Unit 9 Tourist Destinations
Unit 9 – Tourist Destinations
I am writing an article to outline how the characteristics of destinations affect the appeal to tourists and issues likely to affect the popularity of tourist destinations. What I mean by this is what characteristics affect its appeal to current leading tourist destinations, like economic and social characteristics. Throughout this article I am going to be analysing the issues that are likely to affect the popularity of tourist destinations.
Some of the leading tourist destinations like France, US and the UK all have economic characteristics, like France for instance although it’s a small country they have fairly important economic power, the sectors vary: * Car industry – that reached its peak in 2005 selling nearly 5.75 million vehicles worldwide. * Raw material production – Michelin is the first tyre producer, France ranks second together the UK concerning the plastic industry. * Fashion and luxury goods industry – with about 25% of the market France is leading in the perfumes and cosmetics sector, this whole industry is worth about 39 billion euros. * Main French farming foods – cereals – first producer in the U.E and fifth worldwide; Wine – second producer worldwide after Italy.
Concerning global tourism revenues, France ranks third worldwide just after USA and Spain with 32.8 million euros, France is the most visited country in the world reeling in 75.1 million foreign tourists a year. In 2004 the population in France was 62 million, the GNP (gross national product) was 1.790.76 billion euros in 2004 along with the GDP (gross domestic product) at 1.551 milliards, making the growth rate 2.5% and inflation 2.2%.
France operates a mixed economy that combines socialist and capitalist characteristics, capitalism involves private ownership of capital and other means of production. Under socialism the government directs economic activity and owns all or part of most industries. The French government has a lot of
I am writing an article to outline how the characteristics of destinations affect the appeal to tourists and issues likely to affect the popularity of tourist destinations. What I mean by this is what characteristics affect its appeal to current leading tourist destinations, like economic and social characteristics. Throughout this article I am going to be analysing the issues that are likely to affect the popularity of tourist destinations.
Some of the leading tourist destinations like France, US and the UK all have economic characteristics, like France for instance although it’s a small country they have fairly important economic power, the sectors vary: * Car industry – that reached its peak in 2005 selling nearly 5.75 million vehicles worldwide. * Raw material production – Michelin is the first tyre producer, France ranks second together the UK concerning the plastic industry. * Fashion and luxury goods industry – with about 25% of the market France is leading in the perfumes and cosmetics sector, this whole industry is worth about 39 billion euros. * Main French farming foods – cereals – first producer in the U.E and fifth worldwide; Wine – second producer worldwide after Italy.
Concerning global tourism revenues, France ranks third worldwide just after USA and Spain with 32.8 million euros, France is the most visited country in the world reeling in 75.1 million foreign tourists a year. In 2004 the population in France was 62 million, the GNP (gross national product) was 1.790.76 billion euros in 2004 along with the GDP (gross domestic product) at 1.551 milliards, making the growth rate 2.5% and inflation 2.2%.
France operates a mixed economy that combines socialist and capitalist characteristics, capitalism involves private ownership of capital and other means of production. Under socialism the government directs economic activity and owns all or part of most industries. The French government has a lot of