Tourism KQ1 (Types and places of tourism) Flashcards
6As for tourism
1) Awareness
2) Accommodation
3) Amenities
4) Affordability
5) Activities/Attractions
6) Accessibility
Places of tourism
1) Scenic Beauty
2) Good Facilities
3) Rich Culture
4) Conflict
Tourist Sites
1) Honeypot
2) MICE
3) Medical
4) Theme Park
5) Heritage
6) Pilgrimage
7) Film-Induced
8) Dark
Places of Scenic Beauty
1- Earth’s natural environment
2- Awe-inspiring scenery
3- Different from built environments of towns and cities
4- Provides different opportunities (i.e. Sightseeing/mountaineering)
e.g. Plains of Kenya
Honeypot tourism
1- Attracts large number of people due to site’s scenic beauty
2- Tends to overcrowd during peak season
3- Amenities and facilities developed at these sites, attracting more people
Honeypot tourism example
Victoria Falls, Zambezi River bordering Zimbabwe and Zambia, Africa
- 1.7km Wide
- 100m deep
- 300,000 visitors/year
Places with good facilities
1- Wide range of activities
2- Facilities attract and serve tourists
3- Specialised buildings for functions and accommodations for visitors developed
Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Events (MICE)
1- Able to host large scale events
2- Have supporting infra and services
3- Attract trade fairs and international conferences, attracting more business travellers
4- Cities along international air routes that are well-developed with availability of reliable telecommunication networks and variety of shopping and entertainment options tend to be more successful
5- Provides advantages for cities associated with other attractions
MICE Examples
e.g. Singapore
- major air, sea and telecommunications hub in Asia.
- strategic position offers market access to 4 billion people within a 7-hour flight radius
- International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA)
- SG leading convention city in A-P in 2017, 16 consecutive years
- 2.4million business travellers in 2017, 14% of all visitors
- Youth Olympic Games, 2010
Medical tourism
1- Practice of travelling across international borders to obtain healthcare
2- From both DCs and LDCs seeking better treatment than what is offered in their homeland
3- Countries with excellent reputation and offers quality healthcare at affordable pricings more successful
Medical tourism examples
> South Korea
- Popular destination for cosmetic surgery
- Renowned for highly skilled doctors and advanced technology
> Singapore
- Located at heart of SEA
- 550,000 foreign patients seek medical treatment in Singapore yearly
- Singapore ranks 1st in Asia, 4th in the world in medical tourism index
Theme parks
1- Places with amusement park settings
2- Attractions with central themes and subjects
3- Caters to variety of people (young to old)
4- Often part of a large-scale enterprise part of an international chain
Theme parks examples
> Walt Disney World, Florida
- 1/5th times of Singapore
- 6 theme parks and water parks, 5 golf courses, dozen recreational venues and 23 on-site themed hotels
- Attracted 17million visitors in 2011, making it the most visited tourist site in the world
Places of rich culture
1- Culture: Distinctive ways in which people live that have developed over time
2- Includes their language, social customs, values and beliefs
3- Tourists travel to experience the rich cultures of the past and present
Heritage tourism
1- Travel to locations to experience different cultures and to understand the history of places better
2- Reinforces national identity for domestic tourists
3- Promotes a countries identity, culture and history of international tourists
United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) World Heritage Site
- Some places are so unique that they are declared as UNESCO world heritage sites
- Selected for their cultural significance to the world and their own countries
- Prestigious label benefits country (Promotion and awareness)
- People travel to visit these sites (Benefits tourism related business)
Heritage Tourism Example
> Machu Picchu, Peru
- 2.4km above sea level in Andes Mountains of South America
- Last stronghold of the Inca Civilisation,
- 500y/o stone architecture, walls, ramps, and terraces
- Spectacular sight of Peruvian Andes (Scenic Beauty)
Film-Induced Tourism
1- People travel to see locations featured in films
2- Influence people to travel to places previously not considered
3- Help tourists understand how film was inspired
Film-Induced tourism examples
> Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, China
- Avatar: Last Airbender
- Park’s rock columns renamed as “Avatar Hallelujah Mountains” in attempt to ride on films success
- Special avatar themed tours for tourists
Pilgrimage tourism
1- Travel to take part in religious activity
2- Often involved journey to sacred places
3- Important to persons belief and faith
4- Major religious holidays play a big role in drawing large crowds to these sites
Pilgimage tourism Examples
> Hajj to Mecca, Saudi Arabia
- Attracts over 3million pilgrims, including 1.8million foreigners
- Largest pilgrimage in the world
- Religious duty for every physically able muslim
Places of conflict
1- Area where wars, battles, man-made tragedies and unfavourable political situations have occurred
2- visited by tourists who participate in dark tourism
Dark tourism
1- Travelling to sites associated with death and tragedy
2- Include survivors, relatives and friends of those affected
3- Appeal to those who want to learn more about the event
4- Include battlefields, forts, museums and memorials at locations important to modern history
Dark tourism examples
Terrorist attacks
> Ground Zero, New York
- Former location of the World Trade Centre
- Collapsed on Sept 11, 2001
- Terrorists slammed two hijacked planes into the buildings
- 3000 deaths
Concentration Camps
> Auschwitz, Poland
- Nazi Concentration camp during WWII for Jews and POWs
