Exploring Cultural, Social, and Physical Attributes of UK & India

This essay provides a comprehensive analysis of the cultural, social, and physical features of the United Kingdom (UK) and India as tourist destinations. It contrasts the cultural influences, such as the dominance of Christian religious life in the UK versus the diverse cultural practices and religious bel...Read More

Tourist Destinations
Task2

2.1 Analyse the cultural, social and physical
features of the tourist destinations
Cultural Features of UK
• UK culture is majorly influenced by
religious life of Christian.
• Literature, media, music, comedy
education, philosophy, theatre and
architecture including science and
technology are essential aspects of UK
culture.
Cultural Features of India
• Indian cultural diversity is famous all
over the world, as each and every state of
the country represent there specific
cultures.
• India is known for its cultural practices,
religious beliefs and different kinds of
festivals which influenced tourist to visit
the country.

Cont...
Social Features of UK
• Society of UK has been classified in
the structure where occupation describes
the class of society
• The two houses in parliaments of UK
i.e. House of Lords which shows the
upper class-man and the House of
Common which include both the upper
as well as the lower class-man.
Social Features of India
• Indian societies are classified into
different castes, creed and religions.
• Society in India is diverse and
represents the history of Indian cultures.

Cont...
Physical Features of UK
• UK is surrounded by numerous islands
as it is situated at north-western coast of
Europe.
• UK’s climatic conditions also play an
essential roles in making the nation
leading tourist destination.
Physical Features of India
• India is located in the South Asia and
comprises of different type of physical
environment.
• Indian physical environment comprises
of all the climatic conditions which
influence the tourists towards the nation.

Taj Mahal

London Tower

UK Tower Bridge

Comparision between developed and
developing tourist destinations
Basis Developed tourist
destination Developing tourist
destination
Meaning It means those nations
who have improved
industrialization,
immense GDP growth,
etc.
Developing Tourist
nations are those
countries who are
undergoing development
in the tourism sector.
Examples UK, USA, Australia, India, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, etc

Comparision between features of
UK and INDIA
Features UK India
Cultural UK culture is primarily dominated
by Christian religion India has diverse culture but
dominated by Hindu religion
Social Society is classified on the basis of
occupations. Socities are classified on the basis
of caste and religions.
Physical Climate remains cold in UK.
People who prefer to travel in cold
visits UK
Climate depends upon the area, for
example there is cold climate in
Northern India

REFERENCES
Books And Journals
Stylos, N., and et.al., 2017. Linking the dots among destination images, place
attachment, and revisit intentions: A study among British and Russian tourists.
Tourism Management, 60, pp.15-29.
Assaker, G. and Hallak, R., 2013. Moderating effects of tourists’ novelty-seeking
tendencies on destination image, visitor satisfaction, and short-and long-term revisit
intentions. Journal of Travel Research, 52(5), pp.600-613.
Bruwer, J., Pratt, M.A., Saliba, A. and Hirche, M., 2017. Regional destination image
perception of tourists within a win escape context. Current Issues in Tourism, 20(2),
pp.157-177.