tourism (reasons for growth of tourism) Flashcards
reasons for growth
Developments in tech’
Demand factors
Destination factors
developments in tech
- —> better & affordable transport
- —> more air routes and agreement
- —> ease of access to info
better and affordable transport
- —> safer
- —> shorter travelling time
- —> lower travelling costs
- —> more affordable
budget airlines
- —> low fares
- —> smaller, more fuel efficient aircraft
- —> fly only short haul distance
- —> jetstar asia, tiger airways
more routes and agreements
- —> more accessible
- —> better connected
ease of access to info
—-> promote air travel & global tourism
online booking:
- —> enables travellers to buy tickets w/o going through travel agents
- —> give tourists more options and control
- —> give tourists better access to info
surveillance, electronic checks, safety controls:
- —> make tourists feel safer
- —> more confident abt travellling
demand factors
- —> disposable income
- —> leisure time
- —> changing lifestyle
disposable income
- —> amount of income left to an individual after taxes have been paid
- —> growth in income allow more people to spend more on goods, services or activities that improve quality of life
example: China, India
leisure time
it is the part of a day, week or year when ppl have no work commitments
time for relaxation
- —> more income and paid leave, more inclined to travel
- —> enjoy shorter working weeks, more public holidays, more paid annual leave
example:
- —> Australia
- —> many employees can exchange paid overtime work for leave
changing lifestyles
- —> it refers to the change in the way people live throughout their lifetime and from generation to generation
- —> pace of life faster
- —> spending long working hours
- —> travel to relax, take a break
Destination factors
- —> attractions
- —> investment in infrastructure & services
- —> access to info
attractions
- —> feature/quality that makes a place interesting or enjoyable
- —> often promoted and enhanced by the tourism industry
- —> Dubai, middle east
- —> 9 million travellors in 2011
- —> tourists visit mainly for shopping, business & entertainment
- —> the buj al arab
- —> 7 star luxury hotel built on artificial land
investment in infrastructure & services
upgrading:
- —> airports
- —> roads
- —> railways
- —> MRT
- —> electrical frameworks
—-> investment in accomodation
investment in infrastructure examples
- —> Changi airport
- —> improved terminals 4 & 5 in the pipeline
- —> Hong Kong added 49 hotels
- —> 2016
- —> accommodate 70 million potential visitors
Access to info
- —> it refers to the ease with which info can be obtained
- —> tourists likely to visit a destination when travel-related info is easy to obtain
Access to info example
- —> Phuket, Thailand
- —> info in diff language
- —> for security, comfort of tourists, to ensure no language barrier and communication breakdown
- —> singapore
- —> easily available well-trained guides in local geography, history and culture
- —> efficient travel agents to meet tourists’ needs
