Tourism Case studies
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- Tourism Case Studies
- Antartica
- 9000 tourist 1992-93 grown to 37,000 in 2006-7 and to 46,000 in 2007-8
- Over 100 tourist companies
- in 2006 38.9% American, 15.4% British, 10.3% German, 8.4% Australian
- Tourists from northern hemisphire fly to NewZ or Argentina and take a 1/2 week cruise
- Jamaica
- Attractions
- Bob Marley Museum
- Caving
- Golf Course
- Water sports
- Advantages
- 1.9m tourists 2011 20% of GDP
- Spent on health and education
- Average spent $930
- 220,000 work in tourism
- The Future
- Community Tourism- Stay in family homes
- Family provides bed and breakfast
- Eco tourism
- Hut resorts near Boston Beach
- Solar panels
- Recycle water
- Educational tours encourages 0 waste
- Community Tourism- Stay in family homes
- Disadvantages
- Locals can't afford the facilities
- problems with sex tourism and drugs
- low wage jobs for locals
- Seasonal Jobs
- Attractions
- The Galapagos Islands
- About
- Unesco world heritage site in 1970
- 1000km off west coast of South America
- 90% National park or Marine reserve
- biosphere reserve and whale sanctuary
- Benefits of tourism
- Money to the locals
- planned tourism = opportunities
- local businesses need tourists
- Tourists stay in small guest houses run by locals.
- Employment means income for households
- Coping
- Strict
- specific locations limited numbers
- 8 day cruise £800 no flights
- £25 from each visitor goes to the Galapagos conservation trust
- Tour boats only 10-16 people
- Tourists informed on preventing damage
- About
- Blackpool
- The Growth
- Fishing village in early 19th century
- Train station built in 1846
- Boomed 1900-1950 (disposable income gone up)
- North Pier-1863
- Center Pier- 1868
- South Pier- 1879
- Winter Gardens- 1878
- Blackpool Illuminations- 1879
- Blackpool Tower- 1894
- 1930 7mill visits per year
- peak in late 1940s after WWII 17 mill visits in one year
- Decline
- 1960 package holidays
- After WWII incomes go up
- 1979-1988 lost 39mill visitor nights
- 1990's people go to Caribbean, South East Asia
- Fighting the Decline
- Upgrade the zoo and sea life centre
- Upgraded B Illuminations and Hotels
- Outdoor pools converted to leisure centres and increase car parking
- Cheap accommodation, food and drink
- Boarding house attracts younger people
- Winter gardens from private to public
- Blackpool bid for super casino but came 3rd
- Blackpool Now
- 2008 - Hounds Hill shopping centre
- Opened 5 star hotels in 2000's
- World largest indoor waterside (sand Castle water park)
- Blackpool Tower redeveloped
- The Growth
- Italy
- Italian alps- Skiing
- Venice- Canals, Renaissance architecture
- Vernazza- Sunbathing
- Dubai
- State in United Arab Emirates
- Easily accessible (Europe, Asia, Africa)
- Hotel revenue up by 22% in 2008
- 2.8mill 2000, 4.9mill 2003. 5.4mill 2004
- Predicted 10mill 2010
- Attraction Success
- Duty-free malls
- Stop over when on long haul flights
- Sightseeing, watersports, excursions
- UK Tourism
- 32mill stayed for holidays in 1960, 34mill now
- 4.5mill went abroad in 1960, 26mill now
- UK earns £114 billion from tourism.
- London Eye 3.7mill visits per year.
- The royal family- 11mill tourists came for the royal wedding
- Antartica
- Disadvantages
- Locals can't afford the facilities
- problems with sex tourism and drugs
- low wage jobs for locals
- Seasonal Jobs
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