Tourism Essays

Ever since it has invited large scale investments from the Mexican and the International hospitality industry. Today it has 140 hotels with 24000 rooms and 190 flights and 4 million visitors each year. Cancun is served by large market places where tourists brush shoulders with locals to buy the traditional and fast-moving consumer durable products.

These results are consistent with those of Bigne, Sanchez, and Sanchez who empirically investigated structural interrelationships among destination image, quality, satisfaction, and after-purchase behavior. Similar to the results for the current study on the London Eye which is an architectural landmark.

Like most industries and products, global tourism (as well as individual destination) is affected by the forces of demand and supply. Acts of terrorism, war, and natural calamities in an area can change the perception of prospective tourists about that place and can result in a drastic fall in arrivals. The situation is worse now with the collapse of the economy.

Without the advances of the industrial revolution, much of the organization of mass tourism that took place in the mid-nineteenth century would not have been possible.  At the same time, much of the mass tourism that took place had the effect of imposing a largely European ideal upon those lands most traveled to.

The use of a balanced scorecard for performance measurement is not a new practice. However nowadays the more complex business operation is trying to adapt this kind of scientific and technically sophisticated system to have a close look at the performance of the various departments of their organization. A multifunctional organization like a travel agency will be most benefited by the concept of Balanced Scorecard.

In the present time where the world has been hit with a serious pandemic which has claimed several lives across the world, it is essential to concentrate and study a little about how the pandemic has affected the tourism industry. The country chosen for this study is United Kingdom and the city chosen is London.

In addition, the research seeks to determine the attitudes of nationals and tourists towards the steps, developments and changes that have occurred in the tourism sector of the country. This research will be limited to the Middle East and more specifically Saudi Arabia as a country and kingdom. With reference to the description of tourism, this research will adopt a less strict definition of tourism.  

Visitors interested in history will definitely visit La Comandancia de la Plata, Fidel Castro’s ancient guerrilla in the mountains, Che’s Havana headquarters at the picturesque Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabana, and Presidio Modelo on mellow Isla de la Juventud, where Fidel Castro was held with other rebellions.

Our natural habitats have been subjected to great changes on the planet’s soil and have had to accommodate the human need to build huge structures.The need for responsible travel to the various natural sites of the world is important because many times, without even realizing, tourists tend to disrupt the natural balance of the site being visited (Quest, 1996).

The merchandising activities of the events are essential in the development of the branding of the destination and the events. Various merchandising products may be brought in the market bearing resemblance to the events. The use of the jerseys of the sportspersons and the athletes may be used for the promotion of the event.

The research aims at assessing the potential alternatives that the Romanian government can explore in order to attract service industry benefits for the national economy, maximizes local, regional and international tourism market exploitation through government policy approach and explores the capacity of Local Tourism Governance Approaches.

Mega events such as the World Cup foster dialogue and cooperation between people and nations. They are able to attract massive foreign capital; they boost tourism and contribute towards regeneration and achievement of broader development goals. The study reveals that the weaknesses are many as the nation is still an emerging economy but the opportunities are plenty.

The need to ensure the provision of excellent hospitality services in the hotel industry has given rise to hospitality management, a technically advanced field that attempts at delving into the minds of customers and exploring their perceptions of hospitality. Various physical variables govern the hospitality sector. 

Tourism is one of the world’s main economic activities which has had a huge impact on local as well as international communities with regards to tourist destinations. It has also positively impacted the economic growth and increased employment opportunities in Europe. Resilience has been observed and this has been largely attributed to the importance attached by European citizens to holidays and travel.

The tourism in the UK is undoubtedly a large revenue earner (both in terms of domestic and foreign visitors) for its economic system, yet had been neglected at the national level for many years, with tourism policymaking left in the hands of the LAs. With LAs ruling supreme, the primary focus in the UK tourism policies was mainly on making economic gains.

Various aspects regarding the different organizations that are responsible for managing or encouraging tourism and visitors to the destination area, their structures, their vision statements, their roles and responsibilities, varied attractions of the destination i.e., of Vancouver, destination statistics along its economic impact will also be taken into concern in the discussion of this paper.

