Types of tourism

The Terrors of Tourism: Economic and Cultural Consequences Tourism is a practice observed all across the globe and is defined as “the activity of travelling to a place for pleasure” (“Tourism”). As people decide to visit new places to relax and get away, often-unrealized impacts can destroy tourist locations. Tourism obstructs the economic opportunity of its destinations for both the overall region and the individual citizens, and the idea of commercial travel tarnishes the culture of a region…

Wellington city in New Zealand has recently expanded its point of interests and increased its tourism potential. Being the capital city of New Zealand it embraces not only urban tourism but other features that make it more distinct then other cities. Wellington utilises combinations of different tourist ideas to increase the interest shown in it by tourists. This is shown by the significant growth of tourist activity in Wellington over the past decade. The total amount of international visitors…

ecological disaster due to excessive tourism activities. This island is under threat from unlimited and environmentally irresponsible tourism activities. The fragile eco-system of Saint Martin's Island is suitable for the sustainable tourism. The aim of this study is to know the perception and awareness level of young tourists about sustainable tourism. This study…

audience, genre, situation and medium. The first source that I will be exploring in this essay comes from the Journal of Sustainable Tourism. The article, entitled “Integrating Indigenous values with capitalism through tourism: Alaskan experiences and outstanding issues” focuses on the relationship between the indigenous people of Barrow, Alaska and the tourism that sustains a sizeable part of their economy. The…

From this, it can be concluded that this kind of tourism occurs only at places on the outskirts or the countryside and as we all know, countryside is usually associated with the nature for instance the landscape and the wild. In short, a rural tourism is actually a form of ecotourism. Although in the journal it was mentioned that in some other countries, rural tourism is also known as farm tourism (also agritourism and agrotourism), the two is not to be confused because they…

first century, tourism became one of the main industries in most of the country. The definition of tourism is a composite of activities, services and industries that the individual and group travellers travel to another long destination and receive a travel experience. Tourism creates economic, social and environment benefits to a country. It is an economic and social phenomenon. This essay will explain the range and economic importance of tourism in Taiwan; and how the two tourism…

Introduction Tourism is and always has been one of the major contributions to a country’s economy. It is a social, cultural and economic event in which involves the movement of people to countries or places outside of their usual environment for leisure, business or medical purposes. The tourism industry is made up of different components such as transportation, attraction, accommodation, travel and tour operators etc. Hospitality is a “place”, where people can still be exceptional individuals…

Dwyer and Chulwon Kim, were respectively, the academic project leaders of a study of the determinants of bilateral tourism flows between Australia and South Korea. The project was undertaken on behalf of the Department of Industry, Science and Resources and the National Centre for Tourism in Australia, and the Korean Ministry of Culture and Tourism, is association with the Korea Tourism Research Institute (KTRI). The resulting report was titled Destination Competitiveness: Development of a Model…

Tourism is New Zealand’s biggest export industry (Cropp, 2015), and therefore, tourism strategy is key in ensuring that the nation’s economy is flourishing. Between 2001 and today, NZ has released three tourism strategy documents – set to look forward to 2010, 2015, and most recently, 2025. Each document aims to update the previous one, looking at the strengths and weaknesses of the past and modifying these in order to keep up with the ever-changing environment. This essay compares and contrasts…

However with tourism there are many stakeholders who can be directly, or indirectly, affected by it – whether that be an impact to their traditions, values or culture. (Fletcher, et al., 2013) Another type of relationship that must function well in any tourist destination in order to be a success is that between the public organisations and the locals of the…