Report on Visitor Attraction: Travel and Tourism Management

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of visitor attractions in the travel and tourism sector, focusing on the UK. It begins by discussing the overlap and importance of various attraction types, including museums, parks, and historical sites. The report evaluates the needs and motivations of different visitor types, examining the impacts of tourism on the UK and the effects of tourist motivation theories on visitor attraction management. It further explores the processes and potential issues involved in developing visitor attractions, such as funding and stakeholder engagement. The analysis extends to different visitor management strategies and techniques for achieving sustainability, concluding with insights into enhancing visitor experiences while preserving cultural and natural heritage. This student contributed assignment is available on Desklib, a platform offering a wide range of study resources for students.

VISITOR ATTRACTION IN TRAVEL AND TOURISM

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION..........................................................................................................................2
TASK 1.........................................................................................................................................3
1.1-DISCUSSION OF THE OVERLAP OF THE VISITOR'S ATTRACTIONS IN RELATION TO THE
PARTICULAR TYPES OF ATTRACTION.....................................................................................3
1.2- ANALYSIS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE DIFFERENT VISITORS ATTRACTION................1
TASK 2.........................................................................................................................................1
INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................1
2.1 – EVALUATING THE NEEDS AND THE MOTIVATION OF THE DIFFERENT VISITORS TYPES
IN UK.......................................................................................................................................1
2.2- EVALUATION OF THE IMPACTS OF TOURISM OR THE VISITOR ATTRACTIONS IN THE
UK...........................................................................................................................................3
2.3- ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF THE DIFFERENT THEORIES OF TOURISTS MOTIVATION
ON THE MANAGEMENT OF VISITORS ATTRACTION..............................................................5
TASK 3.........................................................................................................................................6
3.1- DISCUSSION OF THE PROCESSES AND THE POTENTIAL ISSUES THAT ARE INVOLVED IN
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE OF THE VISITOR ATTRACTIONS.................................................6
TASK 4.........................................................................................................................................9
4.1- ANALYSIS OF THE DIFFERENT VISITOR MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES..............................9
4.2- EVALUATING THE MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES IN RELATION WITH THE
SUSTAINABILITY....................................................................................................................11
CONCLUSION............................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES.............................................................................................................................13
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INTRODUCTION
The different natural attractions or the features, man-made constructions along with some
objects that especially appeals the tourists from the different parts of the world or the local
residents is referred as the visitor attractions (Dewhurst and Thwaites, 2014). The different
motivational role is performed by many of the destinations which help in pulling the tourists
to visit the destination of their own choice. This assignment is based upon the visit to the
different natural historical museums, parks and the gardens, science museums and the
some of the palaces. The importance of these visitor attractions and needs and the
motivation of the different visitor types are evaluated.
The different impacts of the different visitor attractions in the UK are being evaluated and
the effect of the different theories of tourists motivation in managing the visitor attractions
are being analysed in this report. Some of the potential issues like the funding, location,
stakeholders, local communities', technology etc. that are involved in the development of
the visitors' attractions are being further discussed. Lastly, the different visitor management
strategies are being analysed and the some of the management techniques to attain
sustainability are being evaluated.
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TASK 1
1.1-DISCUSSION OF THE OVERLAP OF THE VISITOR'S ATTRACTIONS IN
RELATION TO THE PARTICULAR TYPES OF ATTRACTION
Various tourist attractions are present in
the UK especially in the England that is
attracting the tourists from the different
parts of the world. These visitor
attractions include the historical
museums, science museums, parks,
gardens and some of the palaces. Some of
the visitor attractions of the UK include
the Jurassic Coast, Giant's Causeways,
Needles other man-made attractions like
the St Paul's Cathedral Church, Tore of
London, Westminster Abbey etc (Leask,
2010). Natural History Museum of the
London is one the great visitor attractions
that consists of the vast range of
specimens from the different segments of
the natural history. It comprises of almost
80 million items in the life and the earth
science specimens which include the
zoology, mineralogy, entomology, botany
and the palaeontology. It is specifically
famous for the dinosaur's skeletons and
the ornate architecture. It is also known
as the British Museum.
Figure 1: Natural History Museum
[Source:https://news.sky.com/story/nat
ural-history-museum-stops-using-plastic-
bottles-11148932]
The visit to the UK includes the Hyde Park
Kensington Gardens which is famous as
the Grade-I park in the Central London.
