Category: Tourism

Canadian snowbirds are Canadian citizens who opt to travel to the south destinations where they go seeking for warm climates. At this particular time when the snowbirds head south, Canada is usually in the winter period and those willing and are in a position to afford a trip go ahead to visit the countries experiencing summer. The Canadian dollar has made a very big contribution to this exodus by Canadian Snowbirds since it has of late gained strength greatly over other those of other countries. The destinations where Canadian Snowbirds visit include; Miami beach, Myrtle Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Northwest Florida among others. Previously only old Canadians went for this exodus during the winter to purchase property on retirement , but this have changed greatly with the attractions at those destinations allowing even the young to go there.

Introduction

According to (Douglas, 2007 pp14-15), the Canadian “snowbirds” are a group of Canadians who travel to the south during winter to escape the cold season. Life in Canada during winter can be unbearable since even the costs for keeping the houses warm are quite high. In the contrary life is very affordable at the south at this period due to low costs of life in Mexico or even the United States. This is because there is an allowance of renting mobile homes or RV pad which are available for a reasonably small amount. Furthermore a snowbird visiting the South during winter can buy a mobile home that has been used in a fixed place which could be in a park, meeting one’s needs at a more so low cost.

Snowbirds exodus

The exodus of Canadian snowbirds takes place annually and it lasts for up to six months in their places of destination. Canada’s Conference board have come to a realization that by the year 2006,Canadian snowbirds had recorded the most trips which had amounted to 694,000.More so, this number of trips by the snowbirds has even risen making more trips to the south during winter than ever before. The rising rate of travels has been predicted by the Automobile Association of British Columbia who thinks that snowbirds will make a record exodus to United States which will be made possible by the Canadian dollar that has flown very high. This prediction is based on the sale of medical insurance to those traveling by the Automobile Association of British Columbia which has raised a lot in comparison to previous years at a particular period. There is anticipation for snowbirds to stay for a longer time, spending more than other years on consumer services as well as goods. (Douglas, 2007 pp16-18)

Destinations and those involved in Canadian Snowbirds’ travels

(McCaughey,2008 pp23-26) found that, the Canadian snow birds vary a lot ranging from young generation to old but the mostly involved in these trips to the South during winter are retirees and seniors. As a result they have formed an Association of Canadian Snowbirds which has over 80,000 Canadians traveling outside the country for about six months in a year. This association was formed to enable those traveling find affordable medical coverage in times of emergency while out of Canada but it has expanded a lot to an organization that is national preserving Canadians’ rights. Introduction of baby boomers in the market has led to the emergence of new trends by the snowbirds where people aging 50 years and younger have increased which wasn’t the case 10 years earlier. These people spend more since most of them still have jobs and are in the process of up scaling their lifestyle. Young snowbirds who are working use telecommunication requiring a laptop, convenient airport, and cell phone and WiFi connection to be able to work while on trips. An extravaganza for snowbirds is held each year in Florida drawing approximately 40,000 visitors with 60 percent of them being Canadians.

Destinations at the south for Canadian snowbirds are equally many which include Northwest Florida especially stretch between Alabama’s border on the west to the City of Panama offering quite a lot to see and do to Canadian snowbirds. During the months of winter it’s considered to be an off-season with rates for renting for hotels and beach homes being lower than $1000 each month. The greatest attractions are sand beaches that are sugar-white which is mostly undeveloped as well as the National Seashore of the Gulf Island.In Northwestern region of Florida and Mississippi there are 160 miles that were reserved for the National park in 1971 forming the biggest shoreline in U.S that is protected. There is anticipation for reopening of state road number 399 which transverses the seashore between Navarre Beach and Pensacola Beach on the Island of Santa Rosa. Communities of these two beaches have been rejuvenated and they are welcoming Canadian snowbirds back after suffering the Hurricanes Dennis in 2005, and Ivan in 2004 damage. The largest Canadian snowbirds populations estimate that 10,000 people get hosted by Panama City where a beach of 27 miles is being transformed. However even if Panama City is undergoing an up scaling it isn’t causing winter rentals to hike as they have remained affordable to the snowbirds with enough supply to meet demand. Destin area is visited by so many Canadian snowbirds whore are aged 55 years and above and they contribute in the improvement of that area’s local economy. Adding to Northwest Florida’s diversity are military attractions that draw Canadians who are military retirees to visit as well as live in the area. (McCaughey, 2008 pp27-28)

Another area of destination by Canadian snowbirds is Daytona Beach with most of its visitors during winter coming from Canada and officials of local tourism working very hard to make them get attracted to the region. The Sand Dollars of the Canadians is a program offered by Daytona Beach giving discounts on a number of hotels to Canadian snowbirds making it a hot spot destination. Other attractions are the coupon book of Sun Saver which gives discount for such activities as parasailing dining and golf while for those visitors wanting activities with a faster pace, International speedway of Daytona is the place for them. Canadian snowbirds return with their family members who are young to Daytona area during the grand travel which was previously dominated by parents and their kids, is now dominated by grandparents together with their grandchildren. Canadians wanting their visit to be at a slow pace head to Cocoa beach which attracts thousands of snowbirds from Canada annually. Cocoa beach is a kind of undeveloped, wonderful and uncovered paradise with incredible ocean sunrises and unbelievable Banana River sunsets. The outdoor activates serve as a big attraction which range from exploring Banana River and the Indian by boat to inaccessible public beaches stretching for 7.2 miles. Day trips are offered in port Canaveral by casino boats as well as cruise lines’ longer trips. If the visitors have a right timing they get the opportunity of witnessing a launch of the shuttle which is either from center of Kennedy space or the beach. (Mike, 2007 pp14-17)

Fort Lauderdale is also a destination area for Canadian snowbirds where a beach scene enclosed with glass, complete with a lifeguard, sand and sea shells is rolled out. These make up the on wheels beach which is used to give the Canadians motivation to spend more time in Fort Lauderdale. Southeast Florida, from Miami to the beach of west palm acts as a wealthier short and long stay attraction in Florida. A particular website is displayed prominently on a vehicle so as to attract those visitors who have been fed up with the winter. Fort Lauderdale enjoyed hosting 700,000 Canadian snowbirds in 2006 this is expected to increase due to the strength of Canadian dollar.

