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    • Factors Affecting Tourism >
      • Biophysical
      • Ecological
      • Economic
      • Socio-cultural
      • Organisational
      • Technological
      • Political
    • Impacts of Tourism >
      • Social Impacts
      • Economic Impacts
      • Environmental Impacts
      • Ecotourism
      • Impacts - Venice
  • Local Case Study - Great White Bear Tours
    • Nature of economic enterprise
    • Locational factors
    • Ecological dimensions
    • Linkages
    • Effects of global changes
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    • Vocations
    • Fieldwork: Hudson Bay
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Factors Affecting Tourism

Factors influencing the functioning of tourist operations:

- Economic factors: Type of enterprise, competitive advantage, consumer demand, mobility of labour and capital
- Locational factors: site, soils, topographical and drainage requirements, climatic considerations, altitude, aspect, gradient, wind, special requirements for type of activity/enterprise
- Ecological factors: ecological sustainability, resource use
- Climatic factors: Temperature, precipitation, drainage, wind, sunlight, etc.
- Technological factors: Modern transport, information communication,
- Political factors: Quotas, tariffs, agreements, government concessions.
- Sociocultural factors: Lifestyle patterns, social organization, tradition, changing lifestyles, labour participation rates, 
- Organisational factors: Global structure of activity, ownership, control, decision-making, management style, etc.  

All of these will affect changes locally and globally.
 

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The components of tourism: Factors that influence your destination decision.

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  • Home
    • Tourism research lesson
    • Essay activity
    • Practice questions
    • Assessment
  • Tourism - Global economic activity
    • Nature
    • Spatial Patterns
    • Future Directions >
      • Research Task - Future Directions
    • Factors Affecting Tourism >
      • Biophysical
      • Ecological
      • Economic
      • Socio-cultural
      • Organisational
      • Technological
      • Political
    • Impacts of Tourism >
      • Social Impacts
      • Economic Impacts
      • Environmental Impacts
      • Ecotourism
      • Impacts - Venice
  • Local Case Study - Great White Bear Tours
    • Nature of economic enterprise
    • Locational factors
    • Ecological dimensions
    • Linkages
    • Effects of global changes
    • Maps and photographs
    • Vocations
    • Fieldwork: Hudson Bay
  • HSIETeachers Home