourism Sector in UK

This report analyzes the travel and tourism sector, focusing on the role of government, sponsored bodies, and the impact of local and economic policies. The report explores the function of government and its agencies, including the Department of Media, Culture, and Sport, and Visit Britain, and how they contribute to the industry's development. It also examines the impact of governmental bodies and policies on the UK travel and tourism sector. The report also discusses how the United Nations World Tourism Organization contributes to the sector. Furthermore, it delves into how local and economic policies, such as sponsorships and funding, influence the success of the tourism sector. The report references several academic papers and journals and concludes with an overview of the significance of these factors in the travel and tourism industry.

Travel and Tourism sector
TASK 2

2.1 Analysis of the function of government, governmental
sponsored bodies and international agency's ion the travel and
tourism
The major role of government,
sponsored bodies and
international agencies within
travel and tourism in UK is to
ensure that all the regulations as
well as policies that are developed
for Travel and tourism are being
strictly complied with or not.
Management as well as marketing of
travel and tourism sector are
regarded as two functions of
regulatory authority which are
devised at local, regional as well
as national levels.

Contin....
There are three major
bodies that assist in
developing the industry
of travel and tourism-
• World tourism
• The department of
media culture and sports
• Visit Britain-

World tourism
The United Nations World
Tourism Organization is a
regulatory body of united
nation which helps the
country in development of
tourism
It takes the major factors of
concern into consideration
such as global development,
sustainability and promotion
of the destination for the
growth and development of
the country

The department of media culture and
sports
It has the responsibility of
sports and culture within the
country.
This helps in creating effective
measures of tourism in the
country. The department
helps the country in
developing effective
relations with other
countries thus creating the
simple yet effective means
of growth and development.

Visit Britain
• It helps the country in increasing its
competitiveness and developing the efficiency
as compared to other countries of the world.
• The development and efficiency of the
industry solely depends on the level of
promotion and marketing.

2.2 Explanation about how local and economical
policies influence the success of the travel and tourism
sector
In order to gain the
success in the travel and
tourism sector, local and
national policies have
great contribution. The
impact of this local and
national policies are as
follows-
Overall economic growth
Sponsorship and funding
Economic policies

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