Tourism-Thailand
Tourism in Thailand
The working condtions of the workers
Economical Factors
- Created by: Maryam Mohamed
- Created on: 05-02-15 14:48
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- Tourism-Thailand
- Tourism is the route to Development
- Tourism brings foreign money into the LEDC, along with new investment
- Big companies build hotels and airports to profit from tourist trade
- Their are new jobs for people, e.g. in hotels and restaurants
- local businesses are strengthened
- there can be a Knock off effect- offer industries start to move the LEDC because the infrastructure has been developed
- Importance to Economies
- it increases the income of other businesses that supply the tourism industry
- Why tourist go to Thailand?
- Thailand is a tropical climate, which is generally hot and humid
- Hundreds of miles of white sandy beaches
- The north is mountainous and tourist can visit hill tribes; whist the city of Bangkok is a bustling city with a dense population
- Producers
- Many hotel workers work as maids, porters, cooks, cleaner e.c.t
- Can be dismissed with out warning due to seasonal jobs if tourist numbers go down. Union leaders are harassed and imprisoned
- Thai hotel maid earn: £34 a month. this is the national minimum wage; barely enough to live on. their accommodation of the tourist hub means paying higher wages for the necessities
- The union is- an organisation of workers joined to protect their common interest and improve their working conditions
- Can be dismissed with out warning due to seasonal jobs if tourist numbers go down. Union leaders are harassed and imprisoned
- Many hotel workers work as maids, porters, cooks, cleaner e.c.t
- Tourism is the route to Development
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