Tourist Information Tourist Attractions vs Facilities Tourist Attraction

Tourist Information Tourist Attractions vs. Facilities

Tourist Attraction?

Company, Tradename, Brand, Vehicle

Harrods (department store)

It’s a thin line. . . Attractions or Facilities? A: places which tourists want to see and visit F: places which tourists use for their needs

Facilities • • Public Conveniences Shopping Mall Green Market Flea Market Marina Harbour Spa Hotel Facilities Room Facilities Sports Facilities Business Facilities

Country Branding

Cultural and Historical Sites

Botanical Garden (also cultural-historical site)

Aquarium/Observatory

Great Architecture Sights with the panoramic view

Arts (museums and galleries)

Festivals

Secular Pilgrimage

Consumerism and Commodification

Film as a Product

Theme Park

Amusement Park

Game Park/Reserve/the Zoo SUSTAINABILITY

Adventure

Nature

Sequoia National Park top-rated

Koala rare or precious species

Terms • • • Tourist Attractions Sights Hot Spots City Highlights Landmarks

Mind you! • Sight = attraction • Site = place (local site, web site. . . )

Types • • • Great Monuments Eiffel Tower, Belgrade Fortress Festivals Rio, Venice Sports Events the Olympics, Football Championship Exhibits Mona Lisa Buildings the Empire State Building Companies, Hotels Burj al Arab Flora and Fauna Sequoia Tree, Koala Products Cuban Cigars, Coffee Intangible/Fictional Platform 9 and 3/4, Baker Street

Tourist attraction can be. . . • • • alluring and enchanting profitable or lucrative memorable and remarkable conspicuous, sensational, breathtaking. . . tangible, visible, in physical form intangible, derived from imaginery, in spiritual form

Definition • More or less everything that has to do with tourism revolves around tourist attractions • They lead to creation of facilities and development of infrastructure and activities physical and spiritual – things to do

Our Topics Tourist Attractions Tourist Guiding – Detailed Description Museums and Visitor Centres Arts and Cultural Heritage Sustainability Future Trends and Responsibility Thematic Tourism (Special Interest Tourism) Marketing and Advertising – Promotion Strategies • SWOT Analysis • •

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Real or Fake?

COVID 19 STAYCATION

From Overtourism to Undertourism • https: //www. euronews. com/2020/09/25/ret hinking-tourism-after-covid-19 • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=a. FTk O 9 IMf 0 w&feature=emb_logo

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