(Mike, 2007 pp18-19) argues that, South Florida is also expected to be a good bargain for Canadian snowbirds due to their dollar’s strength since they are known to favor destinations of Broward County. Though the snowbirds aren’t popular with Miami compared to Latinos and Brazilians, an improvement have been noted in the previous years having a record of 4.4 percent rise in the County of Miami Beach. Myrtle Beach is a popular destination as well with so many kinds of attractions to make the parents, kids as well as their grandparents amused. Golf players also have 100 courses and more waiting to have them challenged ranging from professionals to duffers enough to be announced the capital of golf in the world. Shopping discounts are also offered to visitors including the snowbirds from Canada in form of special cards enabling them get discounts for meals, shopping, water sports as well as local tours.There are souvenir shops situated at all almost all turns displaying inevitable fashionable clothes ,jewellery ,shoes and more to attract Canadian snowbirds who are its frequent visitors. (Minnesota, 2008 pp33-34)

Conclusion

(Minnesota, 2008 pp35-36) concluded that, the exodus of Canadian snowbirds should be permitted to continue at the current arrangements since its dollar is amazingly becoming stronger than that of its destinations. This will enable the Canadians to enjoy life even during winter since they won’t have to be locked into their cold houses in Canada. The Association of Canadian snowbirds is and will continue to be of great help to the snow birds offering them answers to their questions while traveling. It also assists in ensuring that they get insurance coverage on various areas while abroad.

References

Douglas G (2007): The Canadian Snowbird: indigo, pp.14-18.

McCaughey S. (2008): Snowbirds Pilot Honored On U.S. Memorial: legion magazine, pp.23-27.

Minnesota N. (2008): Canadian Snowbirds in Duluth: city data, pp.33-36.

Mike S. (2007): Great West Collection; Snowbirds: blogspot, pp.14-19.

Introduction

The focal point of the essay is to prepare a working report on the evaluation of the restaurant Kobe Stake house. For the purpose, it would not only look into the parameters of history and facilities but also consider the awards on by the organization. Additionally, it would consider the special features of the organization that make it unique and attractive.

Main body

The Kobe Stake house chain of restaurant started with Kobe Steaks in Atlanta about 32 years ago by Katsuhiko Watanabe. This was a pioneering experience for the people of Atlanta as it presented hibachi-style cooking. Later, with success, the restaurant started its chain in Nashville and followed it by another in Dallas, Texas.

The décor of the restaurant is carefully formulated keeping in mind the essence of Japanese foods and a leading Japanese architect designed it. Thus, it is certain that dining at Kobe Steak is surely a wholesome experience with not only exotic Japanese food but along with it the diner would find the essence and vibe of the Japanese culture.

The specialty of the restaurant is hibachi cooking or a style of cooking where the food is prepared right in front of the customer. This makes the atmosphere gastronomic and there is always an element of creativity involved in the entire process. The chefs present a range of showmanship with knives and other cooking apparatus in the process of making the food in front of the dining table of the customer. The entire process is like having a personal cook at the table ready for the service. The customer would be able to determine the amount of grill needed for preference and also can propose ingredients and spices if needed. It is almost an experience of having a tailor-made dinner at a Japanese restaurant while one is eating out.

The Kobe Stake house is extremely good at business sense and it is seen from their utilization space and ability to accommodate customers with different mode of needs like business meetings, rehearsal dinner, anniversary or simple birthday parties. The restaurant is also able to accommodate small or large groups in accordance to the need of the customers. These are organized in private dining rooms and these rooms are flexible in nature according the choice of the customers. About seven such dining areas are for private use and can accommodate about ten to forty people in seating groups. However, there are also semi-private rooms available. In these private and semi-private rooms the customers are required to remove their shows and enjoy the dinner at sunken tables in traditional style.

The specialty of Kobe Stake house is the flaming onion volcano and that is regarded to be a fabulous experience. Other such specialties are exotic Japanese cooking styles of vegetable, chicken, seafood and steak. These are all very fresh, therefore add additional flavor, and taste to the cooking. The cocktail lounge is also very comfortable with plum wine and other specialty cocktails. Apart from these, other traditional and exotic beverages are also available.

Kobe Stake house won the “America’s Top Japanese Restaurants 2008 – ZAGAT” and it was regarded as the “Best Japanese Restaurant – 1999 Reader’s Select Winner” by Atlanta Journal. (Kobestake, 1) Thus, overall, it can be stated that Kobe Stake house is a very delightful experience for any food lover and the essence of the entire atmosphere is very exotic in nature and it is a complete satisfaction and value for money for the customers.

Work Cited

Kobestake; Index; Kobestake.com: (2008). Web.

Overbooking implies that the hotel management accepts more reservations than its usual capacity after forecasting for stay over, no-show, and walk-in guests at the hotel. As a front desk manager, Amir was responsible for the overbooking at Calgary. The probable reasons for overbooking are:

1. Confirmed reservations and no-show cases can be a possible reason for overbooking. For instance, if a guest has a confirmed reservation until a stipulated time of the day, then the hotel is under obligation to hold the reservation until that time. However, once the time is over, the hotel is not under any obligation to hold reservations. As different travellers have different no-show rates, therefore it is important to minimize the no-show rates according to them. Thus, one reason could be miscalculation of the no-show case.
2. Predicting a higher number of checkouts on a future date may lead to overbooking. Stayovers could e a possible reason for the present overbooking situation. With the beginning of the Calgary festival, guests may have decided to stay longer and beyond the time for which they had made reservations.
3. Lower forecast of future walk-ins may cause overbooking. The number of walk-in guests may have increased due to the festival. The festival at Calgary attracts many tourists and Amir may have not accounted for the festival while doing booking for the hotel. The festival was a likely reason to increase the number of walk-in guests. Thus, increase in walk-ins could be a probable reason for overbooking.
4. Another reason might be holding less room for a group room bloc than that was actually required. This may lead to an overbooking situation.

Overbooking is an important tool to reduce revenue loss due to no-shows or cancelations. However, a quality must be maintained to ensure that there is always room to accommodate a certain percentage of overbooking. The quality checks that Amir must go through once he is in office are to check for the date of reservations. Then account for the confirmed bookings.

Further, the bookings, which were made provisionally need to be followed up with and their status, need to be checked. Then check those bookings, for which the guests have already paid. The number of days for which the booking has been done. Then check for the bookings of guests whoa re to arrive today. Then check the dates of the current dates and dates of their expected departure.

Further Amir would check for the status of the guest and the reason for his arrival at Calgary. The other checks would be if the reservation done was for a single person or a larger group. If the reservation was a corporate reservation and of other members of the company staying with the hotel currently. Further, Amir must look for duplicate reservations due to spelling errors, or check if the guest ahs already checked with another local hotel, further look for repeat reservations for same night or later evenings.

