Case studies for tourism

Case study: Italy (why has global tourism grown?)

• Is a country with a great variety of landscape, mountains, cities and coastlines.
• All the places have a busy tourist business, making an important contribution to the national economy
• Venice is well know for its canals and Renaissance architeture; Florence for its art galleries
• Skiing in alps and sunbathing on the coast are popluar with both Italians and tourists
• People want a greater variety of places and the tourist industry grows to supply the demand whith the market

Case study: Dubai (how important is tourism in different countries)

• Tiny state in the UAE, located on the Arabian Gulf neighbouring Saudi Arabia
• Easily accessible from Europe, Asia and Africa so tourism is growing fast.
• Around 2.8 million people in 2000 to 5.4 million in 2004 and predicted 10 million by 2010
• One of the worlds top destinations
• Famous for its: duty-free shopping malls with huge department stores and a market. Prices are reasonable and there is a huge variety. Emirates Airlines may stop off at Dubai as part of their trip
• Sightseeing is popular- markets, zoos and traditional boats
• Water sports are growing in popluarity 
• Excurtions out of the city to see the desert and its wildlife
• Bird-watching trips take visitors to the wetland mudflat areas, over 400 species.

Blackpool- a UK coatsal tourist resort (how do we manage tourism in the Uk)

Blackpools growth and stagnation

• Lancahire coast in the NW England
• Major tourist centre during the 19th century to serve the inhabitants of nourthern idustrial towns
• Factory workers could increasingly afford a holiday, travelling by train to the nearest coast
• However as disposable income increased, they preferred to try somewhere different and package holidays created huge competition for British seaside resorts
• Eventually it lost family holiday business and relied on day trippers and stag and hen party business.

The supercasino

• One approach to get out of reccession was to apply for the UK's first supercasino
• Blackpool was the favourite applicant on the shortlist- 20,000 jobs and £2 billion of investment would have been generated- but however lost out to Manchester
• Despite this the Blackpool Masterplan spent millions on improving the town for the casino bid and a new department store opened in 2008
• As one of the larger resorts, Blackpool did attract private investment and local authority grants to upgrade hotels, turn outdoor pools into leisure centres and increase car-parking provision
• Decline continued but slowed
• Some attractions made it stand out: The Blackpool Tower, The Tower Ballroom and the Tower Circus
• The town upgraded its zoo and a sealife centre was built

The Lake District (what is the importance of National Parks for Uk tourism)

Attractions and opportunities for tourism

• The English Lake district is a glaciated upland area in Cumbria, NW England.
• It stretches 64km from N-S and 53km E-W.
• It became a national park in 1951.
• Famous for its scenery, wildlife and cultural heritage, it is considered England’s finest landscape.
• The ribbon lakes and tarns are part of a unique…