Tourism Essays

At the center of this analysis is a brief history of Beckham's rise to the limelight and a discussion of what exactly made him an adorable football and fashion icon that he eventually came to be. What made him stand out from other football players at his time and even more, why this fame spread far and wide beyond the pitch is a subject also discussed here.

Tourism is frequently presented as the option for indigenous communities to improve their marginal economic status and living standards. However, to some extent tourism also has distorted and appropriated indigenous cultural heritage and knowledge for their own commercial interests. Tourism may provide positive economic outcomes for indigenous communities, but negatively to socio-cultural aspects.

Most historians and geographers argued that images have a crucial and formative function in the practices of tourism. The tourists do respond to the images that are in circulation that concern their touristic destinations. The contemporary cultural identity has been enhanced with the interaction between tourism and visual culture.

Tourism’s contribution to a nation is of such great extent that any deterioration in it can seriously affect the economy of that nation. Hence, the governments of the nations, targeted by terrorism, should formulate policies and adopt security measures that can successfully counter terrorist attacks on the tourism industry.

Mountains are physical projections higher than the normal level of the environment. They are higher than in the hills. Culture, on the other hand, is the way of life of a particular group of people at a certain time. Therefore, mountain culture is the livelihood of people living around mountains, their manner of conducting their activities, behaviors, and routines.

Tourism is a widely spread and highly demanding activity which has now taken the form of one of the largest industries in the world. In general terms, tourism refers to the traveling that is done by people for the purpose of pleasure or other purposes. Like what religion people from a particular country or place follows, what they eat, what they wear.  

However, the paper will also describe in details how the government can improve service provision with enhanced security so that tourists do not compromise on the tourist’s attraction areas and the population at large.

I have always wanted to travel to Asia, and finding a place there to volunteer, while still being able to experience the culture and enjoy myself, certainly sounds appealing. I have heard that Thailand is a beautiful country with many things to do and see. That would be a place to go and volunteer, while being a tourist at the same time.  

The author states that for many centuries, Fisherman wharf historic waterfront has been the hub of the cities fleet of fishing. The area has been famous for its variety and the depth of its harvest, as well as having the best restaurants selling seafood in northern Carolina. To date, Fisherman’s wharf is still renowned for its several tourists’ sites.

In the context, tourism has contributed to boosting in any sectors of the economy through the foreign exchange that is earned from the sectors and the practices in the tourism industry. Tourism is able to bring about economic growth and also social benefits when well managed. The benefits are always great in developing countries and rural areas. 

The next negative effect on the economy is that a large number of tourists easily damages the environment. As a consequence, the tourists bring problems like footpath erosion, littering, and pollution. All of these take substantial money and effort to clean up, funds which could have been channeled to other useful projects.

The slow and dreadful boiling of the lobster is considered a cruel treatment that forms the basis of arguments on human moral values towards nature. Critical evaluation of biological and anatomical concepts surrounding lobster and their painful experience during the festival evokes emotions.

Tourism is a major socio-economic force in most countries that depend on tourism activities. It leads to the generation of income as well as the promotion of local heritage. Tohidy (2011) notes that in many countries, tourism has been viewed as a promoter of development. The government is a partner in the growth of this sector through the promotion of policies that support the growth of the tourism sector. 

Sustainability can be maintained by an effective approach of adaptability. Base on the fact, it can be notified that managers should approach any step cautiously rather than trying to establish space-time relations and maintaining steady stage relations. The process of continual social learning and experimenting can help to build resilience by the concept of adaptive management.

The city of Fremantle is a port city, situated in Western Australia, about 19-kilo meters southwest of the capital city, Perth. It is surrounded by the Swan River and has beautiful landscapes, heritage architecture, and historical sites. It is a beautiful blend of music, arts, and culture which further adds to the charm of this place, making it a popular tourist destination for visitors.

Up to date, the idea of traveling abroad and engaging in volunteer activities is an acceptable trend. Many organizations offer services ranging from registration, advice provision and sharing experiences about volunteering alongside tourism. In this, they entice people to seek alternative tourism avenues that are mutually beneficial.