Further verification of the guaranteed reservations can be done by legitimizing the reservation using a credit card. Further the status of the corporate clients and their credit status in order to check if the corporate clients stand on a good corporate standing with the hotel.

These data checks would help Amir to account for the bookings and the expected overbooking status for the day. After checking the confirmed and provisional bookings, he can decide as to whom he need to accommodate first. Dates of reservation would also help him prioritize the booking priority status. Further, the number and dates of departure of guests would allow him to identify the possible vacant rooms he might have on the day. Using these he can make a probable overbooking status that would help him to analyze the situation better. Based on the guest’s reason of arrival he can be further categorized as likely to have a high chance of cancellation or not.

Further, if the guest is a regular, has a corporate relationship with the hotel, or is a patron, then they must be give special treatment, as they are the constant business for the hotel and are expected to remain as permanent customers. Thus, such loyal customers must be given special treatment and preferences in case of overbooking.

Relationship management in case of overbooking is very important. VIP guests who are patrons of the hotel, or corporate guests who guarantee payment even in case of no-show are customers who can be considered to be loyal to the hotel and require the services of the hotel annually. Thus, maintaining relationships with these clients is important.

First, Amir must try to provide them accommodation in the hotel and if he fails to find any room in the hotel, he must contact other local hotels and try to get reservations done for them. If even this is not possible then Amir must consult with the general manager of the hotel and then contact the customers at the earliest and apologize and explain the situation. However, the overbooking is probably due to the festival and the walk-in guests that the ongoing festival ahs brought. Thus, the first means of reducing the overbooking is cancelling the walk-in bookings.

Then any overstays from one-time customers must be asked to cancel their overstay or their accommodation be made with some other hotel after explaining the situation and on receiving their consent. Thus, whatever is the situation, VIP and corporate guests must be given special treatment. Apart from this, Amir must call corporate clients to confirm their reservations, and confirm that the reservation must be confirmed before a stipulated time latest. Status of the corporate clients and their credit status with the hotel must be verified before confirming reservations.

Amir must contact other local hotels and convince them that the guests that they would transfer would come with guaranteed payment for no-show cases. Further, Calgary was willing to help the other hotels when they faced such a situation in future. Further, the hotel can transfer only the guaranteed and advance-paid reservations to the other hotels, wherein there is no confusion and ambiguity of no-show cases.

Walking in guests, if necessary, must be done with utmost humility and patience. For this, the best time would be to apologize right after the arrival of the guest, after providing some refreshments to them. Then as compensation, Amir must find accommodation for the guests in other hotels at the earliest, and then offer a complementary, on the house dinner or lunch invitation. Depending on the status of the reservation Amir may also offer a free day and night stay at the hotel for the guests on a later date.

Reference

Bardi, James A. Hotel front office management. New Jersey: John Wiley and Sons, 2007.

Introduction

The future implications of mass tourism for the development and management of coastal resorts is as diverse as the destination environments. Resort management has been neglected in the past in terms of academic interest therefore; research in to the subject is largely missing relative to other forms of tourism. The available literature shows only their failure and decline. Resorts originated from Britain in the 18^th century when sea-bathing in England became an organized and fashionable leisure time event. It was something for the royalty and the wealthy (Sheila & Shaw 2007).

From England it spread to Continental Europe the North America and by the 1920s to the rest of the world. By the end of the second half of the 19^th century and early 20^th Century, resorts changed to mass holiday centers. This was due to improved access through rail, emergence of organized and structured pleasure modes, and more development in social access to leisure time and recognition of investment opportunities in coastal resorts. These also attracted other facilities such as theatres, opera houses, pier shows, beach entertainment which attracted more people.

What had started as holiday centers for domestic market attracted international tourists in 1960s and 1970s. The world affluent started to travel to the French Riviera pleasure ports. The 1990s up to date is known as the mature phase which witnessed movement from mass tourism centers to more flexible tourism products to cater for the changing demand. This signified above average rise in long-haul destinations, rise in specialty market segments offering luxury comprehensive resorts with some offering weddings and honeymoon packages (Sheila & Shaw 2007).

These changes saw the development of resorts as a worldwide product due to growth in tourism which in turn, had serious impacts their development and environments (Hall & Page 2002).

Linkage to geographical perspectives

Tourism is the largest global industry which interconnects people from all over the world and therefore geographical knowledge is imperative. According to Alexander Murphy, President Association of American Geographers ‘who we are is shaped in part by where we are. Human interactions with each other and the environment are rooted in geographical understandings, as well as the opportunities and constraints of geographical circumstances’ (Hall & Page 2006, p. 2). This means that geographical approaches and techniques give a perspective into issues in resort management and planning such as decisions on land-use for their development and the impacts they have on the local and regional physical environment. Geographical informatics has also produced figures on the size, distribution and significance of tourism at regional, local and international levels. The World Trade Organisation in 2003 recorded that Asia and the Pacific experienced 9% drop in tourist arrivals due SARS epidemic. World Travel and Tourism Council in 2000 measured that directly and indirectly, contributes 11% of global GDP, that is, US$ 3575 billion and provides 200 million jobs per year (Mason 2008, p.37). The same report also projects that by 2010 the earnings from the same sector will grow to 11.6% of global GDP providing 250 million jobs. These figures are important to management and development of resort.

Concepts from Geographic perspective

Space

This means the surface of the earth and the uses it is put to by people (Cartier & Lew 2005, p. 6). Activities associated with leisure, sport and tourism all require space and are therefore ‘users of space’. Such spaces vary in terms of scale and also according to the type of activity they are put to. Tourists are always on the look out of place or space where their encounter in space, with people, meet their expectations and desire and brings ‘seductive’ and unforgettable experiences. In resorts planning and management space becomes very important because it determines the type of activities and opportunities it provides for its visitors. Space for golf courses, tennis courts, beach shows, surfing and skiing, sight seeing, sites among other activities are important (Cartier & Lew 2005).

Place

Place in geography is about the uniqueness & distinctiveness of different parts of the earth’s surface. With leisure, place is significant in that, it can affect what people do in their free time. Factors such as climate & culture influence participation patterns in leisure and Tourism activities. Tourists frequent places which will guarantee particular aspects of attraction, desire and possibilities for liminal experiences depending on the age, gender and sexualities. The most visited tourist landscapes are the cities, both by residents and foreigners. Tourist places also take regional forms such as ‘the orient’ meaning the multicultured region of West Asia, the Caribbean islands associated with their extensive sandy beaches and favourable climate and the Mediterranean climate of the French Riviera pleasure ports among others (Hall & Page 2006).

