The Development of Liverpool
University of Sunderland
The Development in Liverpool
TLH 307 Urban Tourism
Name : Beng Keong Tin
BSc (HONS) International Tourism & Hospitality Management Student ID : 099998629
Module Tutor : Dr. James Johnson
Submit due date : 18th December 2009
The Development In Liverpool
Introduction & literature review
What we know about urban tourism? Urban tourism is considered as a wide sector and variety of tourism that blends in a big city like they have the element of heritage, shopping, sports and more. In urban tourism we can see there are a few types of growth cities, for example pre modern cities like Athens, Greece are for tourist who seeks for an escape from holidays and relax. Medieval cities like York or Vatican are for pilgrimage while renaissance cities like Rome or Florence is for tourist who looks for a grand tour. “‘Urban tourism’ is as equally valid as other conceptual definitions previously accepted within the study of tourism, for instance 'mountain ' or 'wilderness ' tourism. However, apart from this it may also be said that 'urban ' can be interpreted as a type, or related types of activity, typifying the holiday rather than its spatial setting only. In fact the focus of urban tourism is the study of the interrelationships between tourism, in its many shapes and guises, and the urban environment.”(David Gilbert and Mark Clark). In the growth of cities there are 5 types of tourist city types. Those are the resort city which have entertainment at a premium, have popular culture and more on leisure pursuits. The 2nd is historic city, this intend to be more historic and more on pre- industrial heritage. The 3rd is what they considered as city of high culture which the city have rare artefacts. Or that city is place of learning and they have the culture as high art and more on to high class culture. The fourth type is the world city, these types of tourist city have strong political and administrative functions, they have a
The Development in Liverpool
TLH 307 Urban Tourism
Name : Beng Keong Tin
BSc (HONS) International Tourism & Hospitality Management Student ID : 099998629
Module Tutor : Dr. James Johnson
Submit due date : 18th December 2009
The Development In Liverpool
Introduction & literature review
What we know about urban tourism? Urban tourism is considered as a wide sector and variety of tourism that blends in a big city like they have the element of heritage, shopping, sports and more. In urban tourism we can see there are a few types of growth cities, for example pre modern cities like Athens, Greece are for tourist who seeks for an escape from holidays and relax. Medieval cities like York or Vatican are for pilgrimage while renaissance cities like Rome or Florence is for tourist who looks for a grand tour. “‘Urban tourism’ is as equally valid as other conceptual definitions previously accepted within the study of tourism, for instance 'mountain ' or 'wilderness ' tourism. However, apart from this it may also be said that 'urban ' can be interpreted as a type, or related types of activity, typifying the holiday rather than its spatial setting only. In fact the focus of urban tourism is the study of the interrelationships between tourism, in its many shapes and guises, and the urban environment.”(David Gilbert and Mark Clark). In the growth of cities there are 5 types of tourist city types. Those are the resort city which have entertainment at a premium, have popular culture and more on leisure pursuits. The 2nd is historic city, this intend to be more historic and more on pre- industrial heritage. The 3rd is what they considered as city of high culture which the city have rare artefacts. Or that city is place of learning and they have the culture as high art and more on to high class culture. The fourth type is the world city, these types of tourist city have strong political and administrative functions, they have a
References: : An exploratory examination of urban tourism impact, with reference to resident’s attitudes, in the cities of Canterbury and Guildford (David Gilbert & Mark Clark) The economic impact of tourism in the Seychelles (Fletcher and Archer 1991) Understanding Urban Tourism (Law 1993) Understanding Urban (Martin Selby 2004) Tourism and Public Policy (C M Hall and J M Jenkins Routledge) (Topics in Tourism Series), London (1995) Scanning Museum Visitors, Urban Tourism Marketing (Myriam Jansen-Verbeke, Johan van Rekom)(1996)