The different factors that effect tourism revenue are Crime, bad publicity, tourism, war, racism, language barriers and the Euro etc…
If a country has a reputation of being bad for crime, this is going to limit the number of people wanting to go to that place on holiday, and therefore loose money because there are no people in their country spending money on accommodation, and that country will have to work hard to establish its self as a safe holiday destination.
If there is a war in or around the country, people are not going to want to go on holiday to any of the countries near where a war is taking place. This is why the Middle East is not a very popular tourist destination because there are constant wars going on and have been for a long time. If there is a terrorist attack on a country, like America, It is going to make people think twice over the safety of the aeroplanes or the country its self.
When most of the other countries in Europe join the Euro, the UK will be one of the few countries in Europe with a different currency, so tourists will not want to bother changing their Euro currency into UK Sterling, and they will loose money on their exchange but they can also get more money for their Euro, so if the exchange rate is high, more foreign people will come to the UK because it will be cheaper and resulting in more money gain for us.
Analyse and explain, using up to date statistics, the direct and indirect figures for employment in the Travel and Tourism industry in the UK.
Hotels etc: 318,700 workers in the UK
Restaurants etc: 356,000 workers in the UK
Bars, Pubs etc: 364,100 workers in the UK
Travel agents etc: 83,500 workers in the UK
Libraries etc: 77,000 workers in the UK
Sport etc: 291,700 workers in the UK
Self-employed: 94,000 in the UK
Total: 1,685,100 employees
Travel and Tourism in the UK is one of the largest employers with all most 1.7 million workers currently employed in and around it. It is estimated that there are 50,000 jobs created every year. The above chart shows all the direct employment, have direct links to the tourists. The indirect employees are the food suppliers and the construction workers.
Many of the jobs available in the industry are in the catering and serving business.
Many of the jobs will initial some travel or tourism knowledge.
Analyse and explain briefly, using up to date statistics:
- The number of tourists coming into the UK from different countries.
b. The number of UK residents taking holidays in the UK.
c. The number of UK tourists taking holidays Outside the UK.
a.
Source: Colins travel and tourism book
More people from the USA visit the UK yearly then any other country in the world.
I think that there are more Americans coming to our country because recently you can get cheap transatlantic flights from America to the UK. The royal family and the tourist attractions also draw the Americans to the UK. France and Germany are high on the inbound tourism list because it has been made easier to cross the channel since the introduction of the channel tunnel. Most of the short haul countries have a inbound tourism statistic of 750,000 except for Spain, this could be that it is a long way to travel for bad weather. Spain is the biggest UK outbound destination because the weather is nice.
- In 1951 there where 26 million people going on domestic holidays, in the 1973 the number of people going on holiday in the UK rose to an all time high when 40 million people where going on holiday in the UK. Since then the domestic market has been going down in popularity and the number of UK tourist going abroad has risen to all time highs. In 1998 the figure for people taking domestic holidays stood at 30 million.
c.
The two popular destinations (Spain & France) are the most popular because of cheep flights and the introduction of the channel tunnel. You can now get flights to Spain for under £100. Which has seen the number of tourists to Spain increase. The introduction of the channel tunnel has increased the number of tourists going to france because it takes under a hour to get to france
c. The most popular place for UK tourists is Spain where 8.500.000 UK tourists went in the year 1998.
Domestic Tourism
After look at the table, it is clear that London has the largest number of tourists. This is because London has the greatest attraction, it is the capital of England, and has the most to see.
Bibliography
Collins Travel and Tourism text book