This park is one of the largest of the four
royal parks from the chain of the
Kensington Place, Kensington Garden,
Hyde Park and the Green Park
(Swarbrooke and Page, 2012). The key
features of the park include the free
speeches and the demonstrations till the
19th century but in the 20th century it
becomes famous for holding the free rock
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concerts and as of now in the 21st century
it is famous for the commercial concerts.
Figure 2: Hyde Park Kensington Gardens
[Source:https://
beenievstheworld.wordpress.com/
2013/04/09/london-kensington-gardens-
hyde-park-piccadilly-circus/]
One of the other visitor’s attractions of
the UK is the St. Paul’s Cathedral Church
which has been considered as one of the
significant contributions to the London
Skyline that possesses a world-famous
dome and is well known for its artworks
and the intrinsic mosaics. This place
attracts the visitors due to its breath-
taking interiors. It consists of the
Whispering Gallery and the Golden Gallery
to enjoy the panoramic view of London
(Garrod, et al. 2012). This is also famous
as one of the religious attraction and its
significant regarding the cultural aspects
and community living.
One of the other major visitor attractions
is the Science Museum that is attracting
almost 3.3 million visitors annually which
do not charge for the admissions of the
visitor’s. It consists of the modern
galleries, historical galleries that tell the
story of the human resource exploration.
Figure 3: St. Paul’s Cathedral Church
[Source:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/humayu
nnapeerzaada/4099741735]
Apart from these attractions the different
cultural events and the festivals like the
Olympic Games, Eurovision Song Contest
and the Glastonbury which are quite
trending in the UK.
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It has been observed that there are some
places that were not developed for the
visitor attractions but they became
popular destinations like the York
Minister, Goon Hilly Downs and the
Windsor Castle which was before a royal
residence of the British Family but now is
one of the attractions it’s due to its
architecture and has been overlapped
(Swarbrooke and Page, 2012).
An overlap is also seen in some of the
attractions sites like the English
countryside which was a human structure
not made for the visitor’s attraction but it
comprises of the art gallery which made it
a popular tourist attraction.
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1.2- ANALYSIS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE DIFFERENT VISITORS
ATTRACTION
The importance of the different visitor
attractions helps the tourists to decide a
destination as a place of their visit and
highly attracts them.
During the visit to the Kensington Palace,
it was found to be a working royal
residence and is of high historical
importance as it was the favourite
residence of the successive sovereigns.
This palace is also famous as it was the
childhood home of Queen Victoria. The
historic parts of the Kensington Palace are
always for the public (Garrod, et al. 2012).
It also consists of the Royal Ceremonial
Dresses Collection with various other
items. The success events are generally
being held at this palace, for example, the
England Women Football Team was
invited to the Kingston Palace to celebrate
their success of the record winning
performance in the World Cup.
Figure 4: Kensington Palace
[Source:https://www.hrp.org.uk/
kensington-palace/]
The South Kensington Museum is of
highly important as it consists of the
collection of the ship models and the
marine engines. Special loan collections
of scientific instruments exhibitions use
to be held here. The visitors are attracted
towards this place by the iconic objects,
different award-winning objects and the
various stories of the scientific
achievement (Sharpley, 2018).
Figure 5: South Kensington Museum
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[Source:https://www.visitlondon.com/
things-to-do/london-areas/kensington-
and-south-kensington/things-to-do-
south-kensington]
Some of the other places were also
analysed during the visits like the British
Museum and National Maritime Museum.
At the British Museum, different new
businesses can be conducted like the
different fairs and the seminars that can
be used to develop this attraction site and
attract a large number of tourists. The
local people will be attracted towards the
fair and enhance the image of the British
Museum. The revenue of the UK will also
be increased due to the development of
employment by these fairs. It possesses
different antiquities by which the culture
of the world is being demonstrated like
the sculptures of the temples, the
mausoleum of Halikarnassos etc. It
provides the knowledge of the great
voyages of the Roman myths to Greeks
(Ram, et al. 2016).
Figure 6: British Museum
[Source:https://www.artfund.org/whats-
on/museums-and-galleries/british-
museum]
The National Maritime Museum is one of
the biggest maritime museums in the
world that holds the preservation and the
show casement of the different ships,
times, starts and other astronomical
observations (Buhalis and Amaranggana,
2015). The importance of this place is that
benefits the people visiting the museum
by the providing theme the great
understanding of the concepts of the
ships and astronomy by the huge data and
examples. 1,358 thousand visitors were
evidenced here during the rear 2015.
