Investigating Travel and Tourism

Investigating Travel and Tourism Introduction Travel and tourism is one of the world's fastest growing industries and one of its largest. These are some of the reasons to understand why. Changing socio-economic circumstances. The main change was the Industrial Revolution. Urbanisation occurred as people moved to towns to get regular employment with days off. Since the industrial revolution, income and holidays increased. The income had a positive correlation with tourism; as the income increased so did tourism. In 1948, the holidays with pay was introduced. This meant everyone could have a holiday and have some time to enjoy themselves. During post war there was the rise of teenage culture. Sexual liberation became more important for youths on holiday. People started to budget for holidays and slowly, working hours reduced. This meant people had more leisure time to do as they wish. Also more and more women had the freedom to do what they want and weren't put down. Technological Developments. In the 19th century and early 20th century, seaside holidays were the fashion. The transport was the railway, and it became more and more popular with families visiting the seaside especially Blackpool for the North West of England, areas like Manchester. During the post war the jet engine was introduced. It had a pressurised cabin which stopped people's ears from popping. These

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"An investigation into the methods of coastal management along Brighton's Coastline and the reasons for them".

Md. Shahajada Chowdhury 1H 5613 Geography Coursework Mr A. Ali 0548 "An investigation into the methods of coastal management along Brighton's Coastline and the reasons for them". Contents Introduction_________________________________________________________________________4-10 Aims__________________________________________________________________________5 Coastal Management_____________________________________________________________6 Hypothesis_____________________________________________________________________6 Longshore Drift_________________________________________________________________6 Costal Damages_______________________________________________________________6-7 Coastal Protection_____________________________________________________________7-9 Hard Engineering________________________________________________7-9 Soft Engineering__________________________________________________9 Facts on Brighton_____________________________________________________________9-10 Methodology_______________________________________________________________________12-89 Data Collection______________________________________________________________15-25 Beach Profiles________________________________________________16-18 Pebble Analysis_______________________________________________19-20 Groyne Measurements__________________________________________21-22 Tourism

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Development of the leisure and recreation industry

Unit 1 Leisure & Recreation Development of the leisure and recreation industry Increase in leisure time available for many individuals . Increase in disposable income . Improved mobility . Demographic Changes . Technological developments . Government legislation . Changing fashion, changing trends . Summary . Significance of the Leisure and recreation industry Consumer spending in the UK . Employment statistics . Participation trends . Culture and social significance . Summary . Structure of the Leisure and Recreation industry Public sector Central government . Department of culture, media and sport . Sports councils . English heritage . Local authorities . List of leisure facilities . Mission statement . Funding . Private sector . Partnerships . Private limited companies . Public limited companies . Co - operatives . Voluntary sector . Components of the Leisure and Recreation industry Arts and entertainment . Sports and physical recreation . Heritage . Catering . Countryside recreation . Home based leisure . Range of Employment opportunities in leisure and recreation Arts and entertainment . Sports and physical recreation . Heritage . Catering . Countryside recreation . Home

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Do the Characteristics of a river change downstream?

Geography Coursework Year's 10 and 11 Do the Characteristics of a river change downstream? Summer 2003 James black Section 1 - Introduction During this investigation, we aim to find out how the River Wharfe's characteristics change from its source to its middle course. Some of these characteristics are of course physical such as the width and depth of the river, the lithology of the bedload and so on, others are affected by human influence such as the type of bedload, and land use either side of the river valley. I have decided to choose the examples of Backstone Beck and the River Wharfe to see if the knowledge that I have gained in lessons concerning the theory of rivers applies to these real life examples. I have chosen to study the River Wharfe because not only is it one of the major rivers in Northern England but also flows through Ilkely, near our school meaning accessibility is not a problem. The site at which we will be conducting our experiments is far away enough from the source that it demonstrates the lower/middle course of the river. It also has little human influence making it relatively natural. I have selected to study Backstone Back since it is a tributary of the River Wharfe and therefore more accessible than the source. It is also a good representation of the upper course and should provide me with good contrasting results. We are not able to

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A report concerning new business development in the local area, which is the Paddington Basin Regeneration Project. As this development will have many different and significant environmental impacts

Bojana Simulija 13A1 Paddington Basin Development Assignment INTRODUCTION For this assignment our group is requested to write a report concerning new business development in the local area, which is the Paddington Basin Regeneration Project. As this development will have many different and significant environmental impacts, it is our group's objective to further investigate the effects of this development on the local residents. We are aiming to explore the background to the development, the effects on the environment, the social costs and benefits in terms of quality of life indicators. Additionally the various stakeholders (in our case local residents), and also pressure groups involved. Furthermore, legal constraints or government intervention which would evidently effect this development, are other key areas our group shall consider in order to gain a clear insight into the benefits and drawbacks as a result of this development. As stated on the Paddington Basin Development website, Paddington Basin is no longer simply a major regeneration opportunity, and is fast establishing itself as a premier business, residential, healthcare and leisure district of central London. It offers unrivalled, first class opportunities and its position in the central London and links with west London make it a perfect location for international business modern living and unsurpassed

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International Ecotourism Management: Using Australia and Africa as Case Studies.