Environment

Environment in geography can be defined as an aggregate of our surroundings which comprises of five components: political; social; economic; cultural; and physical (Mason 2008, p. 38). All these factors interact together in a tourist environment. It has a two-way focus in geography; it looks at the impact of the natural world on human activities and the reciprocal impact of people on that world.

The natural environment offers resources and opportunities for leisure and tourism, yet activities associated with them can impact natural environments including biodiversity, erosion & physical damage, pollution, depletion of natural resources and visual impacts. Planners and managers of resorts should look at this relationship and strike a balance between them which calls for sustainable development (Sheila & Shaw 2007).

Scale

This is the geographical levels at which a phenomena occurs. Tourism and leisure involves movement and circulation of people in space and can be analysed at local, regional, national or global scale and the interactions of processes and change at each level (Hall & Page, 2002. p 7).

Conclusion

The development of resorts to a worldwide product due to growth in tourism ushered in serious impacts their development and environments. Tourism is the largest global industry which interconnects people from all over the world and therefore geographical knowledge is imperative. Geographical approaches and techniques give a perspective into issues in resort management and planning such as decisions on land-use for their development and the impacts they have on the local and regional environment. Resort management and planning can be looked at from different geographical perspectives, that is, space, place, environment and scale.

References

Cartier, C & Lew, A.A 2005, Seduction of place: geographical perspectives on globalization and touristed landscapes, Routlrdge.

Hall, C & Page, S 2002, The geography of tourism and recreation: environment, place and space, 2^nd edn, Routledge.

Hall, C & Page S 2006, The geography of tourism and Recreation: environment, place and space, 6^th edn, Routledge.

Mason, P 2008, Tourism impacts, planning and management, Elsevier Ltd.

Sheila, A & Shaw, G 2007, Managing coastal resorts: A global perspective, Channel View Publications.

Introduction

Tourism is the leading export earner and plays a significant role in the economy of New Zealand. The country also features prominently among the world’s top tourist destinations. Estimates by the ministry of tourism in New Zealand show an increase of 3.8% in the number of international visitors to the country during the week that ended on 14^th March 2010 compared to the same period last year. Forecasts by the ministry of tourism also indicate that Visitor arrivals to the country remained unchanged at 2.45 million in 2009 despite the effects of the recent global recession. Although tourism is a very important contributor to New Zealand’s economy, there are significant differences in yields when the domestic market is compared to the international tourism market

Government and industry organizations

The most important government organization that is involved in the management and marketing of tourist destinations in New Zealand is Tourism New Zealand. This is the official government agency charged with the responsibility of marketing and promoting New Zealand as a tourist destination all over the world. The agency was established through an act of parliament in 1991. This agency runs tourism-related news updates, provides important market statistics and traveler guides, and undertakes various campaigns on consumer marketing, international public relations, and trade marketing. In addition, the agency continues to offer advice on tourism-related businesses that range from start-up, growth, and their sustainability (Tourism New Zealand, 2009)

There is a great relationship between tourism in New Zealand and the government. Development in tourism greatly depends on the nature of the government. Instability in government leads to the rate of tourist influx in the country going down. Apart from selling tourism policies of the country, the New Zealand government ensures that it has ensured that the country is stable politically. The government works together with other tourism stakeholders in ensuring that they have established the required tourism infrastructure. It also takes the initiative of educating the public on the importance of tourism to their economy (Ministry of tourism, 2010).

A report by Lincoln University (2007) on tourism yields outlines that private organizations operate in various settings that are directly or indirectly related to tourism. The areas where participation by private organizations is widely visible include accommodation, transport, bars, cafes and restaurants, cultural and recreational services, and retail business as well. Firms in the transport business are further categorized on the kind of services they render. There are those companies specializing in car hire, un-scheduled air transport, Scheduled air transport, long-distance bus and rail services, short-distance buses and trams, taxis, and numerous travel agencies. Private business establishments offering accommodation services in New Zealand are differentiated into hotels, motels (motel inns), lodges (boutique accommodation), hosted accommodation, youth hostels (backpackers), and campervans (camping grounds). In addition, firms concentrating on culture and recreation can be found offering services in zoos, museums, parks, and gardens. Recreational activities range from racing games, active beach sports, bungy jumping, guided expeditions for landscape viewing, skiing, and lotteries as well. Cafés bars and restaurants and other forms of retail businesses also form an important segment of the private sector that is involved in the tourism industry within New Zealand (p.10).

According to Tourism New Zealand (2010), most organizations use a variety of strategies to market the country as a tourist destination. They for example use their company websites, advertisements in both electronic and print media like blogs on the internet and business journals. Tourism New Zealand has been using youtube as a channel to market the country’s tourist destinations. Most of the marketing is undertaken by industry organizations and marketing networks established by private operators who come from different sectors. Some examples of these organizations are; Bus and coach association, Hospitality Association of New Zealand, Holliday accommodation parks association of New Zealand, Mountains Guides Association, Travel Guides Association of New Zealand, and various Maori tourism marketing organizations. Some of the leading tourism marketing networks in the country include the Ski tourism Marketing network, Food and Wine marketing group, Cruise New Zealand, Best of Spa New Zealand, and others (Para 1- 5).

Domestic and outbound travel patterns

Boniface &Cooper (2009) explain that New Zealand as a country has many tourist attractions. International visitors are drawn from all over the world and have different reasons for visiting the country. These reasons are holidays, visiting friends and relatives, for business, attending conferences, stopovers while traveling to other destinations, education and medical services with a minimal percentage with no specified reason for visiting the country. The major tourist centers for holidaymakers include Auckland, Rotorua found which are in the North Island, and Wellington. Popular attractions in these areas include sightseeing and adventure tourism (p. 527).

Thomas (2004) explains that Business tourism especially to the rural areas of New Zealand is mainly motivated by business interests in the agricultural and rural environment.with Rotorua being an important center for this form of tourism. One thing that is easily notable is that business tourism in rural areas mainly involves small tourist firms whose main aim is to provide the tourists with a unique experience of the rural life in New Zealand. The central marketing theme for this companies is presenting the country as “pure “ and natural beauty of the lands is what tourists come to see(p.141).

