Exploring Processes and Potential Issues in Visitor Attraction Dev

This report examines the processes and potential issues involved in the development of visitor attractions, focusing on the case of Hyde Park in the United Kingdom. It highlights the impact of changing demographics on tourism management and the importance of understanding traveler needs. The report discusses how historical and cultural significance, along with geographical landscape, attract tourists to Hyde Park. It emphasizes the need for collaboration between public and private organizations to manage demand and implement effective marketing strategies. The potential of royal properties as tourist sites, the role of domestic tourism, and the fragmentation of the service industry are also explored. Furthermore, the report touches upon the impact of investments in tourism infrastructure and the importance of affordable transportation. Desklib provides access to this and many other solved assignments for students.

TASK 3
DISCUSSING THE PROCESSES AND THE
POTENTIAL ISSUES IN DEVELOPMENT OF VISITOR
ATTRACTIONS

The changing demographics of the world has played the key role
in influencing the development as well as the growth of tourist
attraction management and these issues have been identified
as the barriers to the development of the industry. This is
mainly due to the inability of the professionals to comprehend
the desires and needs of the customers that are, travellers
which in turn should have been compensated by the cohesive
strategies and marketing, failing to do the same has resulted in
the declining conditions of the tourism industry.
INTRODUCTION

The travellers nowadays have acquired a unique taste and their
demands have significantly changed in the last few decades.
This acquired taste helps in identifying and assessing the shifts
in the demography which in turn has resulted in the changes in
the travel and tourism industry of the Hyde Park
(www.royalparks.org.uk, 2017). The Hyde Park of the United
Kingdom is a place which enthrals one and all and this is one
of the key reasons why the tourists are attracted towards the
same (Corne, 2015, p.93).

The first and foremost thing that is needed to be understood is
that England attracts tourists because of the historical as well
as the cultural significance and the geographical landscape of
the country is such that visitors feel excited to feel the
experience that the Hyde Park has to offer. The linguistic
barrier is minimal as the mode of communication would be
English and the only troublesome part of this barrier is that the
visitors may not be able to understand the local language due
to the local accents (Vu et al. 2015, p.229).

The tourism industry is such that the private and public
organisations have to collaborate in order to handle the
growing demand of the customers as well undertake marketing
campaigns based on the strategies that have been formulated
by keeping in mind the needs of the tourists (Alazaizeh et al.
2016, p.152).

The Hyde Park of London, is known for the lineages of royalty
that has in past influenced the country. This, in turn, means
that there are a seriously large number of castles and other
royal properties which can be effectively turned into tourist
attraction sites (Cong et al. 2014, p.305). These properties can
be renovated by either the public organisations or the private
organisations so as to provide the customers with a unique
experience, that of spending the night at a castle.

Domestic tourists also contribute a major chunk in the travel and
tourism industry. This is due to the fact that people get bored
with the monotonous routine of their life and try to break free.
The beautiful locales of the Hyde Park have been overtime
visited by the local tourists and this has helped in developing
an entirely new visitor attraction sites for the foreign tourists
as well. These regions when promoted to the foreign tourist
ensure that a balance is maintained between the revenue and
trade related to the industry.

The fragmentation of the service industry has its own pros and cons like while the
industry provides a huge number of skilled and unskilled employment
opportunity, the availability of the jobs is quite erratic (Moore and Taplin, 2014,
p.114). Thus it is necessary for the government to intervene and help the
industry as well as the unemployed individuals by promoting the simultaneous
development of the core and peripheral working class. The appropriate number
of employees is needed to handle the needs of the travellers and this means this
criterion also plays a key role in visitor attraction management of the Hyde
Park.

The cash crunch has insignificantly affected the growth and development
of the travel and tourism industry and this means that the government
has recognised as well as utilised the investment opportunities and this
is quite evident from the development of the tourism infrastructure
with increased attention to the quality of the infrastructure available to
the common man. These investments help in standardising the rules
and regulations which are necessary in order to make the industry
perform in a transparent manner (Madera et al. 2017, p.64).

Transportation is the basic requirement for tourism and
travel industry and this means that the transportation
system in place should take into account quality as well
as economic affordability. The middle and low-income
individuals cannot enjoy the high-end services of the
Hyde Park, but this should not inhibit them from
enjoying quality services or limit their ability to
traverse from one place to another.

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