Tourism destination Cardiff

1. By Shahla Khan
For Cambria College

2. Session plan
 Introduction
 Session learning objectives
 Cardiff as tourism destination
for the day
a. Features as a tourism destination and
b. 3 businesses

3. Session learning objectives
 Students will be able to define and
describe the features of Cardiff city, the
capital of Wales, from the perspective of
tourism.
 Students will be able to identify and explain
three commonly appearing features from
the pictures that make Cardiff a tourism
destination.
 Students will learn to relate and examine
similar business activities relevant to the
features and list one other tourist
destinations of similar nature.

4. Basics of Cardiff
 Capital of Wales
 Largest city in Wales and the tenth largest city in
the UK
 Population 346,100 (2011)
 18.3 million visitors in 2010.
In 2011, Cardiff was
ranked sixth in the world in
National Geographic's
alternative tourist destinations.
the new £675m St David's shopping centre has
helped it become the third most popular retail
destination in the UK.

5. Cardiff
Few interesting events…
 WOMEX has been the largest
international cultural event Wales has
ever hosted
 Heineken Cup 2014- Rugby
 WWE
 Cardiff Design Festival

6. What are features of a tourism
destination?
Reasons why you
would visit that
place….
A. Natural
B. Manmade

7.  Beach
 Mountains
 Desert
 Hot bath, geysers
 Rain forests
 River
 Naturally occurring
activities- eg aurora
 Snow mountains
 Modern Infrastructure
 Religious significance
 Food
 Music
 Historical monuments
 High street retail brands
 Museums
 Indoor activities
Natural features Man made features

8. Features as a tourism
destination
In the following pictures, identify the
features of the city…

18. Discussion

19. 3 businesses
Pertaining to the features and the leaflets,
analyze the types of business activities
that could take place at a destination
with those specific features.

20. Ponder over…
On the basis of any one feature , think of
another tourism destination which has
similar features.

21. Questions?
Thank you