Rogers (2003) observes that conference tourism is another subsector in tourism that is growing very fast in New Zealand. This can be attributed to the increasing numbers of meetings and conferences that are being held in New Zealand. A reliable transport infrastructure combined with business and leisure has made New Zealand a preferred destination for international conferences especially in the capital city (Wellington) which is the most populous urban city.Stable and less frequent fluctuation of the country’s currency has also contributed to this trend as costs for organizing international conferences and annual meetings by public and international companies remain relatively stable. An estimated forty five thousand visitors attended various conferences in New Zealand in the year 2002 with corresponding revenue of two hundred and sixty million New Zealand dollars. The trend has continued on a positive note since then (p. 87).

According to Cooper&Hall (2005), New Zealand records most of its international visitors to come mostly from Australia while the United States, china, the United Kingdom, Japan, Canada, South Korea, Germany and Europe form the other important segment of long haul tourism markets for the country. New Zealanders are also known to be frequent travelers within their own country. They often travel to other parts of the country and spend nights out, in doing this they also spend money and this contributes to the national economy. The hot springs and geyser of Rotorua and the beaches on the Northern Island are favorite destinations for the locals. Reasons for domestic travel are also similar to those for international arrivals (p.109-115).

The number of New Zealanders travelling outside the country continues to increase significantly. Majority travel for leisure and business with small percentages travelling for education and medical services.According to a study conducted in 2005, it was found that domestic visitor nights had gone down from 66.7m in 1999 to 51.8m in 2005. This was attributed to decrease in number of holidays in the country. Local overnight expenses were found to be dynamic with their revenue increasing from 3.81b in 1999 to $4.94b before then depreciating to $4.17b in 2005. On the other hand, outbound trips were found to increase significantly. This was as a result of strong exchange rate and decrement in international transportation cost. The total number outbound and domestic nights were found to remain stable at 90m from 1999 to 2005.Outbound trips were reported to increase by 26% and 34% in 2004 and 2005 respectively. This was reported in all areas of travel with holiday travel registering the highest rate (Ministry of tourism, 2010).

Conclusion

In discussing sustainability and marketing of tourism in different countries ,Edgell (2006) notes that New Zealand has been able to successful market itself as top tourist destination and this has positively impacted on the sustainability of the tourism industry. The other countries that have also been able to achieve this are Australia, Canada, Costa Rica and most of the European(p.36).Tourism in New Zealand contributes significantly to the country’s economy and provides employment to many New Zealanders through various occupations that open up in different sectors of the tourism industry.

Reference

Boniface, B and Cooper, Chris. (2009).Worldwide Destinations: The Geography of Travel andTourism. Burlington, Butterworth-Heinnman.

Cooper, Chris and Hall, Michael C. (2005). Oceania: a tourism handbook. Bristol, Channel view publications.

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Leisure Travel is today one of the largest and fastest-growing global tourism markets in the world. In an actual sense, many locations are now keenly involved in developing their tangible and intangible travel chattels. This is mainly to develop comparative advantages in an increasingly competitive tourism marketplace. Additionally, it is meant to generate local uniqueness in the face of globalization. Together, leisure travel and creative industries are increasingly being used in the promotion of destinations and in enhancing their competitiveness and pleasant appearance to enhance tourism (National Geographic).

When it comes to assessing the impact of leisure travel on tourism, there is the need to observe the rising connection that exists between tourism and leisure travel. This is mainly in connection with how they have together become major drivers of the attractiveness and competitiveness of destinations (National Geographic). Recent case studies indicate that the different facets of the relationship between leisure travel, tourism, and the attractiveness of a region can be used in enhancing the region as a tourist destination. The strong connection can also be cultivated to assist places to become more eye-catching to tourists as well as growing their competitiveness as locations for tourists to visit, work, and invest in (National Geographic).

In many ways, the inter-relationship that exists between leisure travel and tourism is more often than not confronted by several stratums of intricacies. This is because the very nature of leisure travel indicates that it is not stationary, rather it is dynamic. It evolves and changes giving it an all-around relationship that it shares with tourism (Robinson-English). Additionally, the composition and practices in tourism are never isolated from the aspects of life. This is because tourism in structural terms involves a set of social practices that are normally interconnected with all the aspects of people’s daily lives. Tourism as an aspect touches on people’s associations with other people, places, and history.

Regarding policy issues, tourism cuts across the fields of planning, education, health, environment, transport, development, and culture (Robinson-English). As a result, the overlaps and the contending priorities have always made it very difficult for policymakers to come up with the right policy frameworks that can effectively divulge information on issues dealing with tourism and leisure travel. Consequently, the issues involved become more and more multifarious as the themes merge and intersect (Robinson-English).

One of the defining principles of tourism lies in the fact that it involves people physically traveling to places that are outside their daily life and as such, they end up familiarizing themselves with other environments (Robinson-English). It is, therefore, the different places that allow people to live out a variety of touristic activities. As a result, in the process of having encounters with and participating in different cultures, the vital elements of tourism are then lived out (Robinson-English).

In its widest sense, leisure travel offers a set of substantial and symbolic resources that are logically abundant in supply. It is based on international tourism that leisure travel has facilitated the growth of tourism (Robinson-English). Additionally, leisure travel has also allowed the involvement of a range of civilizations and sections to be part of the development process. Over and above, tourists do not come across customs as some value-neutral form or process; rather they make sense of leisure travel about social places and times (National Geographic). This is basically about the particular recognized and easy knowledge systems that are accumulated through experience to come up with tourism packages (Robinson-English).

In most cases, leisure travel is a runny and challenging perception to deal with. It is in this regard that it is mostly taken to mean a people’s ways of life. This includes the intangible aspects like values, ideals, societal practices, habits, and customs and the tangible aspects like monuments, buildings, and objects among others. In many ways, these are the things that convey the demonstrations of the values and beliefs of a society. From a touristic perception, leisure travel comes about people and their everyday societal uniqueness, customs, and day-to-day models of activities which differentiate them as special (Robinson-English).

Within the context of tourism, a variety of dimensions are exploited with each part autonomously positioning itself in the mobilization of monetary functions. It is usually of utmost importance to recognize that the tourism sector involves creativity that draws upon the fullest range of expressions of leisure travel (Robinson-English). As a result, leisure travel provides tourism with the products it needs for tourists to explore. Among the dimensions are aspects like cultural heritage, diversity, and creativity.

All in all, tourism in its widest sense mobilizes leisure travel as the central means that it uses to make sense of visible and invisible aspects. Administrators, academics, travel writers, artists, aw well as poets often use tourism as a way of translating and making meaningful the social life of the people they visit or encounter (Robinson-English ). In the same way, mobilization of leisure travel in the field of tourism involves the use of tour operators, tour guides, and tourism planners that package the particular types of artifacts, spaces, stories, and social places into discourses, products, and events that are accessible to tourists (Robinson-English).

