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Tourism Development

Tourism Development. Lecture 7. Tourism Development (TD). Tourism is one of the fastest growing industries worldwide in past two decades TD has multidisciplinary character and connecting different economical sectors

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Tourism Development

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  1. Tourism Development Lecture 7

  2. Tourism Development (TD) • Tourism is one of the fastest growing industries worldwide in past two decades • TD has multidisciplinary character and connecting different economical sectors • TD has positive influence mainly to a traffic infrastructure, construction industry, banking etc. • In terms of financial international trade turn over is located on the third place (after petroleum and cars industry) • Economic contribution of tourism captures Tourism Satellite Account (TSA)

  3. Tourism Development (TD) • Build infrastructure contributes to a LED and urban infrastructure recovery • Creates new jobs • TD can be considers as a polarize, induce or neutral sector in the region

  4. Tourism Development (TD) • Polarize (driving) effect – direct impact on social and regional economic development • Induce effect – indirect impact on social and economic regional development (stimulation of regional development) • Neutral effect - no direct impact on social and regional economic development (only important for the regionsupplement)

  5. Tourism Development Models Britton’s Core-Periphery Enclave Model Butler’s Life Cycle Model How areas progress through Butler’s model

  6. Core Periphery Enclave Model • Explains social influences of tourism on developing nations and the role of tourism in economic development • Developed by Britton (1981)

  7. The model • States: • Flow of tourists from developed countries (CORE) into developing countries (PERIPHERY) • Tour operators / airlines / hotel owners tend to be located in the CORE hence developed countries control the tourism industry • ENCLAVES • Model states there are enclaves (area within a developing country designated for tourism) • These ensure tourists have minimal contact with local residents and hence little experience of the reality of these people’s lives

  8. Butler • Based on MEDC tourism • Life Cycle of a Resort • Tourism viewed as a resource • 6 Stages • Exploration • Involvement • Development • Consolidation • Stagnation • Decline OR Rejuvenation

  9. The Butler Model

  10. Exploration • Small number of tourist attracted by culture / natural beauty • Limited numbers • Few facilities exist

  11. Involvement • Some involvement by locals to provide tourists with facilities • Recognisable tourist season • Developing tourism market

  12. Development • Large numbers of tourists • Control of market moves from locals to external bodies e.g. TNC’s • Conflict between residents and tourists

  13. Consolidation • Tourism constitutes major part of economy • Tourist numbers plateau • Older facilities seen as “second rate”

  14. Stagnation • Peak tourist numbers reached • Resort no longer fashionable

  15. Decline OR Rejuvenation • Attractiveness continues to decline • Visitors lost to other resorts / destinations • Resort becomes dependant on day / weekend visitors from limited geographical area • Unless efforts made to modernise and rejuvenate resort will continue to decline

  16. Case Study Spain - Costa del Sol

  17. Exploration • 1960’s only 0.4 million tourists to the Costa del Sol, visiting for the beach holidays • Involvement • 1970's numbers rose to 3 million. • Farmland built on, infrastructure improved. • Transition from resource based to demand based • Development & Consolidation • 1980’s numbers rocketed to 7 million (carrying capacity reached) • Clubs, bars, restaurants and more hotels were built, leading to environmental degradation.

  18. Stagnation • Late 1980’s area began to stagnate, and was no longer fashionable. • Attractive mountainous area blocked by large hotel developments, • Beaches dirty from litter left by tourists • Polluted from excessive sewage. • Strain on resources e.g. water • It takes 60 000 gallons to run a luxury hotel for a day.

  19. Decline OR Rejuvenation?? • 1990s Costa del Sol began rejuvenation. • Beaches tidied &achieved EU Blue Flag • VAT cut to 6% to encourage tourists and businesses • Tourism began to diversify to eco tourism and heritage tourism. • Development of Coto Donana national park to 'Costa Donana’ abandoned • Wetland area popular with rare birds • Previous development had seen a drop in the water table and the death of 30 000 wild birds form pesticide contamination

  20. Spanish Tourism Today • Tourism spread more inland to Madrid and Barcelona • Historical & City based tourism gains popularity • Culturally diverse areas such as Almeria have also gained popularity • Spain has not seen a decline in tourism, but a spatial change moving inland Costa Del Sol

  21. Task!! • Using an A3 copy of the Butler Model create a “living graph” showing the full life cycle of the Costa del Sol Tourist area • You must add detail about specific issues in the area: e.g. changes in tourism, local employment, holiday accommodation, infrastructure, landscape and environment including waste and resource management, prices, impacts of “globalisation” or more specifically “Anglicanisation”, changing type of tourists on the Costa, etc, etc

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