Travel & Tourism Sector: Government Functions and Economic Policies

This report examines the function of government and government-sponsored bodies in the travel and tourism sector, focusing on their responsibilities in providing infrastructure, minimizing environmental impacts, and developing policies. It also assesses the impact of local and national economic policies on the sector, highlighting how policies can create jobs, attract tourists, and contribute to a country's GDP. The report uses the UK as a case study, demonstrating how positive national policies have led to a steady rise in travel and tourism activities. It references studies and government publications to support its analysis of the relationship between governmental actions, economic policies, and the performance of the travel and tourism sector. Desklib provides a platform for students to access similar solved assignments and study resources.

THE TRAVEL AND
TOURISM SECTOR
TASK 2

LO 2.1 Function of government and
sponsored bodies
 Local governments, government sponsored bodies and international
agencies are responsible for travel & tourism.
 Local government are responsible for providing basic infrastructure &
service to the visitors.
 They help the tourism industry to attain their basic goal of minimizing
the negative impacts on environment.
 There are several functions which need to be taken care by local
government such as waste management to strategic planning.
 Governmental efforts should be to implement plan & policy which can
minimize the environmental impacts and maximize the employment
& foreign exchange

Contd…
 Government sponsored bodies and international government bodies
are involved in order to develop polices and processes.
 These governmental bodies provide infrastructure and permission to
develop facilities to private sector which would develop the
infrastructure accessed by tourists.
Developing
policies and
processes
Government
bodies can
sponsor
projects which
may not be
profitable for
the private
sector
Indirectly help
in increasing
tourism in the
country

LO 2.2 Impact of local and national economic
policy on travel and tourism sector
 There is high degree of importance for travel & tourism sector on
socio-economic parameters of a country.
 Travel & tourism industry can create economic and social benefits by
generating foreign exchange funds, employment and environmental
awareness.
 There is another major impact of the economic policies developed in
local and national context wherein protected areas are deteriorating
fast due to insufficient amount of investment in these protected
regions.
 A weak national economic policy would overlook the community living
nearby to the tourist destinations and these local community people
would be deprived of from the economic benefits of the tourism
activities developed in the nearby places.

Impact of Local Policy
 The economic policy adopted by London government in las five years
has created numerous jobs.
 This has affected the travel and tourism sector.
 More tourists are going to visit London, because they get much
better customer services from hotels, restaurants, etc.
 London government has been successful in creating a unique image
of region in minds of the tourists and thus easily attract them.
 The government also organized the Olympic games in 2012 which is
another reason for rise in travel and tourism services in the region.

Impact of national policy
 Due to positive national policies adopted by the UK government,
there has been a steady rise in travel and tourism activities in the
country.
 It can be supported through fact that in 2014 travel and tourism
sector directly contributed GBP61.9 bn to UK’s GDP.
 The sector also created nearly 6% more new jobs.
 The travel and tourism sector investment in 2014 was GBP 13 bn or
4% of total investments.

References
 Lin, T. P. and Matzarakis, A., 2008. Tourism climate and thermal comfort in
Sun Moon Lake, Taiwan. International Journal of Biometeorology. 52(4).pp.
281-290.
 Frechtling, D., 2012. Forecasting tourism demand. Routledge.
 Moutinho, L., 2011. Strategic management in tourism. CABI.
 Government Tourism Policy., 2011. [pdf]. Available through; <
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/
file/78416/Government2_Tourism_Policy_2011.pdf >. [Accessed on 14th
November 2016].
 Travel & Tourism., 2015. [pdf]. Available through: <
https://www.wttc.org/-/media/files/reports/economic%20impact
%20research/countries%202015/unitedkingdom2015.pdf >. [Accessed on
14th November 2016].

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