Chapter 14 - Destinations: Tourism generators. After completing this unit, you should be able to: Identify the factors that determine the success of a tourism destination, relate tourism planning to tourism policy, discover what the goals of tourism development should be, recognize some serious barriers to tourism development must be overcome if a desired growth is to occur,. | Destinations: Tourism Generators Chapter 14 Copyright © 2010 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All Rights Reserved DESTINATIONS Travel and tourism usually involves having a destination in mind As discussed previously, destinations go hand in hand with travel motives People travel for reasons of (1) recreation; (2) business and; (3) to visit friends and relatives DESTINATIONS Motives for pleasure travel include: Religion Health Scenic beauty Sporting events Culture Entertainment Combinations of the above DESTINATIONS Secondary and Primary Destinations Primary destinations are those that draw tourists from great distances and are the main reason for travel (name three) Secondary destinations draw people from nearby or they stop on the way to somewhere else (name three) MASS MARKET TOURISM It was not long ago that travel (for pleasure) was reserved for the wealthy While wealth still affords certain privileges, travel is now available to the middle-class and others Travel has become less . | Destinations: Tourism Generators Chapter 14 Copyright © 2010 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All Rights Reserved DESTINATIONS Travel and tourism usually involves having a destination in mind As discussed previously, destinations go hand in hand with travel motives People travel for reasons of (1) recreation; (2) business and; (3) to visit friends and relatives DESTINATIONS Motives for pleasure travel include: Religion Health Scenic beauty Sporting events Culture Entertainment Combinations of the above DESTINATIONS Secondary and Primary Destinations Primary destinations are those that draw tourists from great distances and are the main reason for travel (name three) Secondary destinations draw people from nearby or they stop on the way to somewhere else (name three) MASS MARKET TOURISM It was not long ago that travel (for pleasure) was reserved for the wealthy While wealth still affords certain privileges, travel is now available to the middle-class and others Travel has become less expensive, more “democratic,” and more “accessible” Examples include Las Vegas and Disney PLANNED PLAY ENVIRONMENTS Planned play environments are those that are built (temporarily or permanently) with the intention of attracting tourists Examples include fairs and festivals, amusement parks, theme parks, gaming destinations and even entire cities THEME PARKS Amusement parks, the predecessor of theme parks, have been in this country for over 100 years The oldest continually operating amusement park in the United States is Lake Compounce in Bristol, Connecticut, which opened in 1846 Theme parks are a more recent development and focus on one particular theme (Disney, LegoLand) Together, they draw over 340 million visitors each year and generate more than $12 billion INDUSTRY FACTS (FROM IAAPA) There are more than 600 amusement parks and traditional attractions in the . alone In 2007, 341 million people visited these venues and enjoyed more that billion “rides” There are approximately 300
