Toursim

• Economic Growth of tourism

  • Increased disposable income
  • Expansion of budget airlines
  • Reward schemes- air miles
  • Increased range of middle income
  • Decrease in cost of holidays
  • heavy marketing for shorter holidays like weekend getaway
  • Economic recessions can harm tourism
• social reasons for growth of tourism

  • increased days leave from work
  • increased life expectancy (Grey Hound)
  • increased desire to experience new cultures/landscapes
  • raised expectations of international travels due to mass media coverage
  • high levels of international migration
• tourism definition

  The travelling of an individual somewhere outside their usual environment for leisure, business or other purpose. (World tourism organisation)
• Political reasons for increase in tourism

  • Many countries invest heavily to promote tourism
  • Government backing of huge international events E.g the olympics
  • Perched terrorist attacks in some areas
  • Government restriction on tourist areas
• Mass tourism 


  large numbers of people travelling to the same holiday destination usually confined to few weeks a year.