Global Tourism Assessment Report: Negative Impacts and Analysis

This report provides a comprehensive overview of global tourism, focusing on its negative impacts and a detailed situation analysis of the tourism sector in the United Kingdom. The first assessment explores the adverse effects of tourism on various countries, including pollution (air, noise, and waste), the depletion of natural resources, and economic factors such as taxes and the demand for holiday homes. The report provides specific examples from countries like the UK, US, and China to illustrate these impacts. The second assessment presents a tourism situation analysis, examining the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) of the UK's tourism industry. It highlights the UK's position as a major tourism destination, its diverse attractions, and the factors that contribute to its appeal, while also considering challenges such as transportation issues. The report uses various sources to support its findings.

Global Tourism
Assessment

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
ASSESSMENT 1............................................................................................................................3
Negative impacts that tourism can have different countries..................................................3
ASSESSMENT 2.............................................................................................................................6
Tourism situation analysis and overview of tourism in specific nation.................................6
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Tourism indicates to all the activities and actions of the people travelling to and staying
in places outside their usual environment for leisure, business and other motives for not than one
consecutive year. Global tourism, refers to that kind of travelling which are chosen by the people
and individuals to enjoy the travelling of crosses national borders (Bærenholdt, Haldrup and
Urry, 2017). In this kind of tourism people visit and travel one place to another for their different
purposes like some individual for visiting the place, and saw the historical places, students for
their educational work and research work and other persons for their their different reasons. This
assignment will discuss about the global tourism and negative impacts that tourism can have in
different countries. Further, will explain about the tourism situation analysis and an overview of
tourism in a specific nation. Apart form it, report will focus on visitor market, tourism products,
supply and demand, tourist characteristics, tourist experiences and tourism trends.
ASSESSMENT 1
Negative impacts that tourism can have different countries
Tourism is a social, cultural and economic phenomenon which entails the movement of
individuals to nations or places outside their usual environment for personal or business motives.
When people are visit and travel to different countries then it is know as global and international
tourism. During the time of travelling and visiting a new place, there are different kind of
experience which is gain by the people like positive and negative. The reason of this favourable
and unfavourable experience is the positive and negative impact of the tourism. The size of
unfavourable effects on tourism in different manners in different countries and causes of its are
briefly defined as under:
Pollution- It is the main negative things which can be occur due to global tourism. Tourism can
cause the same forms of pollution as any other sector like air emissions, noise, solid waste and
littering releases of sewage, oil and chemicals and others. Due to it different kind of pollution
generate in different nations.

When people are travel one place to another place they transport by air, road and rail
which is the major reason to increase the pollution. For example, America, UK, China and others
are some nations where tourism is the reason of creating pollution (Buzinde, 2018). In UK, there
are number of people come here to visit different place and enjoying them. Terrific Scenery,
Great British Pub, Greta world class festivals and events and others are the reason of tourism.
For this people use the transportation by Air and it create and increase the level of air pollution in
this nation. In UK,Tourist are come here to enjoy the motors running and different other
activities which is another reason to generate the pollution.
Noise pollution from air-planes, cars, taxies, buses as well as recreational vehicles like
snowmobiles and jet skis also make their contribution in increasing noise pollution. In 2000,
76,271 individuals entered Yellowstone National Park on snowmobiles, outnumbering the
40,727 travellers who came in cars, 10,779 in slowcoaches and 512 on skis. This create negative
impact on the environment of US in term of increasing noise pollution (Carr, Ruhanen and
Whitford, 2016). Another reason of pollution is solid waste and littering. In Mountain areas,
trekking tourist generate a great deal of waste. Visitors on expedition leave behind their garbage,
oxygen cylinders and camping instruments also. These kind of material and thing degrade the
environment in term of creating pollution. Construction of hotels, recreation and other activities
often leads to maximized sewage pollution. Waste water has contaminated seas and lakes which
are enclosed tourist attractiveness and places, destructive the flora and funna.
These all things can be the reason of generating pollution due to tourism. In peak time of
tourism like winters, festivals time people highly visit different countries. Transportation of
international tourists in now carried out by planes which annually consume a huge amount of
kerosene which pollute the nations in terms of smoke. Apart form it, the utilisation of vehicles
which use gasoline and also create same impact. In UK and US, the usage of transportation
during tourism season then the level of pollution is also maximised which create unfavourable
impact in different term like air, noise, sewage and others. These kind of pollution affect local
people, visitors and others in negative manner in term of influencing their daily life, business,
illness and others. Due to air pollution natural resources like greenery, birds, animals are also
affect which is a great negative influence of pollution because it negatively affect the nature.
Noise pollution create its unfavourable impact upon the local people's health in term of disease
related to ear etc.

