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Tourist Accommodation Zone
Heading: Redevelopment of the beach area
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Introduction
The planned redevelopment of the port Pirie beach to include tourist accommodation zones and waterfront has both merits and demerits. The main aim is encourage influx of visitors which in turn translate to several benefits both to residence of Solomontown and the states. To increase the number of tourists, the state must redesign an environment that favours tourism such as infrastructure. This infrastructure includes car parks, entertainments and recreational facilities, tourist accommodations, motels, foot paths and roads within Port Pirie beach. From the plan it is evident that the allocated accommodation site is adequate and no likelihood of congestion during peak hours.
Tourist Accommodation Zone
Currently, it is anticipated that diverse activities take place in the accommodation area Port Pirie beaches some of which are insignificant while other are significant. Another factor making port Pirie beach an ideal tourist destination is the site near to the main road at Solomontown. This is not only making it accessible but also encourages commercial activities.
From the plan, it is evident that Port Pirie Beach intends to encourage a wide range of accommodations to varied number of tourist across the world given its wide area allocated for accommodations. The design plan provides the best pathways and footpaths allow the tourist to walk around the beach very easily. The location of the accommodation area provides with a clear scene to the beach and its environs. The presence of both caravan and camping facilities and the Cottage and cabin-type tourist makes the site outstanding destinations because of the related services. Shops, restaurants and cafes also cater for special needs of the tourists.
The presence of the menders streets allows easy access to transport services while at the same time reducing noise pollution by having only one road across the accommodation area. The pedestrian’s footpaths favour the tourist to walk along to and from the beach. The buildings adjacent to the road near the accommodation area must be carefully designed to reduce the effect of heavy traffic. Vibrations and noise from heavy traffic and trucks can affect tall building and make tourist uncomfortable.
Activities and infrastructure such as fuel depot, industries and prescribed mining operations stock saleyard, store, warehouse, road transport terminal are known to either pollute the air or cause unrest to the tourist. Therefore, they must be discouraged in the redesign of the Pirie beach. In addition, animal keeping, waste disposal depot, waste transfer depot are also not favourable in the tourist destinations since they cause air and environment pollution. Conversely, banks and consulting rooms need to be established next to the accommodations to ensure tourists are able to withdraw cash easily and conduct business in closed rooms.
Waterfront
The redesign of the Port Pirie beach at the waterfront must focus on recreation facilities, shelters, shops and kiosks, changing rooms and open space with a good landscape for both passive and active tourists. It must also provide car parks, boats, clubs and restaurants and commercial related services to waterfront. Regulated activities from the neighbours which ensure that service to the tourist are optimum.
The design of the waterfront Pirie beach is ideal in that trades areas, waterfront and the service trade areas are located strategically close to the beach thus accessible to the tourist. From the map it is evident that the waterfront surrounding has no residence, restaurants, and shops thus making it exclusive for recreation activities. It has a vast space allocated for grassed and landscaped ground, change rooms, shelters, and emergency services. The plan can easily be combined with the accommodation plan since the features included does not contrast but are in tandem with each other. Off street parking as depicted in the plan is also optimal and does not interfere with waterfront activities. Building adjacent to the plan should also be designed thoughtfully to encompass certain characteristics of colourfulness, strength, closeness to the traffic, far from the sea, accessible to the tourist as depicted in the plan. With regard to the roads and footpath, it should be designed to allow quick access to the beach without a lot of navigation as depicted in the plan which has several streets roads.
In addition to the plan, the following issues must also be addressed in such so as to create an ideal tourist beach. Banks and consulting rooms should be closer to the waterfront just in case the tourist run out of fund can access the very easily aprtv10 The from providing room for discussion for tourist since some of them are in business trip. Hotel, motels, stores, Office, retails show room, motor shows, service trade premises, stockyard, shops, services trade premises all must erected close to the waterfront for easy access by the tourist.
