OCR Tourism Case Studies

• 19th Century - Exploration by rich people went to Blackpool’s 7 Mile beach

• 1846 - Railway Constructed

• 1868 - Involvement as pier opened

• 1905 - Development as Pleasure Beach

• 1939 - Consolidation as Europe’s leading coastal resort

• 1960 - Stagnation due to Mediterranean holidays becoming readily available

• 1980s - Decline due to cheaper air flights and emerging foreign destinations

• 2000- Rejuvination with a £300million project

• Exploration - 10,000

• Involvement - 2,000,000

• Development - 8,000,000

• Consolidation - 17,000,000

• Stagnation - 16,000,000

• Decline - 8,000,000

• Rejuvination - 13,000,000

• 1822 first seaside resorts

• Increase in popularity in 1850s dues to railway networks

• First holiday Village in 1950

• 2012 saw 83 million visitors

• Decrease in domestic tourism from 70% of 30%

• Tourism accounts for 7% of France’s GDP

• €13 billion in 2012

• 2012 saw 83 million visitors

• 19,000 hotels

• 5.5 million annual visitors to the Eiffel Tower and 12 million to the Louvre

• Recently emerged destination

• Largely international tourism

• Many Asian tourists from China, Japan and Taiwan

• Tourism has helped Vietnam industrialise further

• Large amounts of foreign investment

• $3 Billion in revenue - 4.2% of GDP

• 7.5 Million arrivals in 2013

• Recently emerged as a destination

• Rich tribal culture

• Growth began in 1995

• Strict border control has limited inbound tourism.

• GDP grown from $1900 per capita in 1995 to $3200 per capita in 2012

• 304,000 ITA in 2013

• Improved Infrastructure

• Allowed Conservation of Blue Mountains

• Culture preserved in some areas

• Improved Health Care

• Rise in GDP per capita

• Rise in Education levels

• Rise in HDI

• 2,000,000 ITA in 2012

• $2095 million ITR

• 14.5% of GDP

• 220,000 Jobs

• Population Displacement

• Mangrove Forests destroyed for new hotels

• Illegal Logging for resources to build

• Destruction of habitats

• Sea Gypsies forced to perform for tourists

• Dilution of culture

• Large economic leakages

• 2,000,000 ITA in 2013

• $926 million ITR in 2013

• 19% decline in inland forests.

• ⅔ decline of unique coastal mangroves.

Bryn Elltyd Guest House

• Green Dragon environmental standard level 2

• Local Resources used

• All waste is recycled

• Carbon Neutral

• Solar Panels

• Recycled rainwater
• Only one wheelie bin goes to landfill for 16 people per week.

• Government only advertises as an ecotourist destination

• Tourism encouraged conservation of natural rainforests and the Galapagos islands

• Control plan for alien species

• Population control

• Depuration of fishing industry

• Redesign of the budget

• 1.8 million visitors in 2011