International Ecotourism Management: Using Australia and Africa as Case Studies Nature-based tourism is a rapidly expanding portion of the world's travel market. Many of the destinations are national parks, game reserves and other types of protected areas. Nature tourism is a very important export industry throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa. The size of the industry causes impacts that require sophisticated management approaches. This paper discusses key management issues apparent world-wide: management of environmental quality, limits of acceptable change, management of tourist use, allocation of access, market specialisation, management of recreation conflict, enforcement and monitoring, consumer assurance of quality, facility design, park financial viability and community development. North American, Australian and African experiences in these areas are emphasised. Introduction In western society, travel to experience wild nature is an old and well-accepted phenomenon. Starting in 1872 in the United States with Yellowstone Park, in 1879 in Australia with Royal Park and in 1885 in Canada with Banff Park and Niagara Falls, governments set aside natural areas for protection and recreation in the form of national parks. Many African national parks originated as game reserves. The first national parks were Albert National Park, created in the Belgian Congo in 1925, and

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Geography revision - flooding - Urbanisation - Population problems

Case studies : . Mississippi Flood 1993 2. European Flooding 1994-5 3. Bangladesh Flooding 4. 3 Dams Flood Control 5. Sea Pollution North Sea 6. Braer Disaster 1993 7. Raw Material Orientated Industry St Helens 8. High Technology Industry Livingstone New Town 9. Bluewater Regional Shopping Centre 0. Docklands 1. Peterborough Traffic Problems 2. Counter-Urbanisation Woodbury Devon 3. Rural to Urban Migration in Brazil 4. Bangladesh Shanty Towns 5. Sierra Leone Population Problems 6. Sweden Population Decrease 7. China Population Policies 8. Mexico to USA immigration 9. Amazon Rainforest 20. African Fuelwood Crisis 21. Impact of Changing energy on Holmewood North Derbyshire 22. South Korea This is the complete list of all the case studies by Rebeca . Mississippi Flood 1993 High risk: Prone to flooding, many tributaries & for much of course is above flood plains Causes: Cool dry Canalan air combines with unstable air from the Gulf of Mexico Heavy rain saturates flood basin - April Thunderstorms & flash floods lead to heavy rain and run off - June Record rainfall on already saturated ground - July Effects: Bridges washed away and levees collapse, which protected towns Roads and railways collapse (only 1 road bridge open, no rail) Cities flood ruining property and river traffic stops Farmland becomes unworkable leading to loss of income

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Mount St. Helens - Natural disasters.

All the below text is my own and has not been copied in bulk, except from page 15 onwards, and text in italic which is a definition. MOUNT ST HELENS Where is Mount St. Helens? Mount St Helens was 9,667 feet high volcano located at 46.20 N by 122.18 W in southwest Washington State, approximately a 3-hour drive from Seattle, 90 miles away and a 2.5 hour drive from Portland, Oregon 65 miles away. The volcano is in The Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument. On the North American plate, located near a convergent plate boundary. In an area called the cascades. I saw the volcano in the year 2000 when I went on a holiday around America. Formed from an earlier volcano that existed 25,000 years ago, but St. Helens is relatively new. In fact, younger than the pyramids of Egypt that are 4,000 years old Mount St Helens was a stratovolcano, made of layers of lava, pyroclastic deposits also known as tephras, and mudflow deposits. To the natives- The Sanpoil Indians the volcano was sacred; they had seen its previous eruptions. They had different names for the volcano, Some of the names given to the mountain were Lawelatla ("One From Whom Smoke Comes"), Louwala-Clough ("Smoking Mountain"), Tah-one-lat-clah ("Fire Mountain") and the most commonly used name today Loo-wit ("Keeper of the Fire"). The local tribes would not fish in Spirit Lake, believing

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Investigating Travel & Tourism

Unit 1 - Investigating Travel & Tourism Table of Contents UNIT 1 - INVESTIGATING TRAVEL & TOURISM 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 E1 KEY POST-WAR DEVELOPMENTS 5 . The changing social economic circumstances 7 2. Technological developments 7 3. Product development and innovation 7 4. Changing consumer needs and expectations and fashions 7 E1 CHANGING SOCIAL ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES 8 . Increase in Leisure Time 8 2. Disposable Income 9 3. Car Ownership 10 E1 TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS 11 2. Communication and information systems 12 3. Product Development 12 E1 FEATURES OF THE TRAVEL AND TOURISM INDUSTRY 14 E1 FEATURES OF THE TRAVEL AND TOURISM INDUSTRY 14 The National Tourist Boards (NTB's) 15 The Voluntary Sector 16 New Technologies 16 External Pressures 16 Currency Fluctuation 16 Legislation 17 Climate Change 17 Natural Disasters 17 War, Acts of Terrorism 17 Impact on Host Communities 17 Economic 18 Social 18 Environmental 18 E2 - SCALE OF THE UK INDUSTRY AND ITS ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE 20 Business Tourism 22 E2 - SCALE OF THE UK TRAVEL AND TOURISM INDUSTRY 23 Travel and Tourism Revenue 23 Contribution to the Balance of Payments 23 E2 - SCALE OF THE UK INDUSTRY AND ITS ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE 25 E3 A FULL EXPLANATION OF THE PRESENT STRUCTURE OF THE INDUSTRY 26 . Accommodation and Catering 27 Serviced Accommodation 27 Self Serviced Accommodation

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Different types of travel destination. Study of Cardiff and Barcelona as travel destinations.

Business Towns People travel to business meetings outside of their general workplace everyday. They may travel through public transport (Bus, Train Plane etc.) or they may travel in their car. In doing the meetings they can contribute to the Tourism economy. Business meeting are generally by the mode of transport that the majority of delegates will be using. There are also exhibitions and trade fairs that usually require the attendees to stay overnight for instance Information Technology Education & Exposition fair in Washington where attendees stay overnight. Many large business or organisations will hold annual conventions and use a hotel conference room. Large businesses may also use incentive travel as a way to try and make their employees work harder and better. They may also provide hotels meals etc for important customers for example an investor for a football club may receive free tickets and a hotel for that investor. All capital cities can be classed as a business destination because the government and international business men ands women will use it for conferences and meetings. All major business destinations must have a good transport system into the city, good transport within the city. It must also have many centres for accommodation and conferences that can hold thousands of people. It must also have a range of things for the delegates to do when not in

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