Conversely, the following must be discouraged with the entire mean. The Warehouse Waste Disposal Depot, Waste Transfer Depot, Prescribed Mining Operations, Intensive Animal
Keeping, Industry all cause pollution to the environment that is conducive to tourism development.
Conclusion
The aim of the redesign is to improve revenue from the potential of tourism at Solomontown. The increased number of tourist and encouraged tourism go hand in hand with improved infrastructure. The state must redesign an environment that favours tourism such as infrastructure. This includes car parks, entertainments and recreational facilities, tourist accommodations, motels, foot paths and roads within Port Pirie beach.
Tourisms Impact on South Carolina
Running Head: Tourism’s Impact on South Carolina
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Abstract
Tourism refers to travel for purposes of recreation, leisure or business. Tourists are defined according to World Tourism Organization as people who travel and stay in places outside their usual environment for more than a day and less than a year for leisure, business and other related purposes. Tourism has become a popular global leisure activity today and contributes numerously to the revenue of most economies of the world.
Social and Cultural Impact of Tourism in South Carolina
South Carolina, one of the states in United States, is characterized vastly by beach locales, golf courses, fresh and salt water fishing activities, a State Park, highly classed restaurants, shopping galleries, boutiques and outlet malls. A 295- acre botanical garden, the South Carolina Botanical Garden sits on this state, in Clemson, and is home to more than four hundred varieties of camellias and also boasts magnolias, hydrangeas and hollies. The azaleas, dogwoods, daffodils, and wisteria are found at Mt. Pleasant’s Cypress Gardens, enhancing the natural beauty. The aesthetic value is also magnified by the presence of Edisto Memorial Gardens, a home to the South Carolina Roses, four thousand plants which represent approximately seventy five varieties of roses in Orangeburg (Prosser & Harrison, 2009, p.28).
Evident in the area also are festivals related to food, culture, and the arrival of a new season. The World Grits Festival, the classic car show at Pickens Azaleas Festival and the Gullah Festival for celebrating culture and heritage are but a few of such events organized in the state (Ollholf, 2009, p.24).
There are also various state parks. The Cheraw State Park provides a serene environment for family fun, outdoor recreation, reunions and reminiscing. The presence of historic sites, cultural treasures and artistic treasures, and natural wonders cannot go unnoticed. Award winning museums are found here. The waters cater for activities such as boating, fishing, water rafting, kayaking, and scuba diving. With these naturally and artificially endowed environments, South Carolina is one amongst the many prestigious tourist destinations of the world (Gordon & Patton, 2008, p.65).
South Carolina was one of the first settlement sites of the English. It was also one of the first places to experience civil and therefore holds a significant place in American History. The Charles Town Landing, the first English settlement area, the colonial plantation and Charleston, a contemporary city are a few of the historical sites that are indicative of the rich cultural heritage of South Carolina (Ollholff, 2009, p.26).
Tourism affords opportunities for regional progress. Regions experiencing structural change are able to ascertain to a great extent the impact of tourism. Tourism provides for the transformation of local populations by providing their immediate needs. South Carolina has benefited immensely from this industry in a vast number of ways (Prosser & Harrison, 2009, p.32). One of the social impacts is that social amenities and recreational amenities are able to be accessed by the adjacent populations. The presence of golf courses, hiking opportunities, and water related activities can attribute to this fact. These facilities are effected and maintained by revenue accruing from the tourism. Other public utilities such as roads, schools and hospitals are also budgeted from this revenue (Beasley, 2004, p.45).
A rise in the living standards of individuals and communities is also eminent in South Carolina. This is due to the fact that employment in the state on tourism related opportunities are on the rise. In 2007, for example over one thousand direct tourism jobs were advertised. Increased employment directly increases the purchasing power of individuals thereby raising their living standards. This therefore reduces the poverty levels in the state and increases revenue from taxation hence contributing to the Gross Domestic Product of the United States (p.48).
