Tourism Essays

London has a number of renowned tourist attractions. In 2011 London was visited by 15.3 million international visitors. In the same year, the visitors spent 9.4 million pounds which were more than half of the total amount spent in the entire United Kingdom by tourists. London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and England.

Tourism plays a vital role in trade and liberalization and enhancing the economies of the respective countries. Despite the positive effect that tourism imposes it also has negative impacts. Unrestrained tourism expansion can inflict unfavorable force on the physical and social settings. Thus poorly controlled tourism leads to deforestation and wearing down.

Within one year the number of tourists in Egypt declined to around 9 million from 13 million tourists (Eraqi, 2008). This was a huge decline forcing the government to come up with a rebranding strategy aimed at reviving the tourism sector. Currently, Egypt has been experiencing an increase in the number of tourists visiting the country. 

Berlin City is among the world’s oldest urban centers having been established for more than 775 years (Planet and Schulte-Peevers, 2012). Through these years, all generations have lived there and have left their monuments as well as landmarks. The city is blessed with spectacular and unique images recognizable across Europe and the world over. 

According to Hall and Lew (1998) development of sustainable tourism requires policies that are scale and context-specific. The development also requires local management of resources. Sustainable tourism requires calmness, caution, and commitment that is long-term. It is shaped by international economic restructuring and local destination’s position.

The paper will propose the basic approaches of managing the heritage sites by providing sustainable visitor and site management system. This will be developed after a consideration of the wider international practices and literature and the approaches used in managing the cultural heritage sites in Scotland. 

The value of tourism in any nation cannot be undermined or understated. It is not only a source of income that results in growth in the economy but it also plays a great role of employment creation, fostering national interrelations, promoting the society and overall country development among others. Different countries experience different volumes of tourists.

The world today has embraced the trend in dark tourism and many have used the urges to make money out of the curiosity that comes with death and disasters. Undeniably, death and disaster are components of the human life and to some preservation of areas where the death happened is a form of heritage.  

Oslo is a modest city whose tourist attractions and their significance far outweigh its size. The Holmenkollen National Ski Arena attracts the highest number of tourists both local and international owing to the expansion it has undergone over the years to accommodate more players and spectators alike.

Tourist industries, in particular, should make use of technological advancements to market their products and services. However, they should be careful in adopting it to avoid giving loopholes to hijackers and cybercrimes. The information posted on their websites should be sufficient only to customers’ satisfaction.

This paper will also examine the historical background of global tourism, its present state amid the prevailing situations, as well as its future state, given the massive influences of climate change on the industry. Tourism has increasingly become a global phenomenon today, with many people traveling to destinations beyond their usual environments.

Most tourism undergraduate programs have the ultimate aim of preparing students to eventually work in the tourism sector. However, the reality is that most students do not easily secure opportunities in the tourism industry after completing their programs. This is undoubtedly contrary to the mission of the government in relation to the policies regulating higher education in the country. 

This report also includes the issues related to economic development of the nation or the tourist destination of London as well as the social and economic impacts over the tourist destination i.e Tower Bridge. The report also highlights the issues related to multiplier effects and leakages as well as the policy frameworks that may prove effective in the future.

Joined-up thinking results in integrated tourism planning that assists in the management of the complex development process. Collaboration in tourism planning is viewed as an interactive approach that requires participation and physical interaction between responsible an organization, the unit of governance and the stakeholders.

Etihad Airlines came into being in the year 2003. In 2012 the airline managed to carry 10.3 million passengers, from Abu Dhabi International Airport, it serves 94 freight destinations in the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia and the Americas, it has a fleet of 77 Air-bus and Boeing aircraft and over 90 aircraft on firm order.

With the continuous evolution of the UK City of Culture, the creative events and a wide range of cultural programs can be observed to have a major influence on the cities to empower its socio-cultural and economic developments. The research evidence associated with the impact of the UK City of Culture Derry-Londonderry has been observed to promote the cultural legacies of the city. 

In this case study existing practices within the hospitality industry will be explained. Following that, critical analysis of the role of mystery shoppers and their contribution to the international hospitality industry will be done. Hospitality has a vast scope that involves airline, resort, entertainment shows, trade fairs and various other facilities. 