Recent times have experienced a record increase in the number of resorts, spas, and hotels offering luxurious surroundings of natural beauty, which provide advanced health and education facilities, lifestyle training, and myriad other opportunities to enhance consumers’ health and wellness. The tourism industry is awash with resorts, spas, and hotels, which offer superior consumer services. 

The places are usually designated as those that have a special significance to humanity. The selection process of these places is usually a rather complicated one majorly due to the fact that there are several places that may all be proposed for inscription as a world heritage site. The body that elects those sites that are to be listed as the world heritage sites is the United Nations General Assembly.

This project will examine whether one trillion Japanese yen is feasible or attainable to determine if the number needs to be adjusted. As 2012 will mark the launch of the next ten-year development, all aspects especially in the tourism sector will be reviewed and evaluated. It scans the environmental drivers, identifying the strengths and weakness of the future growth.  

Tourism is a lucrative industry that requires coordinated management efforts by all stakeholders to ensure the realization of full benefits. A country must invest in conservation and protection activities of its national parks, marine parks and game reserves within its jurisdiction to attract and sustain the maximum number of tourists.

The media has allowed the food culture of various countries to be known by everyone and this information helps tourists to enjoy the food of each tourist destination accordingly. People have started researching on the different cuisines available worldwide. Through advertising mediums, the continental cuisines and food products have started gaining market share in different countries.

A positive reputation is so important to anyone who needs not just a future but a bright future. The author is conscious of how his actions affect the environment surrounding him and all other people around him and so the author always finds ways to reduce negative impacts on everyone around him. He believes that he is creative even in a continuously changing environment.

Travel advice can be either partial or impartial. The reasons depend on the source of information on the aim. Governments are said to act based on the political and economic interests of the nation. Companies are known to act based on the number of revenues generated. Partial and impartial travel advice is issued with definite goals in mind.

Tourism in New Zealand contributes to about 9 percent of GDP and directly or indirectly provides 10 percent of all jobs. Therefore, the sector deserves the attention it gets from government departments, political parties, politicians, key stakeholders, and the wider public. The country is arguably a top tourist destination as seen from the many awards it has received from different sources.

There are two trends emerging in the tourism sector. First, people visit historical places, hill stations, seashores, and other important places of domestic land. Second, people travel abroad to visit famous foreign tourist destinations. The explosive growth of tourism sectors over the last decade has encouraged national governments to design projects with regard to tourism planning.

This study seeks to also determine the current state of tourism in London and the gaps in relation to sustainable tourism.  Based on related studies, sustainable tourism includes the application of appropriate and sustainable land use activities, as well as conservation practices.  The participation of the private and public sector are crucial determinants in securing sustainable tourism.

Authenticity in urban tourism does not make much difference to the experience as it does in the case of eco-tourism or rural tourism. The search for authentic tourism is actually motivated by existential ideas that make a tourist discover the self through exposure to diverse cultures. Dubai and Bangkok are places with low authenticity but high levels of urban tourism.

This paper covers a theoretical explanation of the employability skills the author could develop from his previous academic experiences and draw towards a critical review of his learning in these particular areas. In the current phenomenon, diversity is often regarded as one of the vital aspects of the hospitality industry.

This paper will also look forward to recommending the means through which the communication can become more faster and reliable and different technologies will be discussed that can be efficiently deployed in order to increase the satisfaction of the tourist. It takes a look into the matter that how the relationship between the top management of any hotel can be improved.

Ecotourism has six principles that it focuses on; minimizing impact, building cultural and environmental respect and awareness, providing both visitors and hosts positive experiences, providing direct financial benefits for conservation and raising sensitivity to host countries’ environmental, political and social climate.

Even though the phases of family development are more variable and less distinct when compared to the phases of personal development, such a conceptualization can assist a person to assess a household’s functioning in a wider context, and improved comprehension of the family’s problems, as well as the strengths. 

Tourism is a journey in search of authenticity. It is also a commercial activity, and businessmen in this sector understand the needs of tourists in search of authenticity and as such, they develop certain cultural and social values that are not authentic. The purposes of this behavior are to satisfy the needs of their customers. 

The main disadvantages of the hosting of the games are the huge cost is involved. The experts estimate the total cost of hosting the Olympic Games at the amount of £ 9 billion. There would be a £ 500 million operating loss for the UK funding sources. This huge cost represents a drawback for the British government, which suffers from a financial crisis.

