TOURISM DESTINATIONS

The Limitation Factor in Tourism Destination

The Limitation Factor in Tourism Destination

Introduction

Tourism Destination Management focuses on the comparative advantage and competitive positioning of tourist destinations enhanced by their commitment to sustainable development principles and practices. Emphasis is placed on minimizing the negative impacts of tourism and preserving cultural and natural resources, while optimizing tourism's overall contribution to economic development in host communities.

According to the UN World Tourism Organization, the current trend in almost all regions of the world is toward semi-public autonomous tourism organizations involving a partnership with the private sector and governmental authorities. Most importantly, the global trend towards decentralization of governance has created a need for new, flexible public-private sector approaches involving key stakeholders in order to enhance a local destination's attractiveness, marketability, sustainability, service quality and overall competitiveness(Agarwal , 2007).

Tourism has been one of the most prominent and high-profile industry to exist on the face of the earth. Travelling, leisure, recreation, all have been significantly associated with tourism since people visits different places, exploring all sites and sounds to satisfy their innate need for adventure and peace at the same time. For this paper, we shall be covering the core concepts of marketing, the impact of marketing and management and the overall impact of the discipline of marketing upon the functioning and running of the tourism industry in today's modern world. 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 considerable economic and environmental impacts, ranging from the local to the global. Geographers have been influential in developing conceptual models for explaining tourism development. Some of the most influential models are resort morphology, the tourist-historic city, and the tourist area cycle (Cohen, 2004, 67).

Tourism

Tourism and recreation have become one of utmost socioeconomic activities of the old continent from the point of view of employment, contribution to GDP, and growth in demand. These activities generate substantial revenue and jobs, promote knowledge of other cultures and leads to the preservation of cultural and natural heritage and investments in infrastructure, resulting benefits, both economic and social, but not everything is positive; some forms of tourism and certain recreational activities can lead to habitat destruction, the deterioration of landscape and a competition for scarce resources and services (freshwater, land, energy, wastewater treatment, etc). In addition, local populations may suffer as a result of performing such activities, loss of traditions and acquire an excessive dependence on revenue generated by tourism. (Cochrane, 2008, 45) Tourism is of course a negative impact on the environment, but also on the economy and society. Tourism is now an increasingly serious impact. We can distinguish several problems:

Environmental problems

Environmental Problems consists of pollution, deforestation, and disruption of natural ...