Evaluating Current Trends Influencing Costa Rica's Tourism Sector

This report analyzes the contemporary issues and trends influencing the tourism sector in Costa Rica. It highlights the importance of eco-tourism, driven by environmental awareness, and agro-tourism, which focuses on rural experiences. The report also examines the rise of sport tourism and the impact of niche markets, including gray tourism for senior travelers, gastro-tourism for culinary experiences, and dark tourism for adventure seekers. The document also discusses different types of tourism, such as mass tourism and niche markets, providing insights into the diverse landscape of the tourism industry. The analysis is supported by references to academic sources, providing a comprehensive understanding of the subject matter.

Task 2
Contemporary Issues in Travel and
Tourism

2.1 Evaluating Current trend influencing changes in
the UK travel and tourism sector
There are some contemporary issues identified which influences the St
Cost Rica destination Some of them are discuss below:
 Green tourism: The Cost rica destination is focusing on Eco
tourism reason behind this is to save environment and increase
carbon di oxide. In modern era people are now more aware related
to environment. They fresh and pollution free surrounding
environment. There is some purpose of Eco tourism such as to
increase educated visitor so that they can contribute toward the
development of society through preventing environment.

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 Agro tourism: Agro tourisms is now become trend for people
because it is mainly concern with farms at St Cost Rica
destination There is no plantation but its natural beauty attract
large number of visitor every year. Agro tourism is become one of
the emerging trend for people.
 Sport tourism; One of the other emerging trend it sport tourism.
This also attract the large number of tourist very year. Football is
one the major game which garb attention of domestic and
international visitors at St Cost Rica destination It have positive
impact on tour and travel company that is large number of people
came for sport tourism at St Cost Rica destination

2.2 Analyzing a current trend using appropriate techniques
and resources
There are different kind of tourism activities which are present in market
are as follows:
Many people mass
It is a form of tourism which includes more then 10,000 people and a
particular geographical area at the same time of year. This is one of the
best form of tourism
Few people segment Niche
Few people segment Niche is a market segment with well defined product
which can easily meet the demand of tourist.

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Few people segment Niche types
 Gray tourism : This refer to the senior travel makret and it only
include senior who's age is above 60. It comes under the Niche
Market.
 Gasto tourism: in Gasto tourism is involve those customer who want
to taste behind the scenes and want to discuss the local region specific
foods and want to learn specific food and techniques to make its. This
type of tourism is famous in Korea, Thailand and China.

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 Dark tourism: in this tourism it include those tourist who like
activities and sports such as sky diving and different type of sport
activity etcs. There are many tourist cam from the Spain, the niche
market is best because traveler comer here for enjoying adventure and
different activity.

References
Aukland, K., 2016. Tours, trade, and temples. Hindu pilgrimage in the age
of global tourism.
Barrena, E., Laporte, G., Ortega, F.A. and Pozo, M.A., 2016. Planning
Ecotourism Routes in Nature Parks. In Trends in Differential
Equations and Applications (pp. 189-202). Springer International
Publishing.
Berrios, A. and Ščasný, M., 2016. A STATED PREFERENCE STUDY
ON SHARK ECOTOURISM IN COSTA RICA.

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