Socio-economic Impacts

Week 3 GTM 
Recap over Political Factors 
Tourism and Peace 
The summer tourism fell apart 
Socioeconomic Impacts 
Technological Impacts 

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Week 3 GTM 
Recap over Political Factors 
Tourism and Peace 
The summer tourism fell apart 
Socioeconomic Impacts 
Technological Impacts 

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Name one political factor that impacts tourism.

Slide 2 - Mind map

Tourism and Peace 

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Tourists or tavellers?
Tourists don't know where they have been, travellers don't know where they are going.

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Slide 5 - Link

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Do you think Tourism can be a catalyst for peace?
Yes
No

Slide 9 - Poll

Socio-economic Impacts
Employment issues & opportunities
Exchange rates
Contribution to the economy / Leakage 
Investment
Standards of living 
Regeneration / development
Civic pride

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The summer tourism fell apart 

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Particular destinations 
Canary Islands - protests 
Barcelona - water pistols 
Mallorca - beach towels 
Rovaniemi - winter destination - protests

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Visit Norway pulled a proposed campaign 

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Slide 14 - Link

'Visit Barcelona' 
changed to 
'This is Barcelona' 

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More examples
India 
US National Parks - Yosemite reservations?
Japan - Cherry Blossom Festival 
Amsterdam 
Miami Beach 
Bali - tax 
Iceland - tax 



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Tourists subject to new regulations 
Where they can take selfies - NZ, Burano, Vermont 
How many people allowed in a tour group / flags on tour 
Fees to visit cities 
Limiting capacities 
Fines on hiking in flip flops - Cinque Terre, Italy 
Mayors asking tourists to stay away 
Wales - visit off peak 

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Stategies to manage tourism 
CopenPay success has let to Berlin, Tokyo, Zurich and Montreal considering similar plans.
Trevi Fountain - ticketing fee 
Bhutan - $200 daily fee 
New Zealand - NZ$35 - NZ$100 - wants to attract 'high value' tourists 
Greece - 20 euros per passenger for Santrini and Mykonos 
Athens and Mallorca reduce short term rentals.  Some cities already have.
Juneau, Alaska - voting for 'ship free Saturdays'...locals want their Saturdays back.

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Slide 19 - Video

Slide 20 - Video

Employment issues 
Wage exploitation, exploitation, long hours and poor working conditions.

Porters rights, Peru 
https://www.responsibletravel.com/holidays/inca-trail-trek/travel-guide/porters-rights

Malaysia 
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15332840802156907#d1e374






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There are positives.....

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Slide 27 - Video

Two new books ordered 
Jost Krippendorf, The Holiday Makers

“every individual tourist builds up or destroys human values while travelling”. 

The New Tourist, Paige McClanahan

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Technological Impacts 
 Digital marketing
Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR)
 Mobile Technology, Gamification of the Tourism Experience
Need for speed – e-business, internet connection/Wi-Fi/app’s/fast check-in/ease of booking
Ease of feedback – Twitter/Facebook/Trip Advisor, Instagram etc.

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Slide 31 - Link

Resources 
https://ajuntament.barcelona.cat/turisme/en/noticia/barcelona-tourism-changes-its-slogan-from-visitbarcelona-to-this-is-barcelona_1425238

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/sep/02/norway-outdoors-tourism-campaign-environmental-fears-right-to-roam

Greece2024_.pdf (website-files.com)


NewZealand2024_.pdf (website-files.com)


Singapore2024_.pdf (website-files.com)

Japan2024_.pdf (website-files.com)


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