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RESOURCE DISTRIBUTION. Principles of Distribution. Tourist Market Availability of Resources Sustainability . Tourist Market. Tourist Arrival & Characteristics Place of origin Purpose of visit Length of stay Age, sex, number of family travelling together
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RESOURCE DISTRIBUTION
Principles of Distribution • Tourist Market • Availability of Resources • Sustainability
Tourist Market Tourist Arrival & Characteristics • Place of origin • Purpose of visit • Length of stay • Age, sex, number of family travelling together • Type of employment & levels of income • Places visited in the country, type of accommodation • Number of times visited • Individual / group travel • Expenditure patterns • Visitors attitudes & Satisfaction levels
Tourist Market • International Emerging Market ? • Domestic Factors contribute to domestic growth ? • Past and Present Arrivals • Monthly Arrivals
Natural Resources • Economically referred to as land or raw materials) occur naturally within environments that exist relatively undisturbed by mankind, in a natural form. • A natural resourceis often characterized by amounts of biodiversity existent in various ecosystems.
Examples? Examples of Natural Resource Industry?
Examples of Natural Resources • Agriculture—Agronomy is the science and technology of using plants for food, fuel, feed, and fiber. • Air, wind and atmosphere • Plants / Flora • Animals / Fauna • Wildlife • Coal and Fossil fuels • Forestry & Agroforestry • Range and Pasture • Soils • Water, Oceans, Lakes and Rivers
Renewable Example ? • Non-renewable Example?
AVAILABILITY ofRESOURCES • Natural resource management focuses on a scientific and technical understanding of resources and ecology and the life-supporting capacity of those resources • Can they be relocated? • Man-Made resources? • Natural resources?
NaturalResources • Why was the attraction established? • Describe the natural resources in the attraction. Intact? Threatened (tourism, logging, mining, poaching)? • Inventories of area’s flora and fauna available? Needed? • Which sites and/or wildlife are biggest current and potential tourist attractions?
SUSTAINABILITY the capacity to endure • In ecology, the word describes how biological systems remain diverse and productive over time. • Depletion of Resources • Future use of Resources
SustainabilityAn “Ideal” Balance of Capacities in Three Systems Economic Environmental Socio-Cultural
Sustainable Tourism • Three interconnected aspects: environmental, socio-cultural, and economic • Sustainability implies permanence, so sustainable tourism includes optimum use of resources • Including biological diversity; minimization of ecological, cultural and social impacts • Maximization of benefits to conservation and local communities • Also refers to the management structures that are needed to achieve this.
A Case Study • Langkawi • P Pinang (Group 1) • P Pangkor (Group 2) • Kuala Lumpur (Group 3) • Melaka (Group 4) • Taman Negara • Kinabalu Park • Sarawak (Group 5)