Tourist Destinations Analysis and Modifications

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of tourist destinations in the UK and worldwide. It examines key tourist spots, analyzes tourism statistics and trends, and explores how destination characteristics affect their appeal. The report also delves into issues impacting the popularity of tourist destinations, including climate, natural disasters, and political conditions. Furthermore, it discusses the potential for responsible tourism to enhance host communities, using the TUI Group as a case study. The report concludes by emphasizing the importance of understanding these factors for effective tourism management and sustainable business practices.

Tourist Destinations
(Modifications)

Table of Contents
TASK 1....................................................................................................................................................1
1. The key UK and worldwide tourist destinations................................................................................1
1.1 Analysing the main tourist spots:................................................................................................1
1.2 Analysing the statistics and tourism destination trend and future trend: .................................3
TASK 2 ...................................................................................................................................................4
TASK 3..................................................................................................................................................18
3. How the characteristics of destinations affect their appeal to tourists......................................18
3.1 Comparison between the appeal of current leading tourist destinations and that of currently
developing tourist destinations: ....................................................................................................18
3.2 How the characteristics of a tourist destination affect its appeal: ...........................................19
TASK 4..................................................................................................................................................20
4. Issues likely to affect the popularity of tourist destinations.......................................................20
4.1 Analysing the issues which affect the popularity of a tourist destination: ...............................20
4.2 The potential for responsible tourism to enhance the host community at worldwide tourist
spots...............................................................................................................................................21
CONCLUSION.......................................................................................................................................22
REFERENCES: .......................................................................................................................................24

TASK 1
1. The key UK and worldwide tourist destinations
1.1 Analysing the main tourist spots:
Some of the top tourist destinations in the world are as follow: 1. The Tower of
London, England, 2. Times Square, New York, The United States of America, 3.
Grand Bazaar, Istanbul, Turkey, 4. The Eiffel Tower, Paris, France, 5. Pyramids,
Egypt, 6. The Taj Mahal, Agra, India.
Times Square in Manhattan of the New York City is one of the busiest and the most
visited tourist destinations in the world(encyclopedia, n.d). Every year more than
sixty million visitors come to this world famous tourist place. The visitors of Times
Square spend about $45 billion every year while visiting and enjoying their time
there. The destination has one of the highest hotel-occupancy rates in the world. The
visitors here usually come across the year but during the celebrations of
Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year, the arrival rates are at the peaks. Generally
visitors from all over the world arrive in Times Square of New York. The countries
which provide the New York destination with most of the tourist are the United
Kingdom about 1,200,000, Canada about 1,100000, Brazil about 800,000, France
about 750,000, Germany about 650,000, Australia about 600,000, Italy about
550,000, China about 500,000, Spain about 450,000, Mexico about 400,000 and
Japan about 350,000. However, the domestic visitors are a considerable number to
this tourist place. The place sees increasing number of visitors every year.
The Tower of London which is a historical building is situated in the City of London
on the River Thames(encyclopedia, n.d). There is so much to see at the Tower
including the Yeoman of the Guard, the Ravens, Henry VIII and many more. Every
year almost Forty million people visit the Tower. It is one of the most visited
destinations in the United Kingdom.(ALVA) The generated income from this tourist
spot is very high as it adds about £8 billion to the UK economy every year. Every
year from April to October is the busy time for this destination as in this time most of
the visitors visit the spot. Most of the visitors here come from France, The United
States of America, Germany, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Australia and India. The
hotel booking rate and the rate of staying at nights are very high as most of the
visitors stay around the tourist spot. It is very important to remember that domestic
visitors are the important part of the host community. There is always rise in the
number of tourists visiting the Tower of London.
Grand Bazaar of Istanbul in Turkey is a very popular tourist destination for the
international tourists. It is a 15th century market which is mostly famous for hand-
painted ceramics and Byzantine-style jewelry(encyclopedia, n.d). Annually almost
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ninety million people visit this historical market place. The generated income from
this tourist place is about £25 billion yearly. Most of the visitors in this great tourist
market are from Germany, Russia, The United Kingdom, France, Italy, and The
United States of America. There is terrorism and political problem in the country so
there is now crisis in this tourist destination.
