Tourism Activity - Examples

Motiavtion to travel

1. Need for relaxation

   • USS. features rides, shows and attractions, immersing visitors in a completely different setting from their usual lives

2. Personal Growth and Self Fulfilment

   • Pilgrimage tourism, Muslims travel to Mecca in Saudi Arabia for the pilgrimage

   • Tourists climbing Mount Everest

3. Unique travel experiences

   • Visiting of Antartica

increase in ability to travel

1. Increase in domestic income

2. Increase in leisure time

3. Business innovations

   • Klook,Trivago

4. Lower transport cost

   • Budget airlines, scoot

5. Lower accommodation

   • AirBnBs

Increase in mobility in travel

1. Changi Terminal 4 more flights to other parts of Asia

2. Bullet train travel time from Tokyo to Osaka much shorter

3. Commercial flight from Singapore to Londo doesn’t need stopovers

4. Increase private car ownership

Exploration Stage

1. Jaco Island in Timor Leste

   • Few international visitors due to inaccessible location and lack of tourism facilities

   • Houses the only national park in the country with attractive beaches

Involvement Stage

1. Kuang Si Waterfalls in Laos

   • Authorities invest money to improve facilities

   • Increase in travel agencies and transport providers from town area to waterfall

Development Stage

1. Phu Quoc island in Vietnam

   • Received investments to build international airport and seaport

   • Attracted major businesses with the tourism industry

   • In 2019 had a rapid increase in tourist arrivals

Consolidation Stage

Gao in India

• Tourism sector employs a significant proportion of local population

• Large amount of tourists

• MNC such as Marriott International own hotels there

Stagnation stage

Hawaii, USA (1990s to 2000s)

• Tourism arrivals decline

• Waikiki a major tourism spot had become too crowded

• Facilities were getting old and run down

Decline

Blackpool (UK) (1990s)

• Once a popular coastal tourist destination

• Lost fs attractiveness due to competition from other European Costal Location

Rejuvenation

Blackpool (UK) (Present)

• Local authorities engaged the private sector to invest $300 million to build blackpool central a world class leisure development

• Remarketed as muslim friendly and disable friendly