The pristine environment, the natural aesthetic value of the area and the available natural and historic environments cater for the psychological needs of tourists and the community at large. This therefore improves the psychological health standards of individuals contributing further to their well being (Prosser & Harrison, 2009, p.63).
The state houses a variety of communities, from the English, African-Americans to Hispanics. All of these interact freely individually and collectively thus creating a unique culture in the state. This uniqueness stretches to build the social cohesion amongst these communities which indirectly influences their resilience to foreign shocks.
The diverse cultures in the state in addition to enhancing social cohesion, act as educative zones to both tourists and locals. Learning about the customs of another culture contributes to a change in personal attitudes and subsequently enhances one’s appreciation of other cultures (Beasley, 2004, p.75).
The attraction to natural and heritage icons such as those situated in South Carolina, help fund conservation efforts and provides opportunities for effective management of sensitive and significant figures. However, cultural attractions are not a sole draw card for visitation but provide one of many experiences (Gordon & Patton, 2008, p.111).
Cultural identity is also realized as an impact of tourism. A growing number of cultural celebrations highlight important events and paying homage to ancestry. This helps to preserve local traditions in younger generations while at the same time influencing visitors. The Gullah Festival as well as food and music celebrations help to preserve the unique culture of South Carolina (Beasley, 2004, p.98).
Negative impacts can also be attached to the social impacts of tourism. As articulated by Beasley (2004) increased demand for public utilities such as water due to increased populations as a result of high tourist influx may cause a strain on their supply which may indirectly affect the living standards of the local communities. Tourism may also contribute to a diminishing culture due to ‘modernization’ of historical facilities to satisfy tourists needs rather than preserving the originality of such heritage. Lastly, the overdependence on tourism may significantly increase the vulnerability of the local populations to circumstances beyond their control such as the world economic crisis.
Tourism contributes largely to the social and cultural spheres in places where it is practiced. South Carolina is a region well endowed with diverse tourism sites that are both naturally and artificially appealing. The area therefore is able to attract a unique generation of tourists as it encompasses the needs of the old generation and the new as well. The socio-cultural benefits of tourism cut across the individual and collective goals of populations residing within and without in the state. Maintaining the cultural diversity and developing adaptive strategies are fundamental considerations for the perpetuation of this industry in the South Carolina state.
References
Beasley, T. (2004). The Social and Cultural Impact of Tourism. Oxford: Oxford UP.
Gordon, G.B., & Patton, C.J. (2008). A Geographical of the Carolinas. USA: Parkway
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Ollhoff, J. (2009). South Carolina. USA: ABDO Group.
Prosser, C., & Harrison, C. (2009). Beautiful Places: the timeless beauty of South
Carolina. South Carolina: South Carolina Dept. of Parks, Recreation and Tourism.
Tourism System
Tourism System
Tourism happens only when people travel from their residence to the destinations to enjoy the beautiful landscapes or the historical interests. Otherwise, tourism cannot be considered as tourism and a tourist not as the tourist. For example, a person who visits the Forbidden City in Beijing cannot be regarded as a tourist if he lives and works in Beijing. Therefore, a tourist has to leave his residence for a certain destination by means of transport. The spatial movement from his residence to the destination plays an important role in realizing his travel desire. What is more, while traveling, a tourist will consume the tourism product. On the other hand, he also helps to produce it in that he can choose his destination, route and service freely according to his own likes and dislikes. This can help improve the design and quality of the tourism product.
As mentioned above, spatial movement is very important and worth our attention. Moreover, it is necessary to provide an organizing framework in order to study the tourism. To do so, we have adopted Leiper’s model, which was suggested in 1979 and adapted in 1990 (Figure 1). In the model, he points out three aspects of the tourism- tourists, the tourism sectors and the geographical element.
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Geographical elements
Leiper outlines three geographical elements in his model:
Traveller-generating region;
Tourist destination region; and
Transit route region.
