Stratford upon Avon🏫 Flashcards
What are the infrastructural endogenous characteristics of Stratford upon Avon?
Bridging point
Served by Midlands and Chiltern trains
27 miles from Birmingham airport
On A422
What are the physical endogenous characteristics of Stratford upon Avon?
Floodplain of the River Avon
What are the demographic endogenous characteristics of Stratford upon Avon?
70.3% Christian
Average age of 44
97.5% speak English
What are the environmental endogenous characteristics of Stratford upon Avon?
Medieval buildings
What are the locational endogenous characteristics of Stratford upon Avon?
35m above sea level
101 miles from London
What are the economic endogenous characteristics of Stratford upon Avon?
Tertiary services
What are the land use endogenous characteristics of Stratford upon Avon?
Urban environment
What is a tourist place?
Where flows of people and investment have shaped the character of a place
What does tourism produce?
A distinctive set of interconnections between places because of its different relationship between producers and consumers
The product sold at tourist sites is…
intangible
What are the flows of people?
Day trippers from Birmingham to Europeans eg French school groups to global visitors from USA and Japan
What are the flows of investment?
Locally based family business to national monies eg from UK Arts to M&S to Global investment from HSBC & McDonalds
What is the relationship between producers and consumers?
Direct, through shops, hotels, boat trips, Shakespeare tours
What is the intangible product sold?
Experience boat rides, Shakespeare tours, theatre visits, ghost walks
How is income generated?
Through flows of products, images, information and experiences
