The Effects of Tourism on MEDC

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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

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