Preserving the ecological resources is especially true for islands like Hawaii which accredits a maximum proportion of its revenue to tourism. One of the ways to attain sustainable tourism is to exchange important data between the stakeholders. The stakeholders and the community should be made to support and participate in protecting tourism. 

A global context of the development of wellness tourism in Australia introduces specific features into this business. Spa centers are being gradually transformed into spa towns and huge centers. With regard to international trends of wellness tourism development all over the world, Australian wellness tourism is marked by a steady growth of luxury spa centers.

The notion of a commodity chain is a useful and pervasive metaphor for thinking about links between production, distribution, and consumption of goods or services. According to Clancy, it is possible to consider a commodity chain as a network of labor and production processes that deliver a finished product or service as the end result.

There several impacts associated with hosting events that correlate with economic and social developments. South Africa is one of the nations in the world that has used sports tourism in promoting itself as a foremost sports event destination. The hosting of the FIFA World Cups since 1994 has increased destination awareness in tourists.

The local color or flavor of a region would be distinctive from other cultural tourism destinations. Without any doubt, Melbourne’s ancient decorative art specifically painting was truly exotic and exquisite with unique designs and motifs together with its complex rituals, process, and mythology of the paints.

The government of Singapore has a special emphasis on this important policy as it is one of the main sources to maintain the foreign cash flow within the country. Being one of the most beautiful places in the world, Singapore attracts millions of visitors each year. It is one of the favourite tourist destinations in the Asia Pacific region. 

Most of these sectors realize faster growth in the event they include both local and foreign customers. Most incomes that impact the economy in a great way are the foreign exchange. This is because some sectors are able to transact with other partners from foreign countries. 

It has been discussed with due importance that tourism is a leisure activity for the customers and is quite different from other fields of the service industry. There is no hard and fast requirement for the client to tour any particular area, neither is there any compulsion for him to get associated with any particular tourism organization.

With the global economy continuously creating the need for rest and recreation services, the hospitality industry, especially tourism, has registered a significant impact in the global economy contributing 2 trillion USD and 15% of world’s employment for the year 2000 alone. (Faulkner, Mascardo, & Laws 2000, qtd. in Kasim & Scarlat 2007: 7). 

In many cases, people could not understand the context of their responsibilities – within their new role in the society. The introduction of codes of ethical standards and procedures helped people to understand their responsibilities and the results of the potential violation of ethical rules by their side.

UNESCO is instrumental in tapping the resources of tourism through its indigenous methods and creating a special place for the current visitors and helps in preserving the sites for all future travelers as well. It strives to bring a balanced and harmonious journey through the networks which bring the places of the world closer.

The paper shows that the firm has not engaged in the specific activity in the past; this means that there is no available net of coordinators for the arrangement of the relevant activities; relationships should be developed with local agents in areas where the niche tourism activities are likely to take place. 

If one analyzes the historical concept of ecotourism there are certain parameters which we would find missing in the modern day’s analysis of the concept. Ideally, there should be no or minimal impact on the ecosystem and the natural habitat, but due to the unrestricted of the number of tourists, most of the eco-tours are actually harming the environment.  

The cultural eating habits, along with their choice of menu and eating style, is only a cultural misgiving with international travelers and should not create problems with creating a positive brand identity if it can be corrected. This problem does not if handled properly, have to necessarily make travelers select a different destination.

With an impressive growth of the global tourism industry, the Latin American travel and tourism industry has also forwarded its leaps in the past two decades. In 2005, Latin America accounted for the third-highest number of tourists arrivals of 133 million (16 %), following Europe with 56% (444 million) and the Asia Pacific with 19% (156 million).

“The EPA reports that there is no safe level of secondhand smoke. An overwhelming body of scientific and medical evidence has proven that it causes lung cancer and heart disease among nonsmokers who are exposed to it”(Reynolds). 

The author has used adequate evidence to justify his discussion. He has used various sources and credentials to support his article. In his argument, the author explains the linkage between economic growth and economic degradation which has led to negative outcomes on the value of tourism products. 

One of the strengths provided in the above definition is that tourism is also a planned activity and a deliberate process undertaken by a tourist with a primary objective of satisfying his own felt deprivation. In other words, the tourist makes the choice of the tourist attraction and destination out of his/her own free will (Hall, 2003).

