In general, the political situation of a country is recognized as an important factor that influences tourism development. A stable political condition is a significant requirement that enables a tourist to visit and travel within the destination country (Hall & O’Sullivan, 1996). When the political situation is instable, tourists will perceive negative image that directly effects the tourism industry. As Neumayer (2004) said tourists are sensitive to the negative image of a tourist destination, events of violence can affect tourist destination long after the event has passed and stabilized. Cook (1990) noted political instability is a condition of a country where a government has been toppled, or is controlled by factions following a …show more content…
This viability comes into play when choosing which choice set, as discussed above, to place a destination into, Evoked, Inert or Inept. Previous studies have criticized that political instability is characterized by a multifaceted and complex character and its existence and impact in various countries worldwide are multilevel and multi-dimensional. For example, recent border unrest between the US and Mexico due to drug violence, seems to have affected travel to the beach areas of the Cancun and Mayan Rivera. Some researchers gave an opinion about political stability that can be considered to an effect on destination image (Andriole & Hopple, 1984; Gupta, 1990; Sanders, 1981). The Extent and magnitude of political instability are the determinant factors for the modulation of the image of destinations in tourist generating countries and in extent the perceived stability and safety of a particular destination in the eyes of prospective tourists. The way that bombings, coup d’etat, armed conflicts, civil war, attacks, civil war, attacks on tourists or even the probability of such occurrences, are perceived by tourists is the determinant factor which modulates tourist visitation and the travel behavior of the perspective tourists. The historical
You should develop information provided in P1. You need to consider why these links exist and why relationships are formed, explaining how they affect the organisations concerned. E.g.
Many things will affect people’s decision to travel, the destinations they choose and for how long they stay. Different destinations are affected by different factors, here we will explore these factors and the destinations they effect.
More than 60,000 people have been killed in the ongoing drug war in Mexico. The fact that this violence has yet to reach its acme is quiet frightening. The freight instilled in the tourist that once found the many hotspots located in Mexico such as Acapulco and Cancun are now terrified to set foot in the land. Due to the fact that there is no safe or secure area where tourist can venture out for a good time. Due to violence Mexico has been affected with a lack of tourist, revenue and its acclaimed bad reputation.
This illustrates several things as investment, education, security and environmental responsibility because most of the people choose a destination based on the attractions, natural or modernity; moreover, most of the people travel to places in which they will feel safe or are recognized for something; for example, France is recognized for the Eiffel Tower but this attraction has a significant investment in security, streets, and education to has knowledge in different languages. Additionally, if a country has more people traveling this signifies more people buying things and whit this the economy grow and eventually more government
The political factor reflects to the degree where government’s role impact son the organisation’s operations in tourism and hospitality industry. The essential political factors including law, protection laws, tax rates and other situation along with political stability might influence the operation in tourism and hospitality industry. From global context, the political situation prevailing in UK can impact on the tourism. Situations are changing as terrorist threats are increasing and this is turning out to be a disadvantage for UK economy to work smoothly.
The tourism industry is one of the largest growing industries in the world and has allowed people to travel the world more freely. The American tourism industry has slowly been recovering since the 9/11 terrorist attacks which really hit the industry hard and people were afraid to visit America. Donald Trump was elected the 44th president of the United States of America in November 2016 ever since then the tourism industry has started to slowly decline. Now The American tourism industry makes up around about 20% of the world’s tourism industry. The tourism industry took a big hit in January and in March of 2017 when Donald Trump introduced a travel ban to seven Middle-eastern countries which outraged the world and the American public. The aim of this paper is to analyse the extent to which the election of Trump has affected America’s inbound tourism.
Tourism plays a vital role in economic development in most countries around the world. The industry has not only direct economic impact, but also significant indirect and influential impacts. There is agreement among experts that the travel and tourism sector is the fastest growing of global economy. According to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer, international tourism receipts surpass US$ 1 trillion in 2011, growing about 3.8%up from 2010 (WTO, 2012).
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
From an environmental perspective, it is apparent that the world is starting to realise that increases in tourism are having a negative impact on the environment. This is due to increases in energy consumption, which in turn heightens the effects of global warming (Neto, 2002). There are many controls that governments are trying to put into place, such as flight rationing (Liverpool Business School, 2009). However, it can be argued that these have not really begun to have a significant effect on tourism, as they are still insufficient to dampen demand. It may become a problem in future years, as the number of controls is likely to increase. Perhaps the largest environmental factor would be natural disasters, like Hurricane Katrina (Cashell, 2005) and the tsunami that hit Asia in December 2004 (Birkland, 2006). These will impact negatively on people’s confidence in visiting places that have been hit severely by such disasters.
Development: In the development stage, the number of tourist increases at an accelerated rate and may quickly equal or exceed the number of permanent local residents (Butler, 1980). This rapid growth is triggered when large tourism groups controlling tourism retail, lodging and
Tourism is considered as an exceptionally complex whilst significant economic activity that sometimes appears to have as many detractors as supporters. According to Timothy A. FaladeObalade and Suchi Dubey (2014), the tourism industry began in the year of 1960 and has developed rapidly during the last five decades in terms of income generating and the total number of tourists who travel domestically as well as internationally. It was proven that tourism industry is a powerful source of revenue, even during the economic crisis, despite some fluctuations in tourism that has been caused by certain circumstances such as terrorist threats as well as severe diseases such as SARS and HIV.
This report will briefly raise awareness of what the Arab Spring therefore to be able to have a much better understanding on how it affected tourism and still has a big effect. A country’s tourism can also be affected by neighbor countries contemporary issues, so it is essential to be aware of what
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
At the beginning of this course leisure was a topic I did not give much thought to and I felt like I did not have the time to spare to put much thought into. To me, all leisure meant was having free time to do whatever it is that I wanted to do. But after analyzing my life I noticed that I had surrounded my life with solely work and school and my “free time” was anytime I spent watching television and anytime I slept. However, after taking this course I learned that leisure meant more much than that. Now leisure to me means, as Richard Kraus states, leisure is “time which is not devoted to work or work-connected responsibilities or to other forms of discretionary or unobligated time,” (Olson et al., 2003, 12). The “time” in which Kraus
Retention of Visitor spending: The key to achieving economic sustainability for tourism in (i.e. California and Giants Causeway) is maximising the economic retention of tourist spending in your local economy. The sustainable tourism businesses need to develop strategies that are capable of meeting the long-term economic needs and aspirations of the local community. If the communities are engaged by tourism organisations as stakeholders in tourism, and economic partners in the tourism industry, this will actively support local tourism businesses. Tourism is a rapidly growing industry and has far-reaching economic and environmental impact across the destinations; hence, if tourism is an important source of local employment and a significant