The Effects of Tourism on MEDC

The Effects of Tourism on MEDC

Tourism has changed dramatically in recent years, due to the

improvements in technology of transport which have gotten faster and

more efficient, allowing people to even travel hundreds of miles

abroad which before the invention of the plane would have been only

for those in the army, explorers or the unbelievably wealthy whereas

today flights on planes can be bought very cheaply and people have a

greater amount of free time which can be spent on holiday because of

paid holiday leave, earlier retirement, increases in awareness of

other cultures and countries through the media which often have a more

reliable climate than of local holiday destinations.

Tourists used to mainly travel to more traditional holiday

destinations like the countryside or sea side resorts, for example

Blackpool, which have struggled to survive against competition from

foreign holidays which are seen as more interesting and exciting. In

modern times longer holidays are taken abroad which are available to

people from all levels of wealth, so even low class people can go to

popular overseas destinations, so types of holidays that are popular

have changed, which can be seen from the increase in popularity or

activity holidays that are being taken.

Holidays are becoming more active, the once relaxing day trip to the

seaside now seems to most people boring with little to do except swim

in the sea and make sand castles with little alternative entertainment

aside from visiting the arcade, whereas modern holidays are more

exciting with diving, safariing, skiing to see unfamiliar and unusual

things, which has not changed, what has changed is what is ‘unfamiliar

and unusual’ partly because of the availability of information on the

internet and television, once people learn about things like

rhinoceros’s or Chinese new year festivals, being at a crowded beach

with a few rock pools is going to look pretty dull in comparison to

the modern traveler.

Blackpool is a large seaside resort and is probably the most famous

in all of Britain and needs a lot of tourists to keep it sustained