The Eiffel Tower in Paris of France is one of the most visited tourist destinations in
the world. It is a cultural iconic symbol of France and a famous and recognisable
engineering structure of the world. Every year more than eighty million visitors travel
to Paris to see this amazing iron tower. The generated income from this tourist
attraction is about £50 billion per annum. Usually tourists from all over the world
come to witness the beauty and grandeur of this great tower but most visitors appear
from the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada, Australia and other
European countries. The number of the visiting people here is increasing day by
day(travelandleisure.com,n.d).
Picture: Pyramid, Egypt(encyclopedia,n.d)
Pyramid of Giza in Egypt is a very attractive ancient architectural structure which is
visited by millions of tourists every year(encyclopedia, n.d). It is one of the seven
wonders of the world. In Egypt it is a great source of employment and solid income
as the country generates an income of about £15 billion every year from this ancient
tourist spot. The sight of Pyramid gives the viewers an amazing opportunity of
getting a view of how the ancient Egyptian civilisation was. People from every part of
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the world travel to this attractive creation of the ancient Egyptians but most of the
visitors are from The United Kingdom, Russia, The United States of America, The
United Arab Emirates and Western European countries. There has been some affect
in its tourism because there is political and terrorism problems in the region.
The Taj Mahal of Agra in India is a Mughul architectural structure which is a very
popular tourist destination. It is one of the wonders of the world(encyclopedia, n.d). It
was built by the Mughul emperor Shahajahan. It stands out as a very beautiful
structure. Tourists from all over the world desire and love to visit and see this
outstanding building as it appears in different colours in moonlit nights. Most of the
viewers here come from the United Kingdom, the United States of America,
Australia, Russia, China, Bangladesh and European countries. The revenue earned
from the tourism centring the Taj Mahal is worth of £20 billion each year. The
number of the tourists is in the rise every year.
Picture: Tajmahal, India(encyclopedia,n.d)
1.2 Analysing the statistics and tourism destination trend and future trend:
In the table, some information on top tourist destinations countries is shown.
Country Number of tourists
China 57,600,000 rising
Spain 56,700,000 rising
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Italy 46,100,000 rising
Turkey 29,300,000 rising
United Kingdom 29,200,000 rising
Germany 28,400,000 rising
Russia 22,700,000 rising
(encyclopedia, n.d)
From the information and discussion above, it can be said that overall number of
tourists is in the rise across the world and tourist destinations are attracting more
people with their appeals. It is also noticeable that characteristics of the destinations
are very important in determining the trends and the future trends of the tourist
destinations as visitors consider these aspects very minutely before visiting the
places(Gimblett,1998). As discussed above, there are some issues which harm the
possibilities of the destinations such as terrorism, militancy and poor facilities etc. In
the recent times, there have been some declines in the tourism industries of Turkey,
Egypt and many other countries as these countries have problems regarding political
unrests, terrorism, lack of peaceful environment and lack of proper democracy. For
these crises, the social and political characteristics of the destinations in these
countries are damaged and ultimately their tourism industries are affected and they
see less tourists in the destinations. On the opposite, the countries which have
peaceful political and social environment and no militancy and terrorism are
attracting more tourists. Regarding the numbers of tourists, it can be said that the
people of the developed countries visit the tourist destinations all over the world
mostly. So the prediction is that tourist destinations will attract tourist if they maintain
proper and positive environment and characteristics.
Destination Country Number of tourists Origin country
Turkey 5 million Russia
Turkey 3 Million UK
Egypt 2 Million UK
France 2 Million UK
India 2 Million US
Thailand 1 Million UK
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Statistics(encyclopedia, n.d)
TASK 2
2. The cultural, social and physical features of tourist
destinations
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Tourism destination UK :- There are many attractive tourism sites in UK which
attracts attention of millions of travellers from worldwide basis. Top tourist
destinations sites includes Stonehenge, Tower of London, The city of bath, Windsor
Castle, Historic Yorkshire, Lake destination National part and Canterbury Cathedral.
Travellers who comes for visiting the place gets opportunities for understanding
culture of a place. In addition to that physical characteristic of the place also attracts
attention of millions of people and it helps for enhancing tourist activities in the
nation.