2014 FIFA World Cup can significantly contribute to faster tourism growth in Brazil. This mega sporting event would greatly assist the Brazilian tourism sector to attract more foreign visitors and to boost tourism operations in the country. Furthermore, this event can improve the infrastructural landscape of Brazil, which in turn is inevitable to promote tourism development.

The experience gained from working at St. Mary’s Youth center has helped the author to be immensely knowledgeable. He has been able to clearly understand the different concepts used and followed by the youth center in relation to event management. Understanding the nature of the job has improved his flexibility in terms of creativity and on the spot thinking.

The interrelationship between the environmental, cultural and economic factors which might affect the sustainability concept will also be elaborated accordingly. Recommendations regarding improvisations steps will also be included. The method selected to evaluate the sustainable tourism scenario is the qualitative approach of research.

Culture plays an imperative role in the current business environment. The intercultural dimension reflects the relationship between the culture and micro organizational phenomenon including cognition, emotions and motivation, meso-organizational phenomena such as teams and negotiation and macro organizational phenomenon.

The tourism and hospitality industry in Australia is a lucrative sector that has the potential to increase Australia GDP if efforts are made to rid it of the potential threats, the economy can be boosted. The emerging issues that have been the focus of this essay are the labor and skill shortage, the global financial crisis and the changing Australian demographics. 

Oxford city benefits from urban tourism from visitors in the country, the UK, a host of countries in Europe, North America and from the Far East countries such as Japan, China and Korea. This means that the country attracts the length and breadth of visitors mostly from industrialized countries. 

In order to carry out the discussion review of the literature followed critical evaluation has been conducted. Accordingly, it has been ascertained that there exists intense competition within the hospitality industry. In this regard, customer complaint handling has become an important aspect of retaining loyal customers. 

The two departments are related but marketing deals with the external components of any goods and services while Operations management deals with the internal forces and at the same time focus on the general firm’s position. The two departments work in different but one the same organizational goals to give desired outputs. 

“Wolverhampton Heritage Open days” are events that promote the Heritage Tourism Industry. These activities concentrate more on the elderly populations in the Wolverhampton area. As a promotional strategy, these events consider many aspects. These yearly events need to venture beyond just promoting the Heritage Tourism industry but to attract new customers.

Cultural events can be a great resource of economic, social and cultural development of a region. Promoting and giving fresh impetus to cultural heritage can have a positive effect on all aspects of the daily life of a region. A project must be able to generate benefits on an educational, cultural, social and economic level.

Tourism remains an important industry that can highly promote the economic growth of a country. However, apart from the benefits that tourism bestows on a nation, there are also adverse effects of tourism on a country. This paper explaines how tourism development in Wales affects the environment, economy, and culture of the country.

A tourist information center does many tasks. These include making reservations on behalf of the clients, booking accommodation and selling gifts and souvenirs to the tourists. Most visitor centers are often located near locations of specific attractions or areas where there is a specific interest. These regions include a national park, a particular landmark, a forest or a park.

The report primarily contains the event concept articulating the adventure sporting events that would be entailed in the festival, a brief description along with the rationale of the event structure, risk assessment, stakeholder management plan, marketing & promotional strategies, an evaluation of the potential impact of the planned adventure sports festival and an estimated budget for the festival.    

This essay will help tourists to get a clear picture of the tourism scenario of Bangladesh. It would help the Bangladeshi Government also to evaluate its tourism industry. This essay will critically evaluate and rebrand Bangladesh as a tourism destination. This essay will discuss different aspects relating to evaluations and rebranding of Bangladesh as a destination for tourism.

The aim of this report is to identify, explore and understand the tourism legacy of the 2012 London Olympic Games. This research focused on reporting the tourism legacy from observational results of the actual events taking place after the mega-event. It took a qualitative approach to research and investigated the legacy of tourism after the 2012 London Olympics. 

The businesses obtain raw materials from the market, process the raw materials and retail the finished products in the form of food. In order to achieve the desired profitability, food and beverage companies have effective price determination systems. Such systems provide the companies with adequate understanding of the cost of doing business.