Not only are the lay people not clear about the definition of the various types of spas, but even in some cases the professionals who run these spas may not be completely and competently aware of the definitions of the various types of spas. One type of spa that has not received the right definition is the resort spa. 

Culinary tourism like any tourism plays a major role in revenue accumulation of any given country.  This is clearly seen as Ontario which one of the provinces in Canada gets revenue from selling farm produce to culinary tourism companies. The farmers are having complaints due to the rising trends of importation and land fragmentation for residential purposes.

International Tourism has shown that no matter what type of tourism is undertaken there will always be a series of impacts on both environmental and social levels. Tourism can be alternative or mass tourism. It is seen that mass tourism has the deepest and visible impact at the destination level, being mostly of negative ones.

The business will be located in Las Vegas. The theme of the business is “Casino resort for all you desire”. This is to cater to the large size of the business that requires large tracts of land for its establishment. The business ideal customers cover all classes of people. The products will stand unique in the market because of the affordable prices that they will be charged.

The environment has numerous effects on sustainable tourism planning and development. The external theory has been used to describe this relationship and this has been combined with a literature review of some of the works on this relationship. Future research should research more on this issue to come up with solutions to the environmental issues affecting sustainable tourism.

The critique of this research has been very vital in broadening my scope of thinking with reference to research analysis. People conduct different kinds of research for various intentions. Critiquing research helps consider whether important procedures in typical research exercises are considered. 

The tourism industry also deals with an immeasurable product. The tourists experience is what qualifies as the product in this industry. Unlike in other industries which are classified according to goods and services produced, the tourism industry is defined by the nature of the tourist who demands the product. 

Fes is the capital city of Morocco and it is identified to blend old culture and new traditions in an appropriate manner. Berlin is the capital city of Germany. Additionally, the city possesses various cultural opportunities. Beijing is the capital city of China, which is regarded as the major center of conducting effective cultural, political along with financial activities.

Volunteer tourism has been widely recognized as a very prospective sector of tourism that provides benefits to both host communities and tourists. It is generally considered as an alternative form of tourism, which, according to some volunteers, comes under the subdivisions of ecotourism (Guttentag, 2009, p. 540).

Volunteer tourism has been gaining popularity since the 1990s. Volunteer tourism entails traveling for charity (Callanan and Thomas). The volunteers usually offer a variety of services ranging from semi skilled jobs like cleaning more skilled jobs like medical services. Initially, volunteer tourism was taken by people who had a common cause it, however, developed in the 1990s where both high school and college students began getting involved.

Houston City entails some of the youngest populations in the United States. Government officials attribute this to an increase in the number of immigrants in Texas (Lee, 2012). The authorities approximate that the city has almost half a million people staying in the city without official documentation.

The human resource practices in the tourism and hospitality industries have evolved, just like those of other industries. However, the rate with which they have evolved to match the changing circumstances is not satisfactory. Furthermore, in their evolution, human resource managers have had to adopt some practices that are only unique to the hospitality and tourism industries.

Around the world, people rent accommodation from strangers through Airbnb. Others are outsourcing grocery trips to TaskRabbits as they move around town using vehicles from the ride-sharing service called BlaBlaCar. All these people are taking part in a $26 billion industry called the sharing economy. The sharing economy has grown from only a niche market into a mainstream social movement.

The objectives of the research would be to determine if the sustainable establishment of the national park can be archived, to find out the effect of the establishment of the national park on the local population. The third objective is to determine how national parks have helped in the conservation of the ecosystem. 

Tourism is a very important part of the business community. It is one of the major sources of income in many countries. Host countries can enhance the tourism business by doing more research on improving their products and services. People around the world should travel more and experience the diversity of cultures and make the best use of their leisure time. 

The project’s objectives are to help social tables better understand the difference between meeting planners and hotels. There is a big difference between these two terms, and with the differences come the knowledge of how to handle the differences between these two sectors of business. The planners have to be sentimental about what is to be done.

In discussing the rapid changes that Brazil has carried this paper adopted windows of opportunity as the theoretical concept under decisive moments theories to understand the economic and social changes that Brazil adopted in preparing for the World Cup. The triple bottom line theory was also applied to better understand the three dimensions of performance: finance, environment and social.