1. Introduction
We now live in an age penetrated with revolution, cooperation and competition. With the dramatic development of the global economy and industrialization, there has been a dramatic increase in travel over the last few decades.
Ashworth, G. & Page, S.J. argue as if it is a general truth that “the tourism industry clearly needs the varied, flexible and accessible tourism product that cities provide: it is by no means so clear that cities need tourism” (Urban Tourism Research: Recent progress and current paradoxes, Tourism Management, Vol. 32, pp 1-15.). This essay, supports part of the quote, which claims that it is necessary for contemporary cities to offer several types of tourism products for the tourism industry which could be easily reached to the tourists. However, it is doubtful that the tourism modern-day cities do not need the tourism industry.
The structure of the paper is as follows.
This essay consists of two parts. In the first part, the reason why variable city tourism products are needed would be explained. In the second part, which would be the main part of this paper, the fact that some cities do need the tourism industry to boost their economy is illustrated by some examples. These two parts are independent of each other.
2. The relationship between the tourism industry and tourism products
2.1 What is a tourism product?
Mason (2000) and Poerwanto (1998) have made the formulation of the components of tourism product, that is:
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Tourism has taken a toll on many Native Hawaiians and is a huge human rights issue today. Most Hawaiians dislike tourism greatly due to the selfishness and greediness tourists bring to their home country. The pastor at a small rural church on the island of Kauai, Reverend Kaleo Patterson, has witnessed and dealt with numerous Hawaiians who struggle with the issues of tourism. Numerous vacation resorts that attract tourists have taken over gravesites of Hawaiians that have passed away. Due to this problem ancient Hawaiians have to partake in reburials. Tourism causes destruction to coral reefs and rivers because of mindless pollution. Reverend Patterson has protested and given public hearings in effort to acknowledge her fury on tourism. Tourism has brought an uncontrollable worldwide business that has no sympathy or thoughtfulness for the original people of Hawaii.
There are so many countries in the world, and all of them are unique in their own way. With the introduction of modern transportation, visiting or moving to these countries has become
The New York Times ( New York Times ) is one of the major newspapers and most prestigious in the United States. One of the categories is noticed in this newspaper is tourism. Along with the development of tourism, tourism concept is understood in many different ways depending on the angle considered. According to the angle of the travel and tourism is a form of convalescence and positive interests of people outside the residence. They travel with purpose: leisure, recreation, scenic view, historic, cultural and artistic projects. But if considered in the perspective of an economic sector, tourism is a business that is a highly effective synthesis in many aspects such as improved understanding of the natural, historical traditions and national culture, thereby contributing part augment love the country; for foreigners is the friendship with my people.
Britain has been over the news due to the British exit the European Union, which this event is known as Brexit (Hunt, 2016). This decision brought a large impact on every country in Britain, but the Britain has not started negotiate with European Union about adapting regulations to minimize their negative consequences. Before people can list potential impacts of Brexit on Britain’s tourism, it is important for people to understand how well the Britain was doing in the tourism industry. In addition, it is important to analyze and understand what type of tourism impacts on Britain. So, people would know how Brexit will change its policy and what impacts will bring to their current life. It will provide an idea of how the changes of regulations will impact different countries and the region. Thus, it provides an understanding of how tourism helps to develop the Britain in terms of environmental impacts, socio-cultural impacts, and economic impacts.
Some previous studies about tourism development have demonstrated that it depends much on the goodwill, participation, and support of residents (Yoon, Gursoy, & Chen, 2001). Following the findings of Yoon, Gursoy, and Chen, they suggested that tourism should be developed base on the needs and desires of residents. The fundamental for the success and developing
Another aspect of impact of tourism on a country’s economy is that it facilitates the expansion of the market of goods and services. Foreigners come to a country willing to spend money on different goods and services, thus increasing the amounts of sales. This is a great chance for producers and service providers to receive larger profits. This concerns not only hoteliers, tour operators, and souvenir shops owners. Public transportation, retail stores of different kind, restaurants, and cafes benefit from international tourism. Obviously, if these industries are in demand, businesses will be expanding. On the one hand, it means that more money is paid to the budget. On the other hand, profits generated by the owners are spent inside the country, affecting almost all the fields of the
Therefore, transportation is an important area to concentrate on and actions were put in place to ease the minds of tourists. When a threat or crisis happens, people react.
This report contains information about how Northamptonshire can be improved from a tourist perspective, also this report will highlight the main challenges that Northampton is facing as a tourist destination, in addition this report is going to focus on how Northampton can be improved to make it more attractive to tourist all over the world.
The significance of tourism in the Isle of Man began when sea-bathing first came into fashion, benefiting lots of seaside places such as the ‘Holiday Isle’. Tourism had a social, cultural and economic impact on the Island, and the development of it; creating more jobs which in turn resulted in an improvement in the economy. A growth in population and visitors to the island coincided with the rise in crime, a more mixed community and a change in infrastructure. Tourism also put the Isle of Man on the map and made it popular with lots of people especially from the North of England. This was due to the Industrial Revolution and Steam Packet making it an easy, accessible and cheap place to visit. This essay will assess how tourism brought change to the island and the effect of those changes. The impact will be measured by the immediate impact on the island, how many people it affected and if it left a legacy for the Island today.
Developments in technology: Better and affordable transport/ more air routes and agreements/ ease of access to information
This essay aims to highlight the main political, economic, social and technological factors, which have aided in the growth of modern tourism from 1945 to the present day. It will also aim to show which of these has been the most important in the aiding and why.
Tourism is one of the significant actives showing enormous growth. As a result tourism, many countries can be seen as an instrument of regional
The Travel and Tourism industry is still one of the largest single businesses in world commerce and its importance is widely recognized. The tourism industry is now one of the largest sectors earning foreign exchange. In the face of many benefits, many countries have started assigning due weight age to the tourism industry in their national development agenda. Tourism is an industry that operates on a massively broad scale: it embraces activities ranging from the smallest sea-side hotel; to air-lines, multi-national hotel chains and major international tour operators. Originally, non-traditional industries such as tourism emerged as a solution to strike a balance between ecology and industry
Tourism is one of the largest industries in the world, but can easily be affected by several issues ranging from economic and political issues to safety and security concerns. Health issues are closely related to safety concerns, which can have a major negative impact on tourism. A current health issue that is affecting the tourism industry in the US, Caribbean, and Latin American countries is the Zika virus. The Zika virus is spread by the bite of an infected Aedes species mosquitos. It can be spread from a pregnant woman to her unborn fetus, which can result in microcephaly, along with other birth defects. Zika can also be contracted by having sex with an infected partner or by a blood transfusion. Currently, there is no treatment or vaccine to prevent being infected with the virus. According to the CDC, the best prevention method is to do everything possible to prevent mosquito bites.
The idea of tourism has started to emerge after the Second World War. Countries around the world started to rely on tourism as a form of foreign income. Countries particularly in developing countries that are heavily relying on tourism are generating greater benefits. According to Afrodita (2012), she points out that the industrialised countries, which known as the developed countries and the developing countries have become an important part of tourism development strategy. Nowadays, tourism does help stimulate the economy by creating job opportunities and to strengthen the community. As argued by Richard Sharpley (2015) in chapter one of the textbook, tourism plays a big contribution to the country’s GDP and employment, which provides