touism: UK - a mature tourism destination and tourist-generating country
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- AS Geography Tourism - the UK: A mature tourism destination and tourist- generating country
- issues
- Regional imbalance of tourism revenues
- much of foreign touism is focused on London and a few other 'world famous' locations
- the 'pressure' of tourism in the most popular 'honepot' locations.
- the perception that the industry provides little reward for many communities apart from low paid sesonal employment
- growing concern over the impact of increasing levels of air transport due to tourism
- plans to expand Heathrow and Stansted are particularly contraversal.
- growing concern about the contribution of air transport to climate change
- continued decline of the traditional British seaside resort resulting in high unemployment and urban blight in those countries
- Regional imbalance of tourism revenues
- benefits
- employment
- inflow of money from abroad
- Inbound and domestic tourism
- in 2005 there were 30 million visits from abroad
- 2/3 were on holiday
- total spending reached £14.2 billion
- total spending in 2005 was £85 billion
- 80 per cent of this came from UK residents
- the industry is highly seasonal
- the vast majority of both domestic and foreign visits occur during April to September
- July and August are the buisiest months
- Many hotels and tourist facilities close during the off-season
- the vast majority of both domestic and foreign visits occur during April to September
- in 2005 there were 30 million visits from abroad
- Economic importance
- touism account for 3.5 per cent of the UK economy
- Over 2 million jobs are either directly or indirectly sustained by tourism activity
- about 5 per cent of jobs in the UK are directly related to tourism
- In London, tourism is the second largest and fastest growing sector of the economy
- touism account for 3.5 per cent of the UK economy
- issues
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