Reference no: EM132322044
Case study on Destination: London
Task - Develop a case study showcasing international tourism destination LONDON. The assignment will develop critical thinking, analysis and literacy skills to synthesis/contrast information related to theories.
Instructions - Identify key issues for the destination from international tourism and contrast them with ideas discussed in at least eight (8) recent and relevant academic sources and 2 non-academic sources. Follow the structure and criteria below.
Case study structure -
Table of Contents.
1. Introduce the destination and outline main themes to be discussed in the case study (where it is located and why it is significant and what the report will talk about. Strictly no literature in introduction). (100 words).
2. Describe tourist visitation to your destination. Use relevant statistics to support your answer.
3. (overview of total visitation and how much percentage international tourists out of that, trends in growth or decline or stability in visitation (350 words).
4. Explain what makes the destination attractive to tourists. Use the tourism system (Leiper, 1994, 2003), motivation or satisfaction theories like Push and Pull, wanderlust-sunlust or Allocentric-Psychocentric. (It's an analysis on what's attracts the visitors. Talk on Competitive advantage around what attractions attracts most visitors). (250 words).
5. Identify and describe one negative impact (e.g. critical issue) and one positive impact (e.g. infrastructure or socio-cultural) from tourism activity on the host community at the destination London. (How is tourism impacting local community of London) -can link with non-academic articles like media articles). (600 words).
6. Identify and explain two key issues which occur at the location related to tourism and destination development. (write on infrastructure development, transport development, sustainable tourism development, safety and security, environmental management issue linked with tourism) (700 words).
7. Identify and explain two (2) policy implications which stem from tourism for the destination LONDON. (e.g. climate change policy, planning policy, safety and security terrorism policy. Pick any two relevant to the destination London.200 words each for two policy implications) (400 words).
8. Conclude the case study with a summary of key outcomes. (No new information. Use statement and punch lines and conclude with key findings of the report). (100 words).
At the end of the case study add a list of all references you have cited (the reference list is not included in the word count).