Tourism Contemporary issues in Travel and tourism



Summary

Travelling and Tourism industry is one of the leading industries in world which attract customer from all over the globe. Egyptian tourism and travelling industry is play major role in their economy with allot of attractions available for tourist such as Giza pyramid, River Nile, Dahab, Museums and others. However industry has been recently face some serious issues related to political and safety. Since industry is too vast, issues also exist with it in shape of terrorism and ecotourism in current environment. Furthermore, organizations have seeking to increase number of customers by offering them best accommodations in shape of Bed and Breakfast, Hotel, Hostel, Time share, Condominium Hotel, Individual Vacation Unit. Thomas Cook Group is one of the leading British companies which spread its network over 3500 over franchised stores all over the world. Group operates more than 100 aircraft in 21 countries all over the globe inclusive United Kingdom, United States, Germany, France, India, Egypt, Canada, France and other countries. Organization also aims to increase its market share but does not succeeds in it since two important part, technology and environment has been missing in their strategy as compare with British Airways.

Summary2

Introduction4

Discussion4

Current Issues of Tourism5

Safety and Security5

Political Crisis6

Attractions of Egypt7

Classification by the Room Price13

Thomas Cook Group14

British Airways15

Technology16

British Airways16

Online Marketing17

Thomas Cook Group17

Environmental18

Thomas Cook group18

British Airways19

Demand for Foreign Holidays20

Lack of Update20

Eco-friendly20

Conclusion21

Contemporary issues in Travel and tourism

Introduction

The world of tourism and travel can be used interchangeably. It is defined as the movement from one destination to other in order to reacting oneself and service provision for this particular movement. Hence, it can be taken as the service industry with having a number of tangible and intangible parts (Murphy, 2013). In tangible parts, hospitality services and transportation system can be including. Hospitality services consist on safety, services, banking, insurance, food and beverages tour and accommodation. On other side transportation system includes water, air, rail and waters. Intangible services that tourism sector may provides are rest and relaxation, adventure, escape and other new experiences of world. People state travelling as adventure and leisure in different field and now it is broadly classified as niche tourism, pilgrimage tourism, and health and winter tourism. This paper will aim to investigate the two issues with travelling and tourism industry in Egypt. It will also discuss number of attractions and accommodations available for tourist in Egypt. Later part of this paper will focus on to analyse Thomas Cook Group strategies to fulfil customer demand in comparison with British Airways.

Discussion

Task 1: Based on your investigation of the selected tourist destination, identify and discuss two current issues (refer to the hints above) and the causes, and analyse them to determine to what extent they are driving the change.

Current Issues of Tourism

Tourism is one of the most important sector in the economy of Egypt. Study indicates that there are more than 13 million tourist visits Egypt in 2007 and providing revenue nearly 11 billion ...