Eventually, such translations and packaging, coupled with the right intercultural exchange, result in ‘commodifications’ that transform original configurations and meanings to put them in such a way that outsides and tourists can easily understand. Consequently, leisure travel blends with tourism to bring about abundant cultural destinations that many in the world can experience to tap into.

Works Cited

National Geographic. Smart Traveler: Therapy with a View. National Geographic. 2005.

Robinson-English, Tracey. Travel Getaways with a Cultural Theme. Ebony. 61.3 (2006): 87-92.

According to Stee’s words, “Whether due to lack of funds, complacency or the lack of commitment to ensuring the safety of staff, guest and property is not just scary…. in ensuring security of an hotel..”, hotel management should not be based on internal factors. Certainly, his statement is not true on the consideration that; many hotels ought to be well managed by ensuring the availability of various social requirements like security; which would enhance their success. In contrast to Stee Shellum’s statement, the lack of funds, lack of commitment to ensuring the safety of the staff, guests, and properties, and complacency are the main arising issues that ought to be well considered when planning on hotel security as they form the main intrinsic factors affecting hotels performance. On this basis therefore I don’t agree with Stee’s words that; the lack of funds, complacency, or lack of commitment to ensure safety in the entire hotel fraternity does is not a threat to a hotel as evidenced in the Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Newmarket and Accommodation Glasgow west end(Raymond, 2009).

Perhaps, by having adequate funds, a hotel would enhance the provision of enough facilities for the hotel; leading to guaranteed security within the hotel. As it has been revealed, much insecurity in hotels arises from fire outbreaks in cookers and lighters and therefore, provision of enough and adequate cooking and lighting facilities would guarantee security to an extent. As a matter of fact, in the hotel industry, the main arising issues are more in the management aspects within hotels themselves but not so much affected by the external environment. Hotel security has its basis on the availability of enough funds to acquire the necessary facilities in the hotel on top of requiring highly competitive management personnel in allocating the resources more effectively. For instance, Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Newmarket is one of the mismanaged hotels in Canada; in which due to lack of enough funds, most of the pieces of equipment used there is not secure for both the workers and guests, as they are very dilapidated (Raymond, 2009).

Meanwhile, the commitment by various identities within a hotel in its entire management system is of crucial significance in ensuring security within a hotel. In this case, the management personnel in a hotel ought to be well devoted to ensuring the availability of security within a hotel. Certainly, as it has been revealed by various researchers, commitment in any social organization plays a very crucial role in ensuring its prosperity in one aspect or another. Being a social organization, hotel management should be fully committed to carrying out various activities within the organization which to an extent would lead to the enhancement of security within the hotel. In this regard, the hotel managers should ensure their full commitment to enhancing the safety of the staff, guests, and properties. For example, Accommodation Glasgow West End is one of the well-managed hotels in Victoria whose success lies behind the commitment of its management team in ensuring security for its employees and guests (Richard, 1999).

The enhancement of security by hotel management to its staff members, guests, and properties requires a high degree of commitment; which in turn would ensure the prosperity of the hotel. Hotel managers should develop positive attitudes towards ensuring security among the various entities within a hotel which would thereafter lead to coherence in the various activities within a hotel. Perhaps, hotel managers should put into consideration the need for well-motivated staff, guests, and the entire properties in hotel, which would assure the prosperity of the hotel. Generally, commitment has been reported to be one of the main key values in managers of any social organization in enhancing harmony and coherence in the organization which in turn reduces the levels of insecurity in such organizations (Denny & Jon 26-47).

On the other hand, complacency has for long been one of the hindering factors towards the consideration of safety issues for employees, guests, and properties within an organization. In this case, managers in social organizations like hotels sought to develop the ethical considerations in the management decision especially concerning security for their employees and guests as well as the general properties in the entire hotels. By being considerate of other people’s situations, hotel managers should provide for safety measures concerning the staff and guests of that hotel; which would assure its progress. More specifically, hotel managers should devise means and ways of ensuring safety and security for their entire clients. By so doing, the hotel managers would be leading the hotels to higher chances of better performance as the staff and guests feel encouraged in being within the hotel premises as safety is assured. (Richard 79-105).

It is important to note that, the availability of funds, high commitment of hotel managers in their work, and their lack of complacency need to be integrated into ensuring a high performance in a hotel. In terms of security enhancement, hotel managers should incorporate several strategies in ensuring adequate safety in the entire hotel and its clients. More precisely, there ought to be active interaction between the willingness of managers towards the provision of quality services within a hotel and its ability to command adequate funds to cater to various requirements effectively. In this regard, the hotel management system should be interactive to the entire hotel fraternity in knowing the exact requirements within the hotel which would assure the safety of workers, guests, and the hotel properties (Raymond 26-59).

More so, being a social organization a hotel should be well organized and all considerations on ethics and safety for its clients being met. In this case, hotel managers ought to possess some qualities of humanitarianism that would drive them at ensuring the provision of security for all entities within the hotel. Hotel managers should by all chance integrate various security factors in the management, to ensure security within the hotel, both to the staff and the guests. By so doing, a hotel would be assured of its success and prosperity as all the parties involved would be motivated and encouraged through their security issues being catered for (Denny 46-56).

Generally, security in a hotel is of crucial significance in determining the success and prosperity of the hotel. As revealed by various hotels like The Accommodation Glasgow West End and the Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Newmarket; hotel clients would be encouraged or discouraged in the services offered there, if security within the hotel would be assured. More specifically, staff members in any social organization would be motivated in their work when the working conditions and environment is safe and secure for them; which calls for hotel managers to be very attentive to security issues within a hotel. Generally, a hotel would be assured of its success if it has enough funds to cater for security issues within the hotel, which would further encourage its staff and customers.

Works cited

Denny, Gregory. “DeFacto Security Standards: Operators at Risk”. London: Pearson Education Publishers. (1991): 25-60.

Raymond, Charles. “Security and Loss Prevention Management”. New York: The Educational Institute of the American Hotel & Motel Association. (2009): 25-65.

Richard, Stanford. “Safe Places? Security Planning and Litigation”.New York: The Mickie Company, (1989): 75-110.

