UKCBC HND Travel and Tourism Sector Report: Policy Analysis

This report provides an in-depth analysis of the travel and tourism sector, focusing on the functions of government agencies, international bodies, and the impact of national and local economic policies. It examines key historical developments and the current structure of the tourism sector, including the influence of organizations like the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport, VisitBritain, UNWTO, IATA, and the EU tourism commission. The report explores how government policies, such as those related to visa applications and funding for apprenticeship programs, affect the industry's growth and the rights of visitors. Furthermore, it discusses the implications of political change and the importance of sustainable tourism practices. The report also references academic sources to support its findings, offering a comprehensive overview of the tourism sector's complexities and its interaction with governmental and economic factors.

TRAVEL & TOURISM

CONTENT
• INTRODUCTION
• Functions government and international agencies
in travel and tourism sector
• Impact of national economic policy
• References

INTRODUCTION
Travel and tourism is one of the fastest growing sector in today's
environment. The world travel and tourism council indicates
that tourism sector is now capable to generate more than 10%
jobs for global economic output.

Functions of government and international
agencies
Functions of government agencies like Department for Digital, Culture,
Media & Sport -
 It monitors the policy, administration and expenditure of the Department
for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and its associated bodies, including
the BBC, on behalf of the House of Commons and the electorate.
 It works with the media sector to ensure a free press and thriving tourism
industry through regulation and funding.
 Supporting business growth in digital, creative and tourism industries.

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Functions of government sponsor bodies like VisitBritain: -
 It has an unqiue role in building England’s tourism product, raising
Britain’s profile worldwide, increasing the volume and value of tourism
exports developing an economy.
 Visit Britain is also liable for attracting more visitors by increasing
investments. Contributing more to the economy.
 Review and download reports on performance.

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Functions of international agencies UNWTO, IATA and EU tourism
commission -
 Promoting sustainable tourism – one that makes optimal use of
environmental resources, respects the socio-cultural authenticity of host
communities and provides socio-economic benefits to all stakeholders.
 Supporting countries to assess and address their needs in education and
training, as well as providing networks for knowledge exchange.

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It has been recognized that there is a vast enhancement in innovation
and technology. As the area of tourism business is too enlarge
therefore, government has interpreted in its working activities. It
forces managers to follow up all legal laws and regulation in order to
perform in target market. UK's government has formulated certain
policies and acts in favour of visitors.

Impact of local and national economic policy
It is essential for government is to design economic policy which helps to
promote tourism at domestic and international level.
The local economic policy of UK is to tourism grow by funding campaigns
and other promotional work that will inspire more people to visit and
explore more parts of Britain.
Impact of local policies – Local policies of British helps in recovering the
economic values for the tourism by gaining the impact of products and
services. Tourism may also affect with variations in margins and stability
of services in local places.

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Impact of national policies –
The national economic policy UK is to simplifying the visa application
process, publishing visa application guidance in 6 languages, setting up
new online visa application forms and making it easier for tourists from
China to apply for visas to travel to the UK.
Another policy is make £1.7 million funding available to People 1st to
provide 500 new apprenticeship places in the tourism industry and help
create 15,000 jobs. It helps tourism industry reach its full potential and
increases the number of tourists in country.

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Although, both local and national
policies are combined and helpful in
national growth. In addition, higher
level of policies put a huge impact
in terms of costs and taxation along
with security of tourism services
within a nation.

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UK government has created and executed certain laws and policies in
order to protect visitors rights. It also gives suggestions towards
budget and interest rates or further activities which are involved in
economic growth and development of a country. Along with this, these
policies are formulated on local as well as international level so as to
gain high market growth and share in an effective manner.

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