Dubai has expressed the capacity to rise above any of these challenges and has positioned itself as a fairly popular tourist destination (Aziz, 2010).  Therefore, it is a fascinating example of a great successful tourism center in the Middle East, which is realizing its tourism potential and establishing new opportunities.

Tourism in the last few decades has become a trendy international leisure bustle. In 2011, there were approximately over 950 million global tourist arrivals recording a growth are of 7.1% when compared to the 2010 arrivals. Global tourist earnings increased to 20 billion US Dollars, which corresponds to a growth of 4.8% in real terms. 

Tourism enables tourists to gain an understanding of an unfamiliar people, place, or time and preservation of cultural traditions among others. On social impact, tourism increases the local community's pride and self-confidence and creates new social and economic opportunities that decrease social inequity.

For a long time now, tourism has become a major foreign exchange earner for Australia, majorly due to the natural environment and other tourism activities that have placed Australia in the global picture. Only recently, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge chose Australia as one of their preferred tourism destinations.  

Personal selling will be used in a situation where people are involved in the provision of s specific service or a product. For instance, individuals involved in selling foodstuffs will contact tourists directly by informing them about the products on the menu so that they can make a choice whether to buy the products or not.

Policies and plans should be fully integrated with the action plan on a regular basis and they should be monitored constantly. Economic development should not be the key focus of tourism policy and planning, other areas of focus should not be ignored such as protecting tourism resource assets, enhancing customer satisfaction, and the integration of the socio-economic lives of the communities.

The impacts that are likely to be experienced in the next decade and beyond would impact tourism significantly as shown in the paper. Most importantly, governments and policymakers should use the above statistics to come up with measures that would at least reduce the contribution of tourism to climate change. 

There is a significant contribution of international tourism to climate change. As has been seen in the report, the industry has direct and indirect contributions to climate change. The sectors that tourism is dependent on are the key sources of climate change. This includes the transport and accommodation sectors of the economy. 

In Indonesia, ecotourism employs more local people than mainstream tourism. There is also less loss of revenue as evidenced by mass tourism. Mass tourism only focuses on economic returns and fails to look at conservation. Nature and culture are the two distinct features of Indonesia's ecotourism. Indonesia's ecotourism has 60% nature and 40% culture.

The flurry of tourists from other countries breeds international cooperation and creates stable business for Jordan on the international front. Furthermore, tourism inspires patriotism in the country’s citizens. Touring the country enables the citizens to experience their own rich culture and history.

The author of the paper argues in a well-organized manner that the demands of the present-day customers are very stringent. Even if one was to take a lenient view of what customer service entails, courteous and competent staff, prompt and correct delivery is the bare minimum that would feature in the ‘to-do’ list of customer services.

The purpose of this chapter is to review the existing literature on the theories and theoretical concepts proposed by different scholars and researchers on customer satisfaction, customer loyalty, and service quality. All of these are important in the hospitality sector. The different theoretical perspectives would help develop the framework for the study.

When there is a hyper-reality, the lines between the inauthentic culture and the authentic culture become blurred, to the point where there is not really an authentic culture left.  This becomes apparent when the culture of the tourists mixes with the culture of the native populations, and it makes it more difficult for the native to retain any kind of semblance of cultural authenticity. 

The paper "Investigation of Current and Emerging Issues in Hospitality and Tourism" is an outstanding example of tourism coursework. This is an essay that seeks to find current trends in hospitality and tourism. Hospitality and tourism are two terms that occur together and that rely on each other. Tourism has to depend on hospitality for its success.

The global tourism market is reaching its climax while the subsequent number of travelers is growing rapidly on an annual basis. During 2015, there was a 5 percent increase in international tourism arrivals in comparison to 2014; 1082 million globally. In 2016, it is projected that the tourism industry will grow by about 4 percent (UNWTO 2015).

In each of the classes, including the stopover arrivals, the number continues to increase each year. It is quite predictable that this trend would continue to increase over the coming years. Also, the number of cruise passengers, although it might be shrinking from year to year, seems to be above the one million mark.