Current Tourism Trend That Impacts Destinations Worldwide

Currently, the tourism industry globally is catching up with the widespread sustainable production with the aid of various organizations such as learning institutions, both governmental and non-governmental organizations, various successful entrepreneurs, local, regional and national industry associations, and also travelers who are concerned. These outlined promoters have come to realize the significance of tourism industries globally thus playing a fundamental role in establishing a steady tourism sector. The policy of achieving the goal of establishing a steady tourism industry is achieved by the implementation of various policies to facilitate that promotional process. Basically, it is clearly evident that, the powerful impact of tourism on both the local economy and the traveler. Currently, the report from the UNWTO clearly stated that the powerful and enriched impact of the tourism sector on the global economy is entirely dependent on the destination of every tourist or the explorer of the tourism industry. The tourism industry has greatly influenced the well-being and accessibility of both cultural and natural assets in the world’s economy thus raising the level of diminishing the poverty potentiality in the world.

With regard to the United Nations report on the tourism industry, it has been clearly stated that the tourism industry is equally rated to other prominent industries like food processing, oil production and exporting industries, automotive industries among others. According to its statistics is evident that three years down the line the industry has contributed a lot to the economic growth with an average of 922 billion people traveling worldwide thus giving an aggregate of about $944 billion. However, some areas experienced a minimal number of tourists the reason being that those regions were hit by a global crisis like the one case of prevailing H1N1 flue infectious pandemic disease. Worldwide, there are high hopes that the tourist sector will come to grow and expand just like other economic booster industries in a few years to come.

Major Festival in the Us, the Event and Its Impact on the Local Economy

There are various festivals held in the US among the innumerable ones, the holiday festivals emerge to be the best. The reason is that it is this festival that almost every individual globally aims to attend. There are various festive holidays that are conducted in the US among them include Christmas on the river, the spirit of America festival, Christmas walk & house tour among others. The most productive holiday event that is enjoyable and the most preferable conducted in the US is the Christmas walk and house tour that is specifically conducted in Geneva, Illinois State. The event usually comes annually and is celebrated in Geneva.

The festival is characterized by the expression of live streets throughout the city. It is during this festival season that every individual fights to be closer with his/her family from wherever that he/she resides. It is during this period that food becomes plenty for everybody including young and old. The festival is usually categorized into various sub-festivals in that; there is a class of arts celebrations and displays, there is also a class of midsummer festivals whereby many memorial music competitions are held. This celebration is marked by the presentation of sponsorship opportunities to children and youth who are able to learn and further their education in different areas of study.

Currently, the Christmas walk and house tour festival has emerged to be a holiday encased with traditional norms. This is basically applicable throughout to families like those of Chicagoland, Fox Valley, and many more others in Illinois State. The significance of this celebration to the community is that through this festive celebration, youths that are potent academically are helped to pursue their studies. They are usually allocated some sponsorship areas to facilitate the learning process. Apart from being of help to the youths, the festival also ensures a steady supply of food throughout the state. It is through this season that much of food is found in plenty thus being of the great satisfactory parse. This significant role of student sponsorship and food supply is of positive impact on the local economy.

Introduction

Tourism is a growing economic sector in each country. More and more people in the world are involved in the tourism sphere. People in the world became more educated and this influences their desire to enlarge their scope by means of traveling all over the world. Moreover, the information is one more reason for the increase of human interest in world attractions. Oxford Castle is one of the attractions where people come from the whole world. Being a historic building, this place now plays the role of a memorial about some specific historic events and as the centre of the entertainment. Different people are attracted by absolutely various things, some come to see the place which has sustained so many years. Others come to see which look it has now. Still, Oxford Castle is the place that attracts numerous tourists from the country and worldwide. At the same time, some specific actions should be provided to increase the level of tourist attendance of this place of interest.

The Influence of Historic, Current and Anticipated Issues and Trends on Tourism Development

The United Kingdom is a country with a rich history. People all over the world know the most prominent events connected with this country and they want to see those in reality. Still, the awareness of the whole world about the history of the specific country does not make it popular. One of the main conditions is that his history should be interesting. Ancient knights and duels, beautiful queens, and great traditions are the factors that attract people. The UK is one of the European countries which still has a queen and this is not a political issue, it is honour of the tradition. There are a lot of various historic buildings which have been prominent due to some events or other reasons. People want to come and to see those places as they consider them as a part of the history and many people want to touch at least the piece of the past. Moreover, the UK is famous for its sports events, fashion, etc. Information technologies are the main facilities which help people get to know more about other countries, their current, and anticipated issues and trends. Thus, information widespread is considered to be the main facility for tourism development (Brotherton 111). Being a well-developed country and a country which has a great many historical sites, Great Britain has managed to achieve a great level of tourism development.

At the same time, tourist attractions are influenced by product life cycle rules greatly. Each tourist product has its own cycle of life. Some products are more popular that is why their life is longer, others are not so popular and with time they come through the following stages, introduction, growth, maturity, and decline (Page 360). Today, Oxford Castle appears in the maturity stage of its life cycle. It is possible to avoid the decline stage if to do something. There are a number of facilities that influence Oxford Castle attendance. The considerations of some of them may help us create a development plan for increasing the attendance of this sight of interest and attracting more tourists.

The Impact of Competing Industries on the Castle Development and Destination Oxford

Competition is the main factor that influences the development in the sphere of tourism. It is obvious that the UK is the country where a lot of different castles are much more important in the historical meaning than Oxford Castle. Thus, if to consider the market position of Oxford Castle, it may be concluded that this tourist product appears in a very competing environment and to survive some supporting services should be presented. Oxford Castle was a prison before, still, nothing outstanding had happened there. So, to remain a historic place of interest and to survive in a highly competitive environment, Oxford Castle should develop some supporting services. Supporting facilities are really important in the places which are not really outstanding in the relation to history sparks (Key to the castle). Oxford, as a competitive destination is regarded from the perspective of the opportunity to study ancient castles and the history of the UK, hence, tourists are attracted by antiquity.

The page states that on-site amenities and off-sire ones attract more clients (362). The influence of such facilities in Oxford Castle is great. The Oxford Castle is the place which has such facilities as restaurants, a hotel, some offices, a place for markets and theatrical performances. These additional facilities are created with the purpose to be able to compete with other castles in the country. The UK is a country with many years of history and the competition among castles and other similar attractions is great. To remain on the tourist market, Oxford Castle has to attract more tourists each year not to enter its decline stage in the life cycle of the tourist product. Thus, it may be concluded that competition in the industry is a stimulus for Oxford Castle to create something new and remain a popular place of attraction.

