Factors influencing to development of tourism

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2. DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY
ACADEMIC YEAR : 2019-2020
CLASS: M.A.I I ( SEM- IV )
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3. What Is Meant By Tourism
Historical And Cultural Factors
Religious Factors
Socio-economic Factors
 Demographic Factors
Political Factors
Environmental Factors
Technological Factors
Joint Impact Of These Factors On Tourist Destination
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4. What Is Meant By Tourism
A socio-cultural phenomenon refers to the mobility of
people.
A temporary movement of people to destinations
outside their normal place of work and residence.
A factory without chimney
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6. FACTORS
INFLUINCIN
G TO
DEVELOPM
ENT OF
TOURISM
Historical
And
Cultural
Factors
Religious
Factors
Socio-
economic
Factors
Demograph
ic Factors
Political
Factors
Environme
ntal Factors
Technologi
cal Factors
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7. 1) Historical And Cultural Factors
The ancient culture draw people like a magnet
way of life and stories of history,
 they make the areas more accessible for
tourists.
homes to ancient civilizations that people find
fascinating
tourists will certainly like to visit the place for
seeing monuments, castles, forts, ancient
architecture, sculptures, caves, antic paintings
and utensils, clothes, weapons, ornaments, and
other allied heritage.
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8. 2) Religious Factors:
• motivation to meet the spiritual, and religious needs of people
• to find inner peace and invoke blessings of the deities they worship
and to cleanse their sins before death. For example, Mecca,
Bethlehem, Kashi.
• raises awareness of our common heritage, which helps to ensure its
preservation.
• to their particular sacred destinations to accomplish their religious
missions.
• Religious heritage sites as a source of public education, identity and
pride
• The founders of the main religions have inspired various acts of
pilgrimage as a part of their establishment which carry their own
norms and values.
• They have their own special religious destinations.
• For example, PashupatinathTemple in NepalFactors Influencing To Development Of Tourism 8

9. • Tourism enables the International traveler
to understand and experience India’s
cultural diversity first hand.
• Fascinating religious heritage, along with
a rich cultural and natural history, has
helped to make India the world’s leading
tourist region. An extraordinary tapestry
of art forms, heritage sites and spiritual
festivals are living legacies of India’s
magnificent, diverse and longstanding
cultures.These legacies inspired over
travelers from around the world to visit
India.
• Uttarakhand has been popular as a
religious and adventure tourism hub
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10. 3) SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS:
Economic prosperity (if a person has a lot of money) also
influences what kind of vacations and how frequently they might go
on vacation
 When a country is undergoing
economic turbulence and when people
are facing unemployment issues,
tourism is affected adversely.
Good economic times promotes
travel for business and pleasure.
People are more willing to travel to
places further away or will be more
willing to spend money when
traveling
 On the contrary, when a country’s
economy is doing well and people
can afford to spend money on
leisure, tourism progresses.
Poor economic times creates worry about
the future and reduces spending on travel.
People will travel to places closer to home
and/or will go on vacations that will cost
less.They may decided not to go on any
vacation trip.
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11. DISCRETIONARY INCOME:
 The money that people have left
over after paying taxes and basis
living expenses (food, clothing and
shelter) economic prosperity can
encourage people to take more
trips
 People have more discretionary
income (money not used for bills)
to spend
 More people with discretionary
income more people will travel
economic factors
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12. These pictures of tourists on vacation show examples of travel
plans being affected by economic factors. Which photo
represents good or poor economic times?What are the clues in
the photo that helped you with that decision?
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13. 4) DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS:
characteristics and background of a country’s population can also influence travel patterns
Some characteristics:
Aging population
 Increase of number of two income households
 Trend for getting married and having families later
 number of children per family, education
More flexible working time
 More education about travel opportunities
Earlier retirement
For example: Canada and United States:The population is aging.The baby boomers are getting
older and they are the most likely to take international trips DemographicTrends
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14. If a population
had more of this
demographic:
SingleAdults
 Senior Couples
Young ActiveAdults
FamiliesWithYoung
Children
What type of vacation or
destination would be
popular:
Risky Sport Holidays
(Ex. Snowboarding)
 Resorts With Social Events
CruiseTrips
Disneyland
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15. 5) POLITICAL FACTORS:
closely implicated in all economics sectors
the influence of governments, the impact of policies and
political instability in the tourism sector.
Tourism is a sensitive market due to unfortunate events such
as the political instability experience.
Many tourists avoid areas of political unrest because they do
not want to put their lives in danger
The political stability of a location can greatly influence the
number of travelers to that area
 Examples of political conflict: war between countries, civil
war, revolutions, political elections, riots, terrorist acts,
kidnappings, drug gang wars
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16. Political Factors AffectingTourism In India
• India is one of the most visiting countries of the world. But some of the factors which
affect the tourism in India are :
• 1. Political instability and militancy in Kashmir, which is the most important tourist
destination in the country.
• 2. Naxalism and extremism in the North-eastern states of India.
• 3. Religious intolerance and communalism.
• 4. Political favor to rapists and other anti-social elements.
• 5. Presence of Hindu-Right wing groups like RSS.
• 6. Lack of friendly relations with neighboring states like China and Pakistan.
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17. Government Policy Regulation Factors
tourism is a multidimensional activity control
by formulating suitable government policy/
regulatory factors.
 this policies are crucial and important in
understanding the national and international
Framework within which demand evolves for
travel and tourism.
 generally government policy regulated factors
cover following activities
 create and establishment linkages
 people participation in tourism development
public and private sector participation
role of government in industry promotion
Tourism Policy
Swagat
(Welcome)
Soochana
(Information)
Suvidha
(Facilities)
Suraksha
(Security)
Sahyog
(Co-operation)
Samrachana
(Infrastructure)
Safai
(Cleanliness)
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18. 6) Environmental Factors:
• wonder and beauty of natural areas such as National or Provincial Parks
• destination boasts of conducive climate.
• In contrast, any undesired changes in the environment such as high
winds, flash floods, drought, and extreme climate can affect tourism
adversely.
• puts pressure on natural resources through over-consumption, often in
places where resources are already scarce.
• puts enormous stress on local land use, and can lead to soil erosion,
increased pollution, natural habitat loss, and more pressure on
endangered species.These effects can gradually destroy the
environmental resources on which tourism itself depends.
• contributes to more than 5 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions,
with transportation accounting for 90 percent of this.
• Eco-tourism is a rapidly growing industry, with potential benefits for both
the environment and the economies of the tourist destinations.Factors Influencing To Development Of Tourism 18