The international tourism sector exhibits an ever-expanding industry assuring wider scopes of development. However, due to the larger domain of activities, the impacts caused by international tourism can be categorized under both positive and negative sections. To be noted in this regard, the globalization of international trade serves as the catalyst for job creation.

the tourism industry experiences a large deficit due to the recession that occurred in the late part of the 21 century. Another example of how external factors influence tourism is the H1N1 virus. Therefore, in assessing all these factors one can see that the tourism industry is very specialized at the same time is largely influenced by external features.

The report will identify both sustainable and unsustainable practices in the tourism industry of Koh Phi Phi, and propose measures which can be undertaken to move the industry in a new sustainable direction. The islands of Koh Phi Phi are located in Southerneast Asia, a short boat ride from Thailand’s main tourist island of Phuket in the Andaman sea. 

The paper examines the main factors that will be considered before the building is changed for hospitality purposes. The new hospitality concept is being suggested on several bases and this is meant to provide a good basis for the redevelopment of the redundant industry. The paper will undertake a number of activities to suggest an appropriate model. 

On the basis of data collected through various online and offline resources, the report not only highlights the key management issues but it also describes the sustainable tourism and the recommendations to improve it. The last part of the report is regarding HRM policies of TUI in the perspective of global hospitality.

Increasing numbers of domestic and international visitors across the world travel to public gardens, parks and botanic gardens. One of the famous tourist attractions is the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, London. The gardens offer a sustainable form of tourism development, with beneficial outcomes to the tourism economy for its local communities and region.

A large number of models have been presented on the basis of the development of the tourism system. Amongst some of these models lie outstanding ones like Weaver and Lawton’s model of the tourism system, Miller's B-L-T Model of a Tourism System and Ludwig von Bertalanffy’s system of Tourism.

DMS implies several critical variables. First, there is a cooperation variable amongst organizations and stakeholders within a tourism location. As cited by this paper, the partnerships, participation, engagement and collaboration among stakeholders is one of the most effective ways by which destination tourism can achieve some measure of success.

It can be analyzed that in modern times, it is quite significant for an individual to possess the necessary skills and capabilities so that he/she can fit within the organization effectively and thus assist in the attainment of the goals of the organization. Teamwork, leadership and adequate problem-solving skills are quite effective when the organization faces certain issues. 

This report is an invaluable tool for evaluating the probability of success and risk associated with a new restaurant plan for ''Cheltenham Masala’’. The establishment of any restaurant is a viable endeavor. The investor has to consider so many factors, which require high involvement in decision making for opening this new restaurant.

The report provides a brief recommendation on the way forward concerning the implementation of the concept. There are various ways of managing hospitality resources in order to ensure the purposes of hospitality are attained. It is imperative to observe that this paper entails scenario whereby a senior manager of hospitality is tasked with developing a concept for a redundant building. 

The current paper identifies and presents the trends in the event tourism industry outside of the United States. By initially discussing an overview of the global tourism market, it is disclosed that there are vast opportunities for events organizers all over the world to plan and focus on addressing the needs and preferences of international tourists.

Only satisfied customers spread positive feedback about a particular service organization. On the other hand, dissatisfied customers may spread negative feedbacks and rumors about an organization. All the employees in a service organization should work together for the betterment of the organization.

The Statue of Liberty and the Tower of Eiffel are iconic structures that draw viewers from all over the globe, and they give aesthetic beauty to the European continent. These structures have promoted tourism activities in the areas and therefore, promoting other industries such as hospitality and cultural sectors. 

Some factors act as major drivers for change in the tourism sector. These factors are of interest in any region, country or organization that wants to gain a competitive edge in the tourism sector. In addressing the issue of security and safety, the paper will also look into details of the various drivers of change in the tourism sector. Methods used to analyze these drivers of change will as be discussed briefly.

The UNWTO is thorough in its support of international tourism development. It is the foremost organization in the tourism industry around the world. It has clout in international matters. The organization networks organize conferences, disseminates information, educates and trains, formulates statutory instruments and give technical support.

By the look of the many cultural displays is an instant reminder of Native American history. The hands-on approach including the smell, touch, and seeing different available cultural items is enjoyable.  The service is top-notch and the food is terrific. I would strongly advise anyone to visit the Wagmatcook Culture & Heritage Centre to get a good understanding of the Mi'kmaq community, history, and culture.