London Eye: A leading tourist destination is situated in the extremely developed
United Kingdom for international visitors. London eye is known for its Giant Ferris
wheel which attracts large number of tourists from across the globe and it is most
significant physical feature of this tourism destination. It is situated at South bank of
river Thames and also known as London Eye. The Wheel was built for Empire of
Indian exhibition and was opened for Public in year 1895. it attracts large number of
tourists for visiting the place and due to the tourism activities local community people
also gets benefited. Taxes earned by government supports in enhancing growth and
development of nation. These are significant cultural and social feature of the place.
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Tourism destination UK :- There are many attractive tourism sites in UK which
attracts attention of millions of travellers from worldwide basis. Top tourist destinations sites
includes Stonehenge, Tower of London, The city of bath, Windsor Castle, Historic Yorkshire,
Lake destination National part and Canterbury Cathedral. Travellers who comes for visiting
the place gets opportunities for understanding culture of a place. In addition to that physical
characteristic of the place also attracts attention of millions of people and it helps for
enhancing tourist activities in the nation.
 London Eye: A leading tourist destination is situated in the extremely developed
United Kingdom for international visitors. London eye is known for its Giant Ferris
wheel which attracts large number of tourists from across the globe and it is most
significant physical feature of this tourism destination. It is situated at South bank of
river Thames and also known as London Eye. The Wheel was built for Empire of
Indian exhibition and was opened for Public in year 1895. it attracts large number of
tourists for visiting the place and due to the tourism activities local community people
also gets benefited. Taxes earned by government supports in enhancing growth and
development of nation. These are significant cultural and social feature of the place.
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Tourism destination India :- India is a developing country and there are a good deals of
attractive tourism destination sites which attracts attention of millions of people across globe.
Travellers comes for visiting historical buildings and monuments of country. Various tourism
destinations sites includes Dalhosie, Taj Mahal, Kutub minar, Dilli darwaja, Char minar, Lal
Kila. Historical perspectives of these tourism sites attracts millions of people for visiting the
nation. Taj mahal is one most visited site and its attractive features are as described :-
 Taj Mahal: A historical tourist spot is located in a developing country India. King
shahajahan built the monuments in memories of his beloved wife Mumtaz. It is a
historical site which is visited by millions of people and it also aids the local
government to gain some financial revenues through tourism, activities running in the
state. The monument is built with white Sangamarmar stone and beautiful designs
have been carved on marbles which enhances beauty of this historical site.
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Cultural characteristics are the core elements of a tourist destination and they attract
the people mostly who want to visit them. Cultural features include museums, monuments,
churches, temples, festivals, different types of food, drinks and music. The culture of a region
or country is exposed and expressed through these aspects as the culture of a nation consists
of all these components(Evans et al, 2003). When visitors come to visit a place, they are
mostly touched and affected by these cultural elements of life. Museums are places where
past valuables are preserved and monuments are buildings that stand for the past incidents
and happenings and both of them tell about the past culture of a nation.
Churches and temples are the places where people of different faiths pray and this act
of praying a very conspicuous aspect of the culture of a group of people. There are also
festivals, food, drink and music which speak clearly of a nation's culture. A nation's culture is
mostly expressed through its ways of celebrating its festivals, habits of eating food different
types of food, drinking styles and varieties of music. Music tells the story of a nation's
culture. So all these features are taken into account when a place is considered a tourist
destination while it is to remember that these features not only vary but also their qualities
fluctuate depending on the facts how developed the country is where the spot is.
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B. Social features of the tourist destination:
The social characteristics of a visiting spot are very important as they influence the
place tremendously. The social features consist of the different national, regional and
religious groups of people and their attitudes to life. The social features of a spot are also
dependent on the needs of different customer groups as the arrangers of the places seek to
please the visitors by creating the necessary social setting. The social elements of a tourist
place can be changed or built by the impact of tourism as there is huge impact of tourism on
resources and the local community. The social capacity and sustainability of a visiting place
is also important in relation to its demand to the tourists. It is understood that a place gets
capable and sustainability if it gets a tourist status but it varies in different ways. As a result
of tourism, the local and national government policies regarding a place are influenced and
made and the tourism industry of that region becomes an alternative to mass market as people
can earn their livelihood by adopting tourism of that area.
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