19. Diseases:
Disease outbreaks (epidemics) scare tourists because
they fear of getting sick easily.
Examples of outbreak diseases: SARS, Bird Flu, Foot
and Mouth, Ebola
Ongoing disease problems hold back some tourists,
because they are unwilling to take medications to
prevent the disease.
Examples of ongoing diseases: Malaria,Yellow fever
Examples of Disease Issues:
 The 2003 SARS outbreak greatly affectedToronto’s
and Ontario’s tourism industry
Tourists often have to receive vaccines/medications
before they travel overseas.These can often be painful
or have side effects.
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20. 7) Technological Factors:
TRANSPORTATION:
integral part of the tourism industry
become faster and more fuel efficient
links tourists with various tourist attractions
The more tourist facilities a country has the more it will become a
tourist destination
ACCOMMODATION-:
•Accommodation is the most important part of the tourism industry
and this part lacked very much in the direct connectivity to consumer
s.
•With the advent of technology many companies targeting this seg
ment and developed the interface through which they provide interf
ace to book hotels, conference hall online.
•GDS are there which provide information, availability and price to a
gents and booking agencies
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21. ATTRACTION-
Attraction sector Is the most coveted sector which needs an
intense communication to inform to the tourist about it
So technology plays very important role in communication
MARKETING -
 Online advertising
Informative websites
Search engine marketing
promotions etc.
Word of mouth/social media marketing by user
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22. D. BOOKING SYSTEMS –
• Technology provide customer the option to book tickets
from home and on the go
• Delivery ofVicarious Experience
• With the help of the help of the technology like web cont
ents audios videos.
E. CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIPS AND FOLLOW UPS –
• a database of customer information –
• an electronic newsletter –
• Emails regarding the new offers –
• Feedback –
• surveys regarding service.
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23. F. MASS MEDIA COMMUNICATION :
vital role in spreading awareness about travel and tourism in the
society.
increased reach of television and more recently the Internet world
wide web
provided easy and instant access to information about international
places and events.
G. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT ):
its effects over tourism includes:
 business growth profit for both for large and small businesses
 virtual presence of businesses websites with the help of ICT
specially for MSMEs
opportunities for both the private sector businesses and public
sector marketing organizations.
direct marketing may reduce the role of traditional intermediaries
relationship marketing inVogue.
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24. CONSUMER’S DEMAND:
• more quality conscious consumer
• interested in the social cultural and environmental issues
related to the destination they visit.
• they want to learn about issues both before they travel and
while they are at their destination.
• the safety aspect along with the cost, weather, accessibility
and quality of facilities as critical to them when planning
vacation
• because of various reason to name a few our diversity,
culture, increasing disposable income, education, travelling,
Technology oriented lifestyle and media awareness.
• the above-mentioned factor either individual or in
combination create a mature and knowledgeable consumer.Factors Influencing To Development Of Tourism 24

25. SUSTAINABLETOURISM
 A way of traveling and exploring a destination while
respecting its culture, environment, and people.
Tourism has the potential to make the world a better
place.
Travel shouldn’t be harmful. We should travel in a way
that can benefit the people and communities we’re in,
and that mitigates negative impacts of travel on the
environment.
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26. CanYou
Think Of
Any
Others?
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27. BIBLIOGRAPHY:
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