Cultural tourism in London, London Olympic



Abstract

Cultural tourism can be defined as the branch or the chain of a tourism that is directly related to the culture of the country reflecting the life style of the3 people living in those area, the history of the people and the region, their art forms, their architecture, religion and other all the subsets of the culture that specifies the culture of an area. This paper comprises of relevant issues and theories pertaining to contemporary tourism and its potential social, economic and environmental impacts on host communities.

Table of contents

Abstract1

Introduction3

Background3

Discussion4

Contemporary tourism and its potential social, economic and environmental impacts5

Impacts on Host Communities5

Social impacts6

Economic impacts7

Environmental impacts8

Problems and the issues due to London Olympics9

Conclusion10

References11

Cultural tourism in London, London Olympics

Introduction

Cultural tourism mainly comprises of the tourism that is linked mainly to the urban areas that specifies the large cities of the country holding the historic importance or the historic event that hold an important place in historic timeline (Towner, 1996). They also facilitate the cultural facilities including the theatres, museums and other marked places to house the history. It also comprises of tourism in the rural areas exhibiting the tradition of the original cultural communities of those areas. It may include all the festivals, rituals, values as well as lifestyles. It has been reported that the cultural tourist spend more money than the other traditional tourist do. This is the form of tourism that has become popular in past few decades. According to OECD report, it has concluded that the role played by the cultural tourism in the development of the countries in the different parts of the world.

Background

There could be many forms of the cultural tourism that plays a vital role in the branding of the region or the country (Sassen, 1990). The Contemporary tourism has now become the major issue of debate in the international lines of tourism. It has highlighted many problems, issues and the event that had played a vital to upgrade the economy, and the cultural imager of the country as well as the region (Sharpley, 2006). There could be many forms of the contemporary and cultural tourism based on the intension and the idea of the tourism.

The destination chosen here for the tourism is London and the form of the cultural tourism is based on the recreational and the sports activities, that is, Olympic London.

There are a number of attraction for the tourists in the city of London that mainly focused of the Greenwich Tower Hamlets, etc, but still there are the in the bigger picture that have faded away from the scenario and have become isolated from the tourism market (Cartier, et.al 2005). The private sector will come forward in the development of more hotels, in the East London but there are no plans exhibited by the government of the international market to make investments in new hotel stock.

Discussion

The city of London was given an opportunity to host the Olympic Games for the past two times in the past in the year ...