Analysis of the Tourism Environment and Stakeholders (UK)

This essay provides a comprehensive analysis of the tourism environment, focusing on the United Kingdom. It examines the concept of sustainable tourism, its principles, and the importance of balancing economic growth with environmental and social considerations. The essay identifies various stake...Read More

Understanding the
tourism environment
and its stakeholders at
tourism

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK...............................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Tourism is the movement of people from their natural habitat or domestic place to any
other destination whether outside or within the same country or region for business, pleasure or
any other purpose. There is an emerging competition and expanding its areas in the service
industry due to increasing role and interest of people to explore and visit new places in the
current environment. Tourism is dynamic and competitive emerging industry which needs to
continuously adopt the changes which are taking place in the environment and according to the
need and preferences, enjoyment and safety of the people which are the core consideration of
tourism industry(Cooper, and McCullough, 2021). In this particular essay an study is conducted
on the understanding of tourism environment in context of United Kingdom and how it plays an
important role in the overall growth of the economy of any nation, the different concept and what
are the factors that contribute to sustainable tourism,what all factors contribute to sustainable
development whether positively and negatively. Also the role of stakeholders in tourism
environment decisions and all the factors that motivate tourists which influence the demand of
tourism product.
TASK
Sustainable tourism is as similar as sustainable development is conservation of
environment in such a manner without compromising the ability of future generations. There is
increasing importance of sustainable development due to rising profitability and growth in this
particular industry. The concept of tourism is as similar as that as it focuses on development of
tourism business in today environment by using resources in a optimistically manner without
compromising the future environment , it basically means using the resources
economically ,ecologically and socially without any damages to the environment. The motive
behind this concept to avoid the challenges and threats to the environment in tourism industry in
order to achieve growth in the industry , satisfaction of tourists conservation of environment and
long term economic growth(Dangi, and Gribb, 2018) . This goal is achieved when provided a
balance between host areas, their habitat and the tourists visiting their with the purpose of
holiday making, business and any other purpose. The concept of sustainable development helps
to counter all the negative factors that may effect this industry. There are ten principles for
sustainable tourism which includes firstly using the resources sustainably that is natural, social
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and culture for long term development of tourism in a nation. Secondly it is important to reduce
the overconsumption and waste which will not lead to increase in the cost in long term
development. Another principle is to maintain natural, social and cultural biodiversity for the
development of tourism and profitability in this particular industry. Another important principles
is evaluating essential factors which includes the demand of tourists visiting and services ,impact
of tourism on the local habitat and research of the environment in order to increase the potential
income of the human and growth in the industry which means integrating tourism planning in
order to succeed this industry in long term development, another important principles is
supporting local economies by involving local tourists guides to the tourists , local
accommodation to stay and investing in projects involving the development of local regions
which help the industry to grow and increase its profitability(Faisal, Albrecht, and Coetzee, 2020) .
Next principle to sustainable tourism is engaging local communities in decision making and
growth of the industry as they provide a more appropriate decisions and solutions for their
particular regions which will ultimately help the industry. Another important among the
principles is consultation between the tourism industry and the local organisations , institutions
and communities to resolve conflicts between them for their interests in any country. Next
principle is training of the staff to deal with nature, social and economical factors to sustainable
development of tourism. Nextly ,It is also important to market tourism responsibly to develop
this industry and enhance customer satisfaction. And lastly it is important to research the market
closely and collect the data to del with problems and provide benefits to industry, consumer and
the place or the destination.
The tourism industry is being affected by the stakeholders which all the different people
which impacts the profitability and growth of this industry. Stakeholders involves employees,
government ,local residents and communities and organisations that can affect any industry. It is
very important to include tourism in decision making as they play a crucial role in sustainable
tourism development directly and indirectly(Guix, Bonilla-Priego, and Font, 2018) . Now to deeply
understand the role of stakeholders lets have a look at who are the stakeholders in which it
includes the national governments which take tourism industry important in the wealth
development of nation and because of that they develop various policies and regulations in
regard to the infrastructure relating to roads, railways and canals and ensuring safety and security
of tourists which are visiting the countries for example UK government have invested in a
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project where the country delivers services to new tourists outside the country to company and
explore Britain which aims at helping national and international tourists to explore the wealth of
tourism opportunities provides by this country. Another stakeholder are the local government
which have a significant role in tourism matters whether to promote tourism attractions,
infrastructure and other related services of tourism which have an impact on making the
experience of the tourists memorable and authentic(Mathew, 2021) . Tourists they are also very
important factor which may impact industry as they are persons who have visited some different
countries for business purpose, to spend holidays for pleasure and leisure and for any other
purpose as they spend their time, money to a particular and if they get satisfied with the efforts
and experience of the country then it will be beneficial for the tourism industry as they hold a
positive experience and may engage others to travel with them again. Other stakeholders are
local people they are very significant for impacting the growth of tourism business if they desire
so its important to involve them in your decision making process wherever it is required and also
locals of any areas are more prone to local cultures and authenticity which they can add to
tourism business also and enhance their viability in that sector. It is important to take in
consideration all the stakeholders which may impact the tourism business and arranging them in
order as who are important to take into consideration importantly as it is not necessary to involve
every stakeholders in every decision. So, the stakeholders have an impactful and significant role