The revenue generated from the different
visitors in the UK accounts to be
approximately £115.4 billion pounds and
contributes 9% to the GDP. The number of
job opportunities has been increased by
these visitor attractions from 2.645 million
to 2.988 million (Law, et al. 2010). The UK
stands at the top 3rd position in terms of
the business generated from tourism.
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Figure – Statistics of overseas visitors
[Source:
http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/R
esearchBriefing/Summary/CDP-2016-
0169]
It has been estimated that almost 5.8
million visitors visited British Museum
during 2016 and 2.4 million visited the
National Maritime Museum. The profits
level of the UK government and the
revenues have been highly increased due
to these rich cultural heritage sites. But it
is extremely important to preserve these
natural sites.
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TASK 2
INTRODUCTION
In this report, the motivation and the needs of the different visitors are being evaluated.
Attainment of the rewards for certain behaviour is the main purpose of the motivation
which results in high satisfaction. The observation of the different visitor attractions is being
conducted by the different tour operators to increase the value and the volume of the
tourist exports and develop England tourism products.
2.1 – EVALUATING THE NEEDS AND THE MOTIVATION OF THE DIFFERENT
VISITORS TYPES IN UK
The tourists visiting the visitor attractions have their own needs and motivation that needs
to be fulfilled and can be understood based on some concepts and the theories. The
number of visitors at a particular place depends on the market segmentation including the
geographic, demographic and the psychographic features and their aspects must be fulfilled
at these destinations. The needs of the visitor changes with their segments that they belong
to regarding the different destinations (Mason, 2015)..
The needs of the tourists can be religious, medical, adventurous, educational,
entertainment or medical for which effective measures must be obtained by the UK to fulfil
these needs. The quality of treatment in the UK is quite high and affordable so the people
with the medical needs visit the UK for their treatments. NHS of the UK is one of the highly
famous health organizations that is highly preferred by the tourist (Newsome, et al. 2012)..
The religious needs of the tourist are being fulfilled by their visits to the different religious
sites and the famous churches to attain peace and knowledge. St. Paul’s Cathedral Church is
one of the great religious places that is largely visited by the tourists and their needs are
being satisfied. In order to fulfil the educational needs of the tourists and gain knowledge
and information, people use to visit one of the famous universities named University of
Oxford in England (Kalbaska, 2011).
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Apart from these needs, there are some special needs of the tourists like the cooking, sports
tourism, painting and the bird watching. The niche tourism in the UL must be more
developed by the tour operators to fulfil the special needs of the tourists.
The motivation of the visitors plays an important role in the visits of the tourists to a
particular place. The tourists are being motivated to visit the UK due to the different
attractions which are mentioned below-
BRITISH MUSEUM- The tourists use to visit this place to gather information regarding the
modern culture, paintings and the modern arts. The tourists are also motivated due to the
mummies of ancient Egypt and their Pantheon Sculptures present in the museum
TOWER OF LONDON- This motivates the tourists to visit here by it royal residence barracks,
prisons, armoury and the museums and for its crown jewels which also serve the dark
tourism needs (Kalbaska, 2011).
With the help of the Maslow’s theory of needs, the different aspects of the tourism sites
and information regarding the tourist motivations can be gathered. The sites of the tourist
destinations can be understood can be understood well by the psychological needs of the
individual and further fulfilment of these needs (Gerðarsdóttir, 2015).
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2.2- EVALUATION OF THE IMPACTS OF TOURISM OR THE VISITOR
ATTRACTIONS IN THE UK
Several impacts have been observed due to the tourism or the visitor’s attractions in the UK
including the positive and the negative impacts which are depicted below-
POSITIVE IMPACTS
ECONOMIC IMPACT- The employability ratio in the UK has been increasing due to
these visitor attractions which strengthen the economy. This sector promotes the
retail businesses and the transportation that also generated employment for the
local residents (Cassidy, 2016).
SOCIAL IMPACT- The local communities have been befitted due to the positive
influence of the enhanced infrastructure. The knowledge of the cultural and the
traditional aspects can be gathered with the help of the social aspects that are in
relation to the tourism. The interests of the people are also developed in the
different areas due to the tourism (Waligo, et al. 2013).
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT- Different environmental concerns like ecotourism are
being raised at different tourist sites. Some tourist attraction sites are there like the
Eden Garden project along with some of the conservative and the natural resources
like the rainforests where the different problematic situations need to be handled
effectively.
NEGATIVE IMPACTS
Increasing Traffic Congestion, Pollution and Overcrowding- The number of tourists
in the visitor attractions have been increased which results in overcrowding the cities
which further leads to transportation problem and increased pollution
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