HND Travel & Tourism: A Comparative Report on UK and India Tourism

This assignment presents a comparative analysis of the UK and India as tourist destinations, focusing on the economic, social, and political characteristics that influence their appeal. The report highlights the differences in development status, social factors like quality of life and literacy rates, crime rates, and political factors such as government stability and corruption levels. Climatic conditions and their impact on tourist health are also considered. References to academic sources are included to support the analysis, providing a comprehensive overview of the factors shaping the tourism industries in both countries. Desklib provides more solved assignments for students.

Tourist Destinations
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Popular tourist destination UK

Some popular spots of London

3.1 The economic and political characteristic of
both destinations
 The two countries that is been selected for comparison are UK which
is a developed country however India which is a developing tourism
destination.
 In the various aspects both these countries differ.
This industry will be affected from the characteristics. They are as
follows-:
 Social characteristics
 Physical characteristics
 Political characteristics

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 The warm and suitable weather is there in UK.
 On the other hand the climatic condition in India is very hot due to
which the health of tourist gets affected.

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Social factors
 Over the appeal of tourists destination the quality of life, pressure
of population and literacy rates creates an impactful is a place
where quality of life is suitable and literacy rates are also high.

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Rate of criminal activities
 The decision of choosing a place is harmed due to criminal
activities .
 Among the tourist the image of destination is also harmed from
this.
 In UK, the rates of crimes are low in comparison to India.

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Political factors
 The appeal of tourist destination also faced due to forms of
government, level of corruption taking place at that particular
tourist destination.

REFERENCES
 Carlisle, S. and Tiffin, S., 2013. Supporting innovation for tourism
development through multi-stakeholder approaches: Experiences from
Africa. Tourism Management. 35. pp.59-69.
 Chen, H.J., Chen, P.J. and Okumus, F., 2013. The relationship
between travel constraints and destination image: A case study of
Brunei. Tourism Management. 35. pp.198-208.
 Iqbal, M.S. and González, M.C., 2014. Development of origin–
destination matrices using mobile phone call data. Transportation
Research Part C: Emerging Technologies. 40. pp.63-74.
 Kim, J.H., 2014. The antecedents of memorable tourism experiences:
The development of a scale to measure the destination attributes
associated with memorable experiences. Tourism management. 44.
pp.34-45.

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