in the development of the tourism business.
There are various factors which may impact the growth and success of the tourism
industry which includes both the macro and micro factors. Firstly let take a look at all the macro
environment factors which may contribute to the sustainable development. Macro environment
factors means the environmental factors which impacts the economy as a whole they require a
deep analysis of them from time to time in order to avoid any impact on the business as it deals
with spending, price levels and aggregate production. In this particular an analysis is done on the
impact of macro factors which includes political, environmental, social,technological,legal and
economical forces(Sadik, and et.al, 2021). This all factors may have a significant impact on the
tourism industry in context of United Kingdom as this industry is mostly effected by the external
factors like government policies and regulations may impact the industry as experience, safety
and security of the tourists are the main concern of every tourism company which adds to the
profitability and growth of the industry but if not then they may have an negative impact on its
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development for example UK government have invested in helping the tourists from outside the
Britain to know and explore the diversity and wealth and culture of the Britain which have a
positive impact on the tourism industry of the country. The impact of economical factors has
shown positive impact in the growth and employment in terms of investment in
tourism,government spending on tourism and supply chain effects as data reports on the tourism
shows a rise in the profitability and growth in UK tourism company which will impact the
overall growth and employment in the country both directly and indirectly. Environmental
impacts on tourism in UK is unquantifiable as there are not sufficient sources and evidences for
the same but overall this factors have a negative impact on the industry(Wang,and et.al, 2022) .
Technological factors have positive impact on the tourism sector of UK as the country is well
developed nation in terms of technology and development and holds a competitive edge in that
particular area from the other countries. Overall this all macro environment factors impacts the
gross domestic product of any nation as it is one of the emerging industry in today's world and
all contributing a good share in the economy growth and development.
Now lastly lets assess and determine what all are the competitive micro environment
factors and tourists motivating factors influencing the demand of your tourism products.
Tourism industry plays a great role in development and have positive and negative relation with
the economy. There are various factors which impacts an economy positively and negatively
and motivates the tourism industry which are culture of the place where they are visiting, peace,
security of the tourists coming outside of that place ,infrastructure of the economy which effects
the peoples mindset, beauty of the place and attractiveness , attitude and mindset of the people,
recommendation of other tourists who have visited this place before, education, population of the
world, income level, price of different commodities, fairs and accommodation whether they are
cheap or costly these all factors may impact the tourism growth of any nation. In the recent past
years the pandemic have impacted the whole world including UK because of the government
regulations of maintaining social distancing at the public places and to stay at homes which have
impacted the income of every economy and influence the tourism industry the most as all of its
revenue has stopped generating due to close of the places(Zhuang, and et.al, 2021) . It is the work of
tourism industry to provide leisure and excitement to all the tourists who are visiting for fun and
to explore the city. There are many others problems which may impact negatively which
includes the ease of visa generation and formalities , terrorism in the country and its impact on
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the economy, Hotel and accommodation facilities for peoples they should be available both at
cheap prices also and at higher prices as well, attitude of the people who are residing in that
place , transportation facilities , hygienic places to have food to all the tourists and all type of
food should be available so that they feel comfortable while eating. Behaviour of tourists guides
with the tourists , proper and good and honest staff to guide through the trip these all factors
should be kept in mind which may increase the demand of tourists products and motivate factors
for all the tourists and they should be kept at all the times to make the industry grow and develop
in the long run.
CONCLUSION
From the above essay it is concluded that tourism is a growing sector and is continuously
growing and emerging its role and contributing to the development of the whole economy. It is
essential for the tourism industry to provide all products and services which includes
accommodation, transportation , security and safety of all the tourists and many other facilities .
It is very important for the industry to develop in a sustainable manner which may not impact
natural, economical and ecological factors and neither the demand of the future generation and
also its very important to keep the interest of all the stakeholders in mind as they are the persons
which may have a significant role in impacting and generating a sustainable growth in the
economy which includes local residents , governments and tourists who are visiting the other
country for any purpose. It is also of importance to keep a balance of all the factors whether
macro and micro which may impact have positive and negative on the economy and all the
factors which helps in motivating the sustainable development of the economy and generates
growth and profitability in the industry which may increase the whole growth of the economy.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Cooper, and McCullough, 2021. Bracketing sustainability: Carbon footprinting March Madness
to rethink sustainable tourism approaches and measurements. Journal of Cleaner
Production, 318, p.128475.
Dangi, and Gribb, 2018. Sustainable ecotourism management and visitor experiences:
Managing conflicting perspectives in Rocky Mountain National Park, USA. Journal of
Ecotourism, 17(3), pp.338-358.
Faisal, Albrecht, and Coetzee, 2020. Renegotiating organisational crisis management in urban
tourism: strategic imperatives of niche construction. International Journal of Tourism
Cities, 6(4), pp.885-905.
Guix, Bonilla-Priego, and Font, 2018. The process of sustainability reporting in international
hotel groups: an analysis of stakeholder inclusiveness, materiality and
responsiveness. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 26(7), pp.1063-1084.
Mathew, 2021. Sustainable tourism development: discerning the impact of responsible tourism
on community well-being. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Insights.
Sadik, and et.al, 2021. Perceptions of Tamale Technical University Hospitality and Tourism
Lecturers on Graduates Employability. International Journal of Education, Learning and
Development.
Wang,and et.al, 2022. Does green finance inspire sustainable development? Evidence from a
global perspective. Economic Analysis and Policy, 75, pp.412-426.
Zhuang, and et.al, 2021. Environmental impact of infrastructure-led Chinese outward FDI,
tourism development and technology innovation: a regional country analysis. Journal of
Environmental Planning and Management, pp.1-33.
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