Analysis of Tourism's Impacts and the Challenges of Seasonality

This essay delves into the significant impacts of tourism, particularly focusing on the challenges posed by seasonality within the industry. It highlights how seasonality affects employment, leading to recurrent, part-time, and casual positions, which can negatively impact workers due to joblessness during low seasons. The essay examines various aspects of tourism, including its influence on businesses and the labor market. It also discusses the effects of seasonality on the number of tourists and the ability of businesses to staff their industry with appropriate employees. The paper references job advertisements and suggests ways students can gain experience in the field, such as through social networks, internships, and volunteering. It concludes by emphasizing the need for strategies from both federal and local governments to combat seasonality and ensure the sustainable operation of tourism activities.

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IMPACTS OF TOURISM; SEASONALITY
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Introduction
Tourism, hospitality and event management has currently become one of the most significant and
essential sectors that contribute to the economy of different nations all over the world. There are
several jobs on offer that has today placed tourism, hospitality, and event management sector
among the developed industries globally. Hospitality covers guest, accommodation, host and
other services offered at the accommodation time. Each unit of hospitality has workers on
different posts such as waiters and waitresses, restaurant managers, receptionist’s cleaners and
much more. Tourism segment is characterized by elevated occurrence of recurrent, part-time
and casual employment due to its seasonal and recurring environment (Heller et al., 2014, p.
430). In this case, the statement shall be exclusively explained and come up with concrete reality
and proof on the same.
Tourism is a division of production’s section in various organizations that offer products and
services classically required by tourists. The businesses of that kind are referred to as tourism
since tourist achievement corresponds to such an important share of their delivery of goods and
services that, in the nonappearance of tourists, their making of these products and services would
stop to survive. It is true that tourism is influenced or affected by seasons, a situation that has
placed several positions in the tourism sector to be either casual or part-time (Research, 2012).
This has a negative impact on the employees since they are left with nothing to do due to
joblessness during low season period. There are several job vacancies in Tourism; for example,
the recently advertised posts of Guest Service Agent and Part-time Barista in Bronte. These posts
require hospitality and tourism-related studies two years of experience. However, the two
positions are not permanent due to the reasons explained above.

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Seasonality
Seasonality presents very many issues that dictate and necessitate special attention and strategy.
Seasonality impacts the number of tourists to a state and therefore can threaten the capability of
businesses in a state. In many cases, seasonality has always created a force on tourism ventures
to staff their industry with accessible and appropriate employees, far-off more so than for
ventures situated in a more inhabited location (Terry, 2016, p. 115). Seasonality is known as one
of the largest part distinctive and determinant characteristics of global tourist, affecting all
features of distribution-side character in tourism as well as the labor marketplace. On the other
hand, the hospitality industry is well thought-out to be not prominent and impermanent
employment. However, the representation of career in the business may transform due to the
cropping up of tourism business and new markets. While seasonality and its confrontations are
unchallengeable parts of the worldwide tourism employment with suitable human resource
administration, it can revolve around an advantageous career (Weaver & Lawton, 2014).
Based on the recently advertised permanent job in Sydney, the post Travel Consultant post, the
qualifications required and experience is strictly based on tourism, hospitality and event
management. On the other hand, for students who would like to get employed in the post shortly,
it is essential for them to start engaging themselves in activities that are more of tourism nature
(Edgell, 2015). How do they go about it? Well, there are various ways that a student can
participate in these activities. First and foremost, the student should be well connected using
social networks and subscribe to the professionals' forums. In these sites, the student will get to
learn through taking part in conversation or discussions. Secondly, the student may seek for an
internship in well-organized companies and gain experience while still learning. Again, some
companies may also find the services from volunteers; a student with an intention to work in

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tourism industry should take such kind of chances and build the experience that will help in
future.
As mentioned, tourism is one of the biggest industries that play an integral part in creating
employment. However, the tourism industry has several challenges, and this made the sector
works differently from other sectors. It is important to know that tourism does not operate like
players in the business, they offer services to visitors; however, when there are few visitors, it,
therefore, means that the level of employment has to go down (Suresh & Tiwari, 2018). In fact,
some employees are always relayed for sometimes until the season picks up. This is in line with
the Lawson statement about seasonality in the tourism sector.
In this case, it is clear that seasonality plays a significant role, especially in the employees’
sustainability at work. When the season is too low, employers tend to relay several employees to
minimize making loses. Similarly, seasonality may be institutionalized. When it is
institutionalized, it becomes more complicated since most of the factors are human based on
nature as well as consumer decision-making such as when to travel for holidays. Again,
environment ay also is a factor that triggers seasonality, for example, most people always travel
during warm and dry seasons (Filiposki et al., 2016). In seasons like these, the employers will
seek the services of more employees, and that is an indication that economy is a little bit
positively impacted.
As explained in the above paragraph, seasonality is mainly affected by two factors; natural and
institutional; however, it should be noted that seasonality cannot be referred to occasional
irregularities within the hospitality, tourism, and event management, but instead connected to or
concerned with seasonal outlines that are stable and well-established. Therefore, the causes are

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not in any way related to issues or operational issues involving management such as short time
fluctuation in visitation caused by tourism shock
In conclusion, since seasonality has become a pressing issue to the tourism industry and the
workers, there should be strategies in place to combat the situation and find the best way to deal
it once and for all (Mathieson & Wall, 2013). Both federal and local governments must put in
place restrictions that ensure tourism activities are well operated without any hindrance.
Similarly, the government should also lower taxes rate for the players in the industry.

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