The impact of Social Factors on the Castle Development and Destination Oxford

It became natural to unite social and cultural factors which influence the development of the place of interest (Cooper 187). One of the main socio-cultural impacts on the Oxford Castle is the exchange of the traditions and cultures on the territory of the building. For example, the existence of the hotel on the territory of Oxford Castle presupposes the existence of the restaurant where food should be served in accordance with the desires of the visitors. So, it is natural that the cuisine traditions on the territory of Oxford Castle are different from the country’s ones. This is the first socio-natural factor that influences sight development. This impact is considered to be negative as any socio-cultural interaction in one culture from another is damaging.

Moreover, the cuisine tradition is not the only one that requires attention. There is more damaging socio-cultural interaction which is considered to be bastardizing for Oxford Castle. A castle is a historic place of interest and it was built many years ago. To attract more and more tourists, different supportive facilities are created to satisfy the interest of different social layers and various cultures. This is rather devastating for Oxford Castle as a historic building.

Demand and Supply-side Decision Making Models to Examine Potential Challenges and Opportunities for the Castle Development and ‘Destination Oxford’ over the Next 5 Years

To create the plan for the development of Oxford Castle for the next 5 years it is crucial to consider different aspects and check the tourist value of the place. First of all, it is necessary to use the model of local participation. This nine-phase model will allow measuring the local tourists and the international ones which is important for planning the facilities and developing attractions (Mason 122).

It is impossible to examine potential challenges and opportunities for the castle development without turning to economic models. The main purpose of the economic models is to consider the expenses and the profit which are going to increase the profit of the country from the tourists’ participation. It is crucial to state that their predictions are considered on the basis of the perfect competition. Moreover, the economic models may consider the influence of any facility on the rate of tourists’ attendance with the condition that others remain unchanged (Tribe 11). Thus, these models may analyze the current situation and make some specific predictions what should be made with the tourism in Oxford Castle in the nearest five years. It is also important that these models may offer some specific propositions.

Conclusion

Thus, the Oxford Castle is one of the attractions which is considered as the historical memorial and a place of tourists’ attraction. People from all over the world come to see this sight for a number of reasons. On the one hand, this place is a historic building, but its historic importance is not so great. On the other hand, the development of the tourist industry in the country made it possible to attract visitors by means of other facilities, different from historic value. Still, being a castle, the Oxford Castle increases the competition in the country within the related issue. It is impossible to reject the fact that Oxford Castle plays important role in the whole tourism industry of the United Kingdom.

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Los Angeles is located in the state of California and it’s rated as the most populated city in that state and the second-largest city in population in the United States after New York City with over 17.8 million people (history.com). Globally, it’s the 12th most populous metropolitan. This traffic of people have to travel to their different station’s work every day and when not going to work these people are visiting a friend or taking their families out. As the residents of L. A attend their daily duties, they create a problem because the infrastructure is not broad enough to accommodate them. As a result, a majority of the residents of L A find themselves trapped in ever-growing LA traffic yet they have little they can do because they cannot expand the roads in one night.

The LA as it is known by its initials is the home to Holly Wood, some of the world’s best Universities, and a venue for international trade and a tourist destination. The city is also ranked as the third wealthiest city in the US and the fifth in the world. Were it not for the transit problem, it is possible for LA to take the number one slot as the wealthiest city in the world. The man-hours and the resources wasted by the boring LA transit problems are enough to problem this city in that number one position if these resources that go to waste every day were to be directed into a profitable venture. With such incentives to mankind, it’s inevitable for L. A not to attract more people day in day out. LA today with its well-nourished industries, beaches, and ports, entertainment spots, security, many millions of people is a recipe to all the desires of mankind. However being held in traffic for over 72 hours per year, paying for fuel at very high prices, lack of parking slots in the city are major disincentives that are turning away potential investors and merrymakers from the city. Regardless of the economic benefits generated by the LA population to the US and the world in general transit within the metropolitan area has always been a huge setback. ( Los Angeles Times)

The current transit situation in Los Angeles

Transit in LA is cautioned by the network of freeways, highways including Interstates Highways connecting the city to other states in the US. However, commuters still experience up to 72 hours of delay in traffic per year making LA be the most congested city in the US by commuter delay per year. The Ports of Los Angeles is also too small to handle the strain demanded of them. Last year about 10 million tons of cargo were handled by this port. Plans are underway to expand these ports but the fear is that the city is growing and expanding by the night and by the time these expansions will be complete by 2015 than the city will be demanding new strategies be adapted to re-expand the ports again. Trying to solve the LA transit problem in the port so that it can sustain the city is like chasing the wind because if the sport grows, the economy grows and overrides the expansion if the ports are not expanded then problems will double because the people’s demand cannot be overlooked.

Challenges that Los Angeles traffic pose to inhibit LA full economic potential realization

The industries located in LA require a working transit solution for them to fully realize their full economic potential. California hired over 100,000 people in February alone (impress online). However, people end up turning down job offers in LA due to its transit problem. The delay in transit means that business moves slower than expected

and when this is happening overheads are still being incurred and these overheads that are incurred without generating any value have to be paid for. The people who pay are the final consumers or any product from LA meaning they have to pay more for goods from LA than from any other place and this is not good because the common made is made to suffer because of this transit problems. Let me not mention about matters that require to be attended as emergencies because with the transit problems, the utility generated by attending to emergencies has been watered down. What about the millions of man hours going to waste in trains stations, bus terminals, airport or in the ports. As mentioned above, LA can take the number one slot if the transit issue is wiped away. Millions of productive man hours going to waste would be utilized better to help grow this big economy. It could be safe to say that residents of LA have to an extent been reduced to busy bodies because of the transit problem.

Mechanisms laid down to solve the current transit situation in Los Angeles

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is dedicated to a “30/10” initiative to build the urgently needed transit developments (mostly rail transit lines) in the next 10 years. (The transport politic).New light railway lines are already in operation but still the problem persists. The scraping of some bus lines from operating did little help to solve this problem. In fact, this move has been criticized as a setback rather than a solution. Once the ambitious 30/10’’ vision it realized, then LA will benchmark new strategies to defeat the transit problem.

NFL stadium plans, and how it will affect Los Angeles traffic

The proposed $ 1 billion stadium is expected to generate more income to the economy of LA than it poses a threat to the already worse but manageable transit problems in LA. On days when the stadium is active then the streets of LA will be in a lock down. How and where will over 100,000 people transiting at the same time be helped without affecting the ordinary daily businesses of LA? To ease traffic congestion to and from the stadium, it is proposed that tax services will come in handy. (Los Angeles Times)

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