Unit 2: Features of worldwide destinations

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Unit 2: Features of worldwide destinations

by Huyen Duong

​Destination

the place where a ​journey finally ends:

• ​town

​Destination

city:

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​Destination

​Tourist attraction

Multiple Select

Which below can be considered a "destination"

• Time Square

  (New York)

• Ha Long Bay

  (Vietnam)

• Your hometown

• Nguyen Sieu School

​Characteristics of a "destination"

• a character of their own​

​​Characteristics of a "destination"

​accessible location for the mass market

​​Characteristics of a "destination"

​information services

​​Characteristics of a "destination"

accommodation

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​​Characteristics of a "destination"

shopping facilities

​​Characteristics of a "destination"

a range of visitor attractions

Multiple Select

What does a destination need

• a unique character to distinguish it with any other place

• hotels

• shopping malls

• access to mass market

Multiple Select

What are activities that might happen in a tourist destination?

• Tourism activities

• Economic activities

  (buying, selling, working)

• social activities

  (festival, social gathering, religious meeting)

• political activities

  (election, national congress)

Multiple Choice

Can tourism stay as the ONLY activity in a tourist destination?

• No

• Yes, in some place

​Responsibility of tourist destination's management

​Ensure tourism developments integrate with other activities

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=> Future developments would be sustainable

Multiple Select

What does "sustainable" mean?

• consider its impact on current economy, society, environment

• consider its impact on future economy, society, environment

• consider benefit of the visitors only

• consider benefits of visitors and host communities

Multiple Choice

Look at the picture, which region is forecasted to have the greatest growth in no. of visitors from 2009 to 2020?

• Europe

• Asia & Pacific

• Americas

• Middle East

• Africa

​Product Life Cycle

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Multiple Choice

How many stages does a tourist destination might experience in their product life cycle?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

The main global features

Location of ​major continental land masses, oceans and seas

Multiple Choice

How many continents are there on Earth

• 5

• 6

• 7

• 8

Multiple Choice

How many Oceans are there on Earth?

• 4

• 5

• 6

• 7

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• ​7 continents: North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Australia, Asia, Antarctica

• ​5 oceans: the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, South Ocean

Multiple Choice

Northern Hemisphere contains

• mostly lands

• mostly water area

• same area of land and water

• can't compare

Multiple Choice

Southern Hemisphere contains

• mostly lands

• mostly water area

• the same area of land and water

• can't compare

Location o​f the world's major cities in relation to their importance as major transport hubs and destinations

Multiple Choice

The airport with the most international visitors in the world is in

• Paris

• London

• China

• the US

Multiple Choice

Guess why Dubai and Hongkong receive so many international visitors

• Many tourists love travelling there

• They are major cities with large population

• They have very accessible locations from different places

• They have many attrative tourist destinations

​Hongkong's location

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​Dubai's location

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​Flight time to Dubai

• From London: 7 hours

• ​From Frankfurt: 6 hours

• ​From Hongkong: 8 hours

• ​From Nairobi: 4 hours

​=> Convenient for world events of business/politics

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​Dubai's outstanding facilities and services

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​Dubai is an important global destination both as tourist destination, and as a business/trading center