A Comparison of the Impact & Management of Tourism in the Lulworth Cove & Swanage Areas of Dorset.

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DANIEL WILLIAMS

A Comparison of the Impact & Management of

Tourism in the Lulworth Cove & Swanage Areas of Dorset.

Section One Introduction

A)        Tourism is one of the most rapidly growing industries in Britain. Identify current trends and account for these patterns. Describe the characteristics of Lulworth cove and Swanage that makes the “Tourist Honey pot” Sites.

        Tourism has been growing enormously over the last few years and is now one of the most rapidly growing industries in Britain. It has grown in a variety of ways the most important to consider are:

  • Most people’s standard of living has increased considerably in recent years. This means they have more wealth from their better jobs, so people these days may be having two family holidays per year, because of this extra wealth.

  • The amount of attractions that all the countries are offering, there are such wide ranges of holidays you can go on thanks to the “package holiday”, from coach excursions to Blackpool, to a safari in Zambia.

  • The increased standard of living enables a higher rate of car ownership which is good for places like Lulworth where there is no public transport, this higher car ownership will mean more tourists will come in to the community.

  • With the transport communications being improved by new technology and the wider range of transport e.g. new airports, the channel tunnel and new motorway systems the chance of getting away is easier and less expensive (in real terms) to go away on holiday is now better than ever before.

  • You can not get away from the holiday season, as now it is always around us, with the T.V. billboards and the radio which have bombarded us with their marketing strategies all year around. On television we have the holiday programs showing both cheap and expensive ideas for all types of holidays all over the world, at the moment they like to show relatively unknown resorts that will soon be discovered and turn into another “Tourist Honey Pot Site”.
  • Adverts, which are mainly, used by the package holiday companies, show the cheapest deals around where they could not manage to fill their charted flights to European destinations. You can now buy your tickets online through a website auction, so now buying your holiday tickets is now cheaper and easy to get hold of.
  • One of tourism’s main aspects of sudden increase is due to the fact of the amount of holidays most working men and women are now entitled to each year. The shorter working week, increased early retirements and now in the year 2001 the better life style that most people have means we all have a higher life expectancy, which give more opportunities to get away.
  • At the moment the weather in this country has been awful, as we have suffered the highest rainfall and the highest amount of floods for a long time. So why would people want to stay here and go to the wet and dying countryside when the opportunity to go abroad is greater than ever?

Lulworth cove

More people are taking shorter breaks, day trips and coach trips thanks to longer breaks from work. So they would choose to go to a quiet and restful place where they can get away from today’s stresses and strains.

Lulworth cove is the perfect place for people to relax as they don’t want theme parks or busy city centres but instead choose to enjoy a picturesque small village. (Refer to the above map.)

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 They can also enjoy the beautiful scenery of Lulworth cove, which is an A.O.N.B. (Area of outstanding natural beauty), or go for lovely walks along the main coast, or just to sit and take in the sea life on the pebble beach which is situated inside the cove.

Inside the cove there are a wide range of boats and yachts which are being bought due to the higher standard of living.  People are buying these and taking them to places like Lulworth to dock and spend the weekend. The village is the perfect host to these types of people, with ...

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