The Effects of Tourism: Case Study Menorca
- Reasons why Menorca is a popular destination from the UK, Germany and Scandinavia:
- With rising amounts of disposable income, tourists can afford to travel further on their holidays. This has also led to the demise of such British holiday resorts such as Brighton, Blackpool and Cornwall.
- Also, the diminishing costs of flying due to budget airlines providing charter flights and the construction of a new airport with a longer runway coupled with the reduced time of flying to Menorca due to advances in Jet aircraft and the smoothness of arranging a holiday through Package holidays mean that flying to Menorca is less strenuous, more hassle-free and accessible than in the past.
- The climate is more tropical because it is further south than the UK, Germany and Scandinavia. Also, due to the island’s small size, no residency will be far from the beach.
- The attractions for tourists as illustrated by figures 3.40 and 3.41: