Organisation of Tourism at Destinations Flashcards
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Spatial Interaction: Tourist Flows
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- Push factors
- Economic development in the generating area
- Pressures to ‘get away’ (e.g. weather, city life etc.)
- Pull factors
- Accessibility
- Attractions
- Amenities
- Cost
- Marketing and Promotion
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Global Factors that Influence Tourist Flows
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- Exchange rate
- Mining and the high Australian dollar
- Rising oil prices
- Impacts cost of transportation
- Global Financial Crisis (GFC)
- Less discretionary spending
- Health: H1N1 influenza (2008); SARS (2003)
- Spread of disease
- Terrorism
- Increases perceived risk of travel
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Other Factors that Influence Tourist Flows
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- Distances between countries • Constraints such as time and cost
- International connectivity • Shared business interests • Cultural ties
- General attractiveness of one country to another • Landscape, culture etc.
- Shared religious beliefs • Multi-cultural values
- Political Stability
4
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Why is it Important to Measure Tourist Flows?
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- Magnitude of tourist flows and to monitor changes
- Plan for the future
- Public and private sectors use for their marketing
5
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How can we Measure Tourist Flows?
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Three main categories of tourism statistics:
1) Volume: Number of tourists visiting a destination in a given period of time
2) Demographic characteristics: measures the quality of the tourist flow: gender, age, socioeconomic, structure of the trip
3) Expenditure: flow of money