A Comparative Report: Tourism Development in India and Spain

This report provides a comparative analysis of tourism in India and Spain, focusing on their social, cultural, and physical features. It begins by examining the social aspects such as language and demographics, the cultural traditions, and the physical features like climate and accommodation options of both countries. The report then delves into the features of developing and leading tourist destinations, comparing the tourism rankings, growth rates, and economic contributions of both nations. The analysis highlights the factors that attract tourists to each country, such as historical monuments, vibrant culture, and popular destinations. The report uses several academic references to support its findings, providing a comprehensive overview of the tourism landscape in India and Spain, and identifying key factors that contribute to their success as tourist destinations.

Task 2

2.1 Social, culture and physical features
of two tourist destinations
India lies in south of Asia and is a country which consists of the most diversified culture.
In last one decade, number of travellers and tourist in the country has increased to a
great extent (Zhang and et.al., 2014). The Social, culture and physical features of India
are mentioned in next slide:

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Social features
Language- In terms of language it can be stated that there are more than 30 language
which are being spoken in India. However, Hindi is the common language in the country
(Popesku and Pavlović, 2013).
History- The civilization of India is considered as one the oldest civilization in the entire
world. Further, its history is a thousand year old and it termed as one of the grand epics in
the history of the world (Stalidis and Karapistolis, 2014).
Demographics variable- The total population of India is 1,251,695,584 and most of the
people belongs to middle and lower income group. It can be stated that Indian population
is equal to 17.9% of the worlds total population (Oppewal, Huybers and Crouch, 2015).

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Physical features
Climate- The climate of country differs from one city to another and therefore it consists
of variety of climates. In the southern part, its climate is tropical in nature whereas
Himalayan north consists of alpine climate. Few places are very hot whereas there are
some places which remains cool all throughout the year (Pike, 2012).
Accommodation- Travellers or tourist cannot have any kind of problem in terms of
accommodations in the country. Adequate accommodation facilities are available in Indian
and this ranges from 7 star accommodation to low budget hotels (Boniface, Cooper and
Cooper, 2016).

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Cultural
Tradition- It can be expressed that culture in India plays very important role in
determining the living of people in country. Each and every state has its own set of
traditions, language, music and religion. States also differ from each other in terms of
dressing and food (Zhang and et.al., 2014).
Attitude- The attitude of people in India is very caring and helpful which is very good for
the development of tourism in the country. Furthermore, all the businesses and individuals
in tourism industry seeks for providing the best services to tourists (Popesku and
Pavlović, 2013).
Places that appeal tourism: Rajasthan, Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Goa etc. are the
major states which attracts tourist. Red fort, Taj mahal, City Place are major monuments
in the country (Ahmad and et.al., 2013).

Contd...
Social, culture and physical features of Spain
The tourism industry of Spain has player very important role in growth and development
of the country's economy (Bajs, 2015). The Social, culture and physical features of
Spain are discussed below as:

Contd...
Social features
 Language- Spanish is the main language of Spain and majority of population speaks
the same. Along with this, Basque and Asturian/Leonese are other languages spoken
in the country (Chen, Shang and Li, 2014).
 History- It can be stated that the history of Spain is associated with early middle age.
Germanic tribes were the one which first conquered the country and then it was taken
over by Moors (Cole, 2012).
 Demographics variable- The total population of Spain is 46.77 Million which was
recorded in the year 2014. It can be also stated that 77% individuals of the total
population fall in the category of urban population (Boniface, Cooper and Cooper,
2016).

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Physical features
 Climate- The climate in Spain is categorized into three major forms which are
witnessed by local people. It can be also stated that rainy winters, dry summers and
mild climate is usually what travellers and tourist experience (Frangos, Karapistolis
and Stalidis, 2014).
 Accommodation- The country provides variety and satisfactory accommodation
facilities to all travellers and tourist. Further, people can stay in villas, cottages, flats
and farmhouse (Reza Jalilvand and Samiei, 2012).

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Cultural
 Tradition- The tradition of Spain includes history of more than a thousand years.
Along with this, bullfights is one of the most important tradition in the country.
Flamenco is also very old and popular tradition of Spain (Popesku and Pavlović,
2013).
 Food - People in Spain love eating Tortilla Espaniola and Croquettes, it is also
considered as their favourite food (Santos and Cabral Vieira, 2012).
Places that appeal tourism: San Lorenzo de El Escorial, The Great Mosque of Cordoba,
The Alhambra and Generalife Gardens, Granada. Santiago de Compostela
Cathedra etc. are some places which attracts tourist (Pike, 2012).

2.2 features of developing and leading
tourist destinations
Spain India
 Spain was ranked 1st in travel
and tourism ranking in the
year 2015
 The tourism in Spain grew
by 3.2% in the year 2015
 Total 8.8 million tourist
visited the country in 2015
 Tourism in Spain is not
contributing a lot in
economic growth and
development of the nation
(Boniface, Cooper and
Cooper, 2016)
 India was ranked 52nd in
travel and tourism ranking in
the year 2015
 In the year 2015, tourism in
India witnessed a growth of
7.5%
 Total 8.3 million tourist
visited the country in 2015
 Indian tourism has played a
significant role in economic
development of country
(Chen, Shang and Li, 2014).

Contd...
Spain India
Spain attracts visitors by its historical
monuments
Tourism contributes 11% of GDP
The destination is popular because of
museum and beaches (Oppewal, Huybers
and Crouch, 2015)
Travellers are attracted in the country
because of its vibrant culture and deep
history
Tourism contributes 6.3% of total GDP
The nation is popular because of its temples
and beautiful cities (Sun, Zhang and Ryan,
2015)

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