UK and China Flashcards
What type of tourism occurs in the UK?
● Type: cultural (Shakespeare), historical (Tower of London) and scenery (Scottish Highland, National Parks [Peak District]
How much does money does tourism create in the UK?
how tourism has led to economic development
● £85 billion generated from foreign visitors
● £126.9bn (9.0%) of UK GDP in 2015
How does the UK benefit from tourism?
how tourism has led to economic development
● Increased foreign exchange earnings and foreign investment
● More employment (direct and indirect)
● Improved transport
● Greater exposure to alternative ideas and cultures
● Growth of industries supply tourists (e.g. farming, construction)
● Of the 28 EU countries, the UK is one of only three that charge the full rate of VAT on tourism accommodation
How many jobs are created by tourism in the UK?
how tourism has led to economic development
● 3.1 million jobs are associated with tourism (2013). Since 2010, 900,000 jobs have been created, almost 300,000 were in tourism.
● The UK accounts for 3.5% of global international tourism receipts
● Tourism is the third largest employer (9.6%)
How many tourists are coming to the UK?
how tourism has led to economic development
2005 – 30 million tourists in and 66 million out (tourists coming in = USA, France, Germany, Ireland)
How does increased money allow an increase in tourism for those living in the UK?
(how economic development allows tourism)
● More disposable income (£32 billion spent on foreign holidays), average spend per visit is £624.
● Improved living standards (UK average income is £26,500)
● Decrease in cost of holiday (cheap package, all-inclusive holidays- some costing £130 including travel)
How is the tourist industry growing in the UK?
how economic development allows tourism
● 13.6% growth from 2008-13 in the tourist industry
● Tourism employment has seen a 5.4% cumulative growth between 2009 and 2013
What has allowed more people to go on holiday in the UK?
how economic development allows tourism
● Decrease in cost of holiday (cheap package, all-inclusive holidays- some costing £130 including travel)
● Spread of English language (106 countries equating to 339 million people)
● Globalisation increasing business travel
● Active marketing of travel companies/firms (e.g. Thomas Cook, Virgin) as well as budget airlines
● More leisure time/flexible hours (shorter working year and more paid holidays)- paid holidays increased by 13 days from 1981-2001
● Improved living standards (UK average income is £26,500)
● Improved transport (57% increase in Chinese airline growth)
How big is the tourism industry in the UK?
how economic development allows tourism
● The UK is the eighth largest international tourism destination ranked by visitor numbers and expenditure
● A new full-time equivalent tourism job is created with every £54,000 increase in tourism revenue.
● Tourism businesses account for 10% of all businesses in the UK.
What affects the cost attraction of the UK for tourism?
how economic development allows tourism
● A UK short stay visa costs £83, compared to around £45 for a Schengen visa, which allows visitors access to 26 countries.
● Exchange rates could favour the country promoting tourism, or other countries increasing outbound tourism
What shows tourism’s growth in China?
how tourism has led to economic development
● China is expected to become the world’s most visited country by 2020.
● Domestic demand for visitor accommodation within China hit 1.6bn room nights in 2013
● 72 million jobs (8.6% total contribution to employment)
● 2005 – 25 million tourists in and 31 million out (tourists coming in=South Korea, Japan, Russia)
What has more employment in China due to tourism allowed?
how tourism has led to economic development
● Improved living standards, Chinese people are now eager to go outside to explore other parts of the world ($7,590 average income)
● The size of the Chinese middle class has expanded massively as average income has risen
● The number of Chinese households earning above $35,000 rose to an estimated 27 million in 2013 from 6 million just ten years ago
● 150 Chinese cities with a population over one million that can be considered significant origin markets for tourism, given their rapid GDP and income growth (e.g. Shanghai)
How has tourism benefitted China?
how tourism has led to economic development
● Increased foreign exchange earnings and foreign investment
● Improved transport
● Greater exposure to alternative ideas and cultures
● Growth of industries supply tourists (e.g. farming, construction)
● 9.4% total contribution to GDP, a 7.5% total growth
● travel and tourism demand now accounts for 4.3 percent of the global market share
● GDP growth has averaged nearly 10 percent a year
● £40 billion generated from foreign visitors
What attracts people to China?
how tourism has led to economic development
● Type cultural (Forbidden City), historical (Great Wall) and scenery (Yangtze)
How has the government helped to increase tourism in China?
how economic development allows tourism
● Improved transport (October 2005, a State Council decision declared that urban public transport development should be a national priority)
● Fewer political controls on travel (Chinese government has given 129 countries Approved Destination Status)
● More leisure time (shorter working year and more paid holidays)
