Trends in tourism. Thailand as a tourist destination.

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Introduction

Nowadays tourism becoming the most popular and the most common topic to discuss all across the country and the benefits of the industry are massive and drawbacks are also considered in the countries issues. Since there is the increasing numbers of tourists destinations and attractions, there are lots of tourism development in all over the world as the consequences. And in these years tourism is the way to develop the economic development by means of it.

The Main Tourist Destinations and Generators of the World

Tourism in the countries such as France, Spain, United States, China, Italy, United Kingdom, Germany, Mexico, Austria, and Russian Federation is supposed to be the most developed industry all over the world. The numbers of tourists going to those countries are huge and massive. Below is the  rough table of the incoming numbers of tourist arrivals in millions and the percentage changes of that ten countries by WTO (World Tourism Organization). The following table shows the top ten tourism destinations according to the number and percent of tourist arrivals in each country during 2006.

Source: World Tourism Organization (WTO). Web:  

By analyzing the table shown above, tourism all over the world seems to be increased in coming years and the future trends of the tourism in these countries tends to be increase since the industry plays as a vital role in the country’s business and the country’s economy. The table from the above shows that there was the increasing numbers of tourism in these countries and the tourism in that countries will also be increased since the government, local community are promoting to develop the tourism industry for their countries.

The Cultural, Social and Physical Features of Tourist Destinations

There are lots of features attracting the tourists so that the tourists can be attracted by various ways by means of culture, society and their physical features.

The Cultural Features of Tourist Destinations

Basically the cultural features of the tourists destinations comprises of the history and archaeology, people and their lifestyles, cultural diversity, arts and architecture, food, wine and others local products. Moreover, the festivals of the countries can attract the tourists in different ways. Every country in the world has its festivals and different meanings towards different festivals. Some tourists are being attracted by various festivals and they want to enjoy like the local people from that area and want to know how the local community behave in that particular festivals.  

The Social Features of the Tourist Destinations

Secondly the social features of tourist destinations can attract the tourists as well. Tourism nowadays is more developing and these tourists’ destinations are famous mostly because of the local community as the whole. For instance, most tourists’ destinations in the world are popular because of the people from there. In some places, people from the local community might appeal the tourists more since these are some sort of attractions to the tourists. For instance, the ethics, nationality and religion can attract some tourists who want to know their culture, tradition, and so on.

Physical Features of the Tourists Destinations

Physical features such as mountains, forests, and national / wildlife parks can attract tourists as the whole. Moreover, weather is also considered to be the factors that can appeal tourists. Tourists nowadays are likely to visit to the countries which can offer fine weather, good landscape and geographical features. So, these features are the one which can grab the tourists attraction.

Features of Top Contrasting Tourist Destinations

Top Tourist Destinations

The  (WTO) recently released their data for the world's top tourist destinations for 1998. Below is a list of the twenty top countries that received tourists for more than one day, along with the number of visitors for 1998.

1.  - 70,000,000

2.  - 47,743,000

3.  - 47,127,000

4.  - 34,829,000

5.  - 25,475,000

6.  - 24,000,000

7.  - 19,300,000

8.  - 18,820,000

9.  - 18,659,000

10.  - 17,282,000

11.  - 16,504,000

12.  - 16,325,000

13.  - 15,810,000

14.  - 14,660,000

15.  - 11,800,000

16.  - 11,077,000

17.  - 11,025,00

18.  - 9,600,000

19.  - 9,200,000

20.  - 7,720,000

*Though Hong Kong was considered separately, it is a Special Administrative Region of China.

From the WTO's fascinating list, additional details can be discerned. For example, France receives 11.2% of the world's travelers. Spain, Portugal, and Greece each had large jumps in the number of tourists between 1997 and 1998 (10%, 16%, and 10%, respectively). Hungary suffered a drop of 15% and China's number of tourists decreased by 7.7%.

Countries that many people often associate with travel, were not on the list of the top twenty. Surprisingly, countries such as Croatia (31st) and South Africa (25th) beat Japan (32nd), Australia (33rd), and Brazil (39th). Overall, the top 20 countries account for 73.6% of all visits worldwide.

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