Key Components of the UK Travel and Tourism Industry
Key Components of the UK Travel and Tourism Industry
The structure of the travel and tourism industry plays an important part in linking the key components together especially the principles that are organisations that provide the products for a holiday e.g. services such as accommodation, transportation and holiday insurance which makes up the package holiday arranged by the travel agent and tour operator. They can be divided up into three groups, which are…
• Transportation Carriers
• Accommodation Providers
• Ancillary Services
Accommodation and Catering
Accommodation can be serviced which includes housekeeping and meals or the alternative, which is self-catering. Accommodation has an enormous role in the travel and tourism industry has there are many accommodation providers ranging from small independent out lets to the much larger organisation such as Marriott, Travel Inn and Thistle which are nationally owned.
The range of serviced accommodation depends on the size ranging from small which is usually 10 or fewer rooms to a large, which are more than 50 rooms. Facilities that might include a bar, swimming pool, gym, room service, room facilities such as a T.V, minibar and possibly an onsite bathroom. All establishments are classified in award ratings that usually range from 1 to 5 stars. The ETC (English Tourism Council) inspects hotels and self-catering every year.
Many B&Bs and guesthouses operate in the summer where there are more tourists although larger ones are also open in off-season. Seaside towns such as Blackpool mostly locate a lot of B&BS and Guesthouses; B&Bs are targeted at short stay visitors while tourists to Guesthouses usually stay at least a week.
HOTELS NUMBER OF BEDROOMS
Travelodge 7,000
Marriott 5,000
Travel Inn 9,500
Thistle 10,000
Hilton 9,000
Stakis 8,000
Holiday Inn 6,000
Toby Hotels 1,400
Moat House 7,000
Regal Hotel 5,500
Jarvis Hotels 5,500
Friendly Hotels 5,000
Millennium 4,500
Swallow 4,000
The bar chart and table above show the largest UK hotel groups in means of how many there are of each and how many rooms they have. The more rooms in a hotel the higher the ranking e.g. the Thistle have a higher ranking than the Swallow hotels.
The major hotels are owned by three large organisations, which are Forte, Whitbread and Bass.
TOURIST ATTRACTIONS
A tourist attraction is part of an excursion where a tourist will travel to a destination for entertainment, education or for interest. The destination allows public access whether it be day visitors or local residents and they do not book before they go and visit. The attractions are not classed as tourist attraction if...