Natural resources- It is another factor which also generated by tourism because there are
different people who visited different countries. When people visit different place they also
prefer shopping as per their needs and requirement (Coccossis and Mexa, 2017). The individuals
who are travelling Italy, Korea, Brazil, India, Mexico, USA and China, they prefer to purchase
leather products because these are nations which highly produce leather goods like Jackets, shoes
etc. These all kind of products are manufactured by animals skins. For this, the people kill them
this negatively affect the natural resources of the nations. For example, in China women like
accessories which is made by elephant teeth. It is costly and designed by the manufacture by
hurting and harming animals so it create unfavourable impact (Cohen, Duncan and Thulemark,
2015). Another reason of negative impact upon natural resource is that when people visit zoo
then they offer some eatable things like fruits etc., there it is written that don't eat them, to those
animals, birds and other natural resources who are less in number. Due to this, if they are in
trouble and this activity harm them negatively them it also unfavourably affect. Pollution is
another reason which is also unfavourably affect them. For example, in UK and US, some of the
category of the birds which are highly affect by the noise pollution. If the animal eat any waste
material and sewage then it harm them in order to generating disease and some time, it can be a
reason of their death.
Taxes- It is another major factor which is occur cause of tourism and negatively affect
the different nations and population of that place. For example, Switzerland is a place of Europe
which a tourism destination and every year number of visitors come here to enjoy the beauty of
this place. In cold season, the number of tourist are maximized which negatively affect the
people of Europe because the charges of transportation is high. In seasonal time, the prices of
the transport are maximize because there are number of visitors who come to the country with
the purpose of visiting different places of the country.
For example, in UK, there are different transport agencies who provide their vehicles to
the tourist by which they can travel one place to another. In UK there are several visiting places
in London like Big Ben, Coca Cola London Eye, Tower of London, Tower bodger and others for
this people take a tax and bus on rent so that they can comfortably visited these place. In
Seasonal time, the prices of rent is high in comparison to normal time which negatively affect the
local people of the UK and different cities of this nation. Because the due to increment in the
prices they also pay high. In London, different visiting places like Madame Tussauds Museum,

The British Museum, National Gallery etc. are charged normal prices to visit these monuments
but in peak season, they also increase their cost (Cornelissen, 2017). This create negative affect
upon the life of local people and their economic condition.
Demand of holiday homes- Tourism also influence this factor in unfavourable manner
because when people are going to visit different destination of various countries then they prefer
holiday homes to stay. In UK, US, China, Europe, France etc. are some famous tourism nation
where each year number of people go to visit the different destinations of the countries. For
example, in seasonal time like cold and festival time people in high number prefer to go there.
So, the prices of holiday homes and villas are increased and the rent of them also expensive
(Cornelissen, 2017). If local people take the services of them then they also pay high cost for that
which negatively affect the people. For example, Italy and France both are the countries which
are highly prefer by the people for destination wedding but seasonal time weddings, the cost of
package or event planning are increased by the wedding planners which also negatively affect
the local people they also charged same prices to them.
These are all above mentioned factor and cause of tourism due to which it affect
unfavourably to the country and local people, natural resource etc. By creating pollution and
maximizing the level of pollution, tourism unfavourably impact upon the daily life of the
individual by generating disease of different nations.
ASSESSMENT 2
Tourism situation analysis and overview of tourism in specific nation
UK is the largest tourism destination which is highly prefer by the tourist and there are
number of tourist come this company with different purpose and different kind of tourism. The
UK provides fantastic range of tourist attractions due to having different tourism destinations
and places. The reason of UK to prefer by the travellers as tourism destination is that the island
nation is encircled by North sea, Atlantic Ocean, English Channel and Irish Sea. The shape of
UK is such that is divided in two main landforms, the lowland and the upland zones. England
exists of lowland with mountains tract and is detached from Scotland on the north by Cheviot
Hills which are attraction point of the tourism. The UK is a nation of amalgamated civilization
and individuals who are known as British but they can also be either English, Scottish, Welsh

and Irish. Several people prefer this country to visit the beautiful places and destinations and get
information about different culture.
Tourism Situation analysis
Situation analysis indicates to the collections of methods, systems and concept which is
used to monitor the impact of internal and external factors to understand the capabilities and
environment (Dredge and Jenkins, 2016). In context of Tourism, it can be the analysis of those
components which are highly affect the tourism of the nation and to determine those factors, the
methods and systems used by the nation are know as tourism situation analysis. These factor can
be capabilities, environment, tourist and others (Hall, Gossling and Scott, 2015). In UK, to
conduct the situation analysis, the nation can use SWOT analysis to get information about the
internal and external elements and factors which create their impact on tourism. This analysis is
as follows:
SWOT analysis
It is a strategic tool and technique which is can be use to monitor the inside and outer
factors and elements that influence. In UK, it can be use to monitor the strengths, weaknesses,
opportunities and threats of the nations regarding tourism. The brief description of it is
mentioned below:
Strengths- UK is the 6th largest tourist destination all over the world, with over 40 million
visiting people in 2018. This nation have various tourism destinations like Stonehenge, Tower of
London, British Museum, York Minster and Historic Yorkshire, Royal Yacht Britannia, Roman
Baths, Hampton Court Palace and many more which highly attract the tourists. Students prefer
the tourism of this location to gain information about different culture. UK is most economical
development nation so it has accomplished national political stability.
Weaknesses-The weakness can be poor transport of the nation which is provided to the
visitors. There is not the effective arrangement of transportation so the tourist face several issues
due to it to go one place to another. Another weakness is economic slowdown which is arise
cause of Brexit and also create its impact upon Tourism. Due to slow down the cost of
transportation and supply of the products is also maximized which affect the tourism in negative
manner. Because due to inflation, tourist will not show their interest in purchasing goods and
cause of high transportation they can refuse to chose UK as tourism place or destination.

