Unit 1 Travel and Tourism Sector: Government Functions Analysis

This report analyzes the functions of government, government-sponsored bodies, and international agencies in the travel and tourism sector. It begins by outlining the historical view of government's responsibility in the sector and then explores the roles of local and national governments in creating tourism policies. The report provides examples of government-sponsored bodies, such as Thomson and Titan, and their contribution to the tourism sector through taxation and collaboration. It also discusses the influence of international agencies like the European Union and the World Trade Organization in regulating tourist numbers and strengthening ties with various partners. The report further examines the importance of economic policies at the local and national levels, highlighting their impact on tourism. It also addresses the effects of political changes on the travel and tourism industry, emphasizing how these factors can influence the sector's success. The report concludes with a list of references, including books and journal articles, providing a comprehensive overview of the subject matter.

Travel and Tourism Sector

Task 2
The presentation describe various functions of
government, government sponsered bodies and
international agencies in the field of travel and
tourism sector.

2.1 Presenting a function of government, government
sponsored bodies and international agencies
Government:
Earlier, it has been analyses that only government is responsible
for growth of tourism sector.
Local government functions in a similar way as national
government.
They make those policies which makes tourist to visit once their
country and enjoy their holidays .

CONTINUED..Government- sponsored bodies:
Thomson and Titan is an
example which are sponsored by
government in order to maximizes
their income such as it pays 14
percent tax which was collected by
government and also establish good
collaboration with other bodies of
government in order to make UK's
environment pleasant.

CONTINUED..
International agencies:
 To raise tourism in UK, not only local government make efforts
but international agencies such as European Union, World Trade
Organization also contributed.
These bodies are specially designed to regulate the numbers of
tourist and made extra efforts to strengthen its link with local as
well as non- government partners.

CONTINUED..Economic policy:
 A proper local and national
economic policy of UK look into
financial results of local
community because they are
mostly depend on the natural
resources in their near by area.
Further, the effective
economic policy must be
decided or consider in the view
points of local people in order to
decide best level of tourism in
their surrounding area.

CONTINUED..
Political change:
 These change affect tourism
sector such that changes in
economic policy of local and
national level as a result it will
be assist in result oriented for
travel and tourism industry.
But the sudden political
change will directly influence
the success of this industry.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Becker, E., 2016. Overbooked: the exploding business of travel and tourism. Simon
and Schuster.
Boniface, B., Cooper, R. and Cooper, C., 2016. Worldwide destinations: The
geography of travel and tourism. Routledge.
Camilleri, M. A., 2018. Nurturing travel and tourism enterprises for economic growth
and competitiveness. Tourism and Hospitality Research. 18(1). pp.123-127.
Coles, T. and Timothy, D. J., 2014. 'My field is the world': Conceptualizing diasporas,
travel and tourism. In Tourism, diasporas and space. Routledge Taylor & Francis
Group.
Mulet-Forteza, C. and et.al., 2018. Twenty five years of the Journal of Travel &
Tourism Marketing: a bibliometric ranking. Journal of Travel & Tourism
Marketing, pp.1-21.