Factors Of Tourism And Tourism

Tourism plays a big part of the economy for many countries in the world. Tourism is also said to be the world’s largest service sector industry . According to a research by the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), the travel and tourism industry was twice the size of the automotive manufacturing industry in terms of the world’s combined gross domestic product (GDP) in 2011. In terms of employment, the travel and tourism industry is only second to education, employing around 98 million in 2011. This would only mean that tourism is a major contributor to global economic development, helps in creating jobs and also generates wealth. It is no wonder that countries around the world are building up tourism infrastructures to provide greater convenience to tourists and putting in more effort to attract tourists to their country. There are however many factors affecting tourism and this essay will be discussing how political stability affects tourist numbers in three countries around the world. The three countries that will be discussed are Greece, France, and Thailand.

The main point of the Greek and Thai article is how tourism in their

This could only be due to the fact that both countries rely heavily on tourism to boost their economies. They do this to ensure that tourists do not change their plans and go to other safer destinations for their vacations. However, it is important to note that despite Thailand being ranked the lowest of the three countries in terms of political stability, Bangkok still sees more tourists than any of the other cities in the three countries. This is according to the statistics provided in the 2015 MasterCard Global Destinations Cities Index . Hence, there are many other factors involved in terms of what affects the tourism of a particular