Opportunities- The nation can provide several tourism opportunities to the tourist by
making development in different tourism location and destination. The country can create
various visiting opportunities to the visitors (Lenzen and et. al., 2018). If the UK can design tech
development hubs as to those across the US then it might get a much fairer slice of the tech
market. It can be beneficial to business people who come their business purpose and training etc.
Threats- There can be different threats which can be influence the threat and risk to the
tourism of in various way. Terrorism is a major risk which negatively affect the tourism and due
to which people avoid travelling visiting to the place. Another risk is climate change which also
influence the tourist to visit the different destinations of the UK. Recession situation in the
economy and change in government law can also affect the tourism of the country in diverse
manner.
Visitor market- The UK is a visiting destination and there are number of tourist come to visit
this place. In 2018, the 37. 9 million overseas tourists who came to the UK and spent £22.9
million (Mason, 2015). The visual communication represent a 3% minimise in magnitude and
7% reduce in worth equivalenced with 2017.

This graph and image provide the information about tourism market that how much
tourist visit at this place in different times. This show the developing visitor market or the UK
that how this nation accomplish growth by making in its tourism.
Tourism products- It refers as an object which getting attention of visitors by
considering elements like accommodation, transportation, dinning and entertainment. It can be
indicates to bundle or package of tangible and intangible factors that are based on activity and
destination (Rogerson and Van der Merwe, 2016). In UK, there are various places and
destination which also offer these kind of things and elements. For example, Roman Baths for
bathing and relaxing that frequently immense bath complexes consisted a wide range of rooms
and facilities like swimming pool and also offer places to read, relax and socialise.
Supply and demand- In tourism, it indicates that how much the market can offer and
how much the market and tourist required goods and services. For example, in UK, there are
number of people come to visit this place and they have requirement of different things like
transportation, accommodation, food products and others (Scarles and Lester, 2016). So the
nation supply effective lodging services to them as per the demands but the transportation can
not be deliver by it in adequate manner. This unfavourably affect the supply and demand or also
influence the perception of the visitors.
Tourist characteristics- It refers to those productive actions and activities whose result
is diagnostic of tourism. In UK, there are different types of tourist go their to visit the different
destination of this country. There are various adventurous destinations in the UK like Surfing
Sennen Cove, Scramble Striding Edge, Mountain skills Snowdonia, Wild camping and others are
different adventures places which attract youths and youngsters. Fairy Pools, City of Btha,
Tresco, Portmeirion, Porthcurno are some best romantic destinations in UK which highly attract
the couples.
Tourist experiences- It refers to the experience which is gain by the people during the
time of tourism. It can be affiliated to travelling, destinations, services of the local people, like
accommodation, transportation and others. In UK People gain positive experiences from places
and destination because they are so beautiful and attractive. The accommodation services of the
country is also good because there are a lot of option regarding lodging like holiday house, inns,
hotels, motels, resorts and others. But the local transportation of the country is not much good
which provide unfavourable experiences to the tourists.

Tourism trends- It refers to those things and visiting options which are in demand or
highly liked by the tourist. In current time, people prefer Family gathering and Leisure Holiday,
Spa Breaks growing in Popularity, Adventure, urban and rural destination, Seaside resort etc.
which are highly preferred by the individual in their tourism and holiday package (Scott, Hall
and Gössling, 2016). In context of UK, these kind of tourism package and things are high
required by the people because there are several destination places and resorts which are situated
bank of sea and attract number of tourist.
The preceding visual communication provide the information about the tourism trend that
how much people visit in UK in different trends like Holiday, Business, visit family and relatives
and others (Sharpley and Telfer, 2015).
CONCLUSION
In this report, it has been concluded that Global tourism is determined as a tourism which
crosses the national border and globalisation has made the tourism as a famous global leisure
activity at international level. Further it covers the negative impact of global tourism upon
United Kingdom and the way in which these negative impacts can be reduced. The growth in this

sector has lead to increase in taxation within this country. It also have negative impact upon the
environment as due to large number of tourists in this country, its natural places such as rivers
and mountains are losing their beauty. For this purpose, a SWOT analysation is done in order to
identify the strengths and weakness of this tourism country and to ascertain certain opportunities
which this nation can grab from its tourism.
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