Unit 1: Travel And Tourism

Stacey Deaton-Behan
Unit 1 – Travel and Tourism
Supply and Demand
07/11/2014
Word Count: 2,942

Table of Contents
1. Summary……………………………………………………3
2. Government influences on supply and demand…….3
2.1. Government……………………………………………3-4
2.2 Government Sponsored Bodies……………….……4
2.3 International Agencies……………………………….4-6
2.4 The influence the national and local economic policies have on the tourism industry…………………………………………………….6-7
2.5 Implications of political change on the travel and tourism sector in different countries …………………………………………………..8
3.1 Factors affecting tourism…………………………..8-9
3.2 How supply has changed to meet the effects of demand
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4. Conclusion…………………………………………….10
5. References……………………………………………...11

The government have an economic policy where they fund projects such as the Olympics to increase tourist arrivals and how much each person spends. The government also gives funding and grants to aid development such as Princes’ Trust which help young entrepreneurs to start business and give them training by doing this it increases chance of having a successful job and career. There are other policies that can affect travel and tourism can be visa immigration, investments (tax breaks), finance for training to develop and raise skill levels in key sector areas, possible airport taxes, infrastructure expansion and preparation to minimalize any undesirable impacts tourism can have .These indirect influences can bring a negative effect such as labour factors; people being paid a poor wage and producing poverty making people sell sex. Through people selling sex it may cause more health hazards and disease. There are behavioural factors; where tourists go away and act wrongly to how they would act from home. Tourist crime is on the high as locals know tourist go to destinations to spend money so will have more money than normal on them. To minimise these negative effects of tourism certain levels of sustainability requirements need to be met. To do

Demographic is many different types of factors that can be popular and new and up and coming trends and how people use the product an example of this would be from a growth point of view would be female business travellers and the aged over sixty five tourists travelling. Also places such as Ibiza, Majorca, Ayia Napa and Magaluf being trended as a party place for youngsters. Technological demands have changed over the years as there have been advances in transport, for example faster aircraft and aircraft are able to carry a lot more passengers, reach destinations previously inaccessible and are now more environmentally friendly due to developments in bio fuels. Internet would be another development as everything for a holiday can now be researched and booked online now rather than having to visit a travel agent or look in brochures. One of the more very recent developments have been that of phone apps which now allow you to check in to airports on them. Emerging economies for example is the Malaysians spending more money on the holiday itself instead of buying budget holidays preferring high standard hotels and airlines. Political stability can work both ways as if a country is more stable and safe then more tourists will travel to that destination. However on the