TOURISM AND RECESSION

Tourism and Recession

Abstract

Tourism is defined as travel to a place outside the usual residential environment, involving a stay of at least one night but no more than 1 year, with varying motivations, such as business, pleasure, visits to friends and relatives (VFR), and education. It is one of the world's largest industries. Tourism has long been of interest to geographers, given its spatial, temporal, and activity patterns and given its major economic and environmental impacts, ranging from the local to the global. In this paper we try to focus on the Tourism Industry after recession in New York. In this paper we try to focus on the New York City and its Tourism Industry. The main focus of this research paper is the outcomes in New York City's Tourism Industry after the recession in the economy.

Tourism and Recession

Outline

Following are the particulars which are discussed in the paper.

Thesis Statement

Introduction

Background

Discussion

Tourism and Recession

How Recession Has Been Affected Tourism in New York City

Discuss How Was Tourism in New York In Term of Economic

New York's most popular destination of the United States in 2009

How Tourism Hotels Restaurants Will Be With Economic Situation Only In New York

Discuss different areas of tourism in term of economic in New York City only

2008 A record year for French tourists in New York

New York: Record of Tourists In 2008

Conclusion

Thesis Statement

Recession has been a negative for the tourism industry at all levels, it is important to consider the positive lessons that can be learned from this period to provide implications for the better managing of the economy

Introduction

Tourism is one of the largest industries in the world. However, it was hard hit by the global crisis, with the travel and tourism GDP contracting by 4,8% in 2009. However, according to the World Tourism Organization's (UNWTO) January 2011 report, global international tourists arrivals went up by almost 7% in 2010 compared to the same period 2009. This is a good recovery following a decline of 2009 which was due to factors such as the global economic recession. Emerging economies remain the main drivers of this recovery for the tourism sector. Africa, the only region that experienced a positive growth in 2009 continued to grow at a rate of 6%in 2010.This study focus on the impact of recession in the Tourism Industries especially in New York.

Background

The tourism industry in New York has grown considerably since the country's first democratic elections in 1994. The number of foreign visitor arrivals increased from just more than 3 million in 1993 to over 9,9 million in 2009 of which, just over 7 million were tourists . Foreign visitor arrivals for the period January to November 2010 was 10.3 million of which 7.3 million were tourists. The American continent is the largest source of foreign visitor arrivals, and the region contributed an additional 414 294 visitor arrivals in 2009 - a growth of 5, 6% since 2008. The air markets in Africa grew by 3,3% in 2009, continuing its steady growth since ...