Travel and Tourism Sector
Contents
Travel and Tourism Sector 0
Introduction 1
1.1 History and development of tourism 2
1.2 Explain the structure of the travel and tourism sector giving relevant examples from various sub-sectors of the industry 3
2.1 Analyse the function of government, government sponsored bodies and international agencies in travel and tourism 5
2.2Explain how local and national economic policy influences the success of the travel and tourism sector 6
2.3Discuss the implications of political change on the travel and tourism sector in different countries 7
3.1 Explain factors affecting tourism demand 8
3.2 Explain how supply has changed to meet the effects of demand 9
Conclusion 11
References: 11
Introduction
International tourism has become a multibillion dollar industry and many national economies depend on it. In developed countries, the annual increase is faster than average growth of the economy. The contribution to GDP of tourism revenue reaches (or exceeds) 30%.
Tourism and travel main activity is the pleasure trips for recreation and Europe is the world 's favourite tourist destination and therefore face significant challenges in becoming more sustainable. One of the biggest beneficiaries of a more sustainable tourism industry will be the industry itself - fewer people will want to visit a region where mass tourism has destroyed the countryside and polluted the beaches.
1.1 History and development of tourism
The activity
P1- Describe the travel and tourism component industries and provide examples of domestic, inbound and outbound organisations within them.
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.
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).
As mentioned by Rimmington & Morrison (2009), the assistance from different parts of the world presents a new and diverse outlook for future research including theoretical innovations and revelations, cultural and environmental aspects, tourist destination and other ecotourism and recreational aspects of tourism and hospitality industry (Brotherton,
Since the time we are born, our natural instinct is to bond with someone. A motherly figure is often in our life and as a small child we become attached to them. That figure is someone we go to, for nurturing, physical embracement, and when we are in need of comfort. When this feeling of attachment is taken to the extreme, you develop obsessive attachment disorders. There is a range of different intensities of each disorder, along with a wide variety of what a person is attached to. Ranging from mental, simple physical contact, and also sexual attachment. Every case is different about how they impact the person: physiologically, biologically, environmentally, and physically. Obsessive attachment disorder are sprouted from the subconscious
P4) Review factors that have contributed to one declining destination (Cyprus) and one developing (Greece) in the European travel market.
With the passage of time traveling industry has emerged as one of the most profitable and lucrative industries globally. This can further be demonstrated from the fact that traveling industries today are just not localized to providing their customers with tourism related facilities but along with this they also ensure that their customers make use of all possible facilities and leisure resources through which their clients can enjoy the most memorable trip ever. In addition to this it is also important to mention that the recent economic slump developed serious repercussions upon the development of the travel industry. It was estimated that in the year 2008 international travel
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
As can be seen, the macro environment has had a significant impact on the tourism industry during the 2000s. The key factors affecting tourism negatively would be the political, social and
Policy and planning directly related, despite being completely different types of processes, they both confront the same issues, that being the overall future development of a destination. This essay reflects on policy and planning in the tourism industry. Beginning with the purpose of tourism policy, underlining why policy and planning is important, how it is utilized, and finally the benefits to tourism development. Utilizing examples from Kenya, United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Croatia to further illustrate why tourism policies and planning are necessary in destinations.
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
1).The relationship between Hospitality and Tourism: Tourism and hospitality go hand in hand, the hospitality industry offer services like accommodation, transportation, food and beverage, recreation and leisure. Tourism is the activity by the tourists where they engage in travelling to destinations where they want to experience recreational and leisure activities and most of the time avails of accommodation, food and beverage. The hospitality industry is the supplier of the services for tourism. The meaning of hospitality is providing a safe and enjoyable environment for patrons. It also means responsibly serving liquor, to ensure that patrons do not become unduly intoxicated and subsequently a problem for management, staff and the
tourism industry contributes in the economy of one country. Tourism industry gives them a large
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