The traveller-generating region (or home region), refers to the place where the tourists come from. It is the generating market, which stimulates and motivates travel.
The transit route region includes both the short period of travel from their home region to the destination and other places on the way that the tourists may stop to visit.
The tourist destination is one of the most important elements in the whole tourism system. It emphasizes what the suppliers can do for the tourists. Of course, this includes not only the physical equipments which are crucial to attract tourists, but also the management and service which are helpful to enhance its images and motivate the visit. In other words, the tourist destination functions as a ‘pull’ factor in the market and provides an area for most of the tourism activity. It attracts different kinds of tourists with such tourism products as attractions and the quality of management and service.
The tourist destination region is where the tourists can realize their temporary goal of travel and go through a memorable tourism experience. It provides them with attractions of various types and creates a stage on which planning and management strategies can be carried out. So, it is the core of the tourism.
2.Tourists.
After studying the geographical elements of the tourism system, students may understand that the spatial movement from the traveler-generating region through the transit route to the destination region is an essential and indispensable part of the tourism experience.
The following are to be considered tourists:
Persons traveling for pleasure, for health, etc;
Persons traveling in a representative capacity of any kind;
Persons traveling for business reasons;
Persons arriving in the course of a sea cruise, even when they stay for less than 24 hours;
The following are not to be regarded as tourists:
Persons arriving to take up an accommodation or engage in any business activity in the country;
Persons coming to establish a residence in the country;
Students and young persons in schools;
Any person domiciled in one country and working adjoining country;
Travelers passing though a country without stopping, even if the journey takes more than 24 hours.
There are different types of tourism such as holiday tourism, business tourism and common interest tourism. Business tourism can further be classified into incentive travel, conference tourism and business travel. According to the time the tourism takes, we also have day trips or excursions which do not involve an overnight stay and tourism which often refers to journeys or stays at destinations for at least 24 hours.
Now we are clear about what the distinct characteristics of tourism are and what a tourist is expected to experience in order to travel. As a matter of fact, tourism is a complete and comprehensive system in which the tourists play an important role. On the one hand, tourism can enrich tourists’ experience, widen their horizon and increase their knowledge. On the other hand, tourists can help to improve the tourism environment, to enhance the images of the destinations to push the tourism industry forward and to energize the whole tourism system. In one word, without tourists there would be no tourism. Therefore, it is worthwhile to attach great importance to the study of the tourists. Besides, there are other factors which have an influence on the tourism demand. They are economic, social and cultural factors.
3. Tourism Industry.
The tourism industry refers to the businesses and organizations that help to promote the tourism product. According to Leiper, various industrial sectors can be located in different places. In the traveler-generating region, we can find travel agents and tour operators. In the destination region, we can find attractions and hospitality industry and in the transit route region, we have the transport sector.
The tourism system is made up of three elements: the tourist, the destination and the tourism intermediaries. Among them, the tourist is the most crucial one. It is the starting point of the tourism and gives impetus to the development of it. The destination functions as the tourism object. It is the area in which various kinds of tourism product are delivered, such as the accommodations, restaurants, leisure facilities and other ancillary services. The tourism intermediaries help to connect the traveler-generating region and the tourist destination. It mainly includes the transport and the travel agents, tour operators, etc who help the tourists to realize their travel desire and obtain a tourism experience worth memorizing.
The primary tourism industry is composed of travel trade, transport, accommodation and catering, as well as catering facilities and tourist attractions, etc. Different sectors or companies to suit all budgets and tastes provide these products and services. The hospitality industry provides accommodation and entertainments for travelers. The tour wholesaler and travel agency sell and promote the products and services of the other sectors to travelers.
Now students may have a clearer idea of the tourism system. But we also should keep in mind that the tourism system is not an independent system. Its development relies on the support of other external or environmental systems, such as sociocultural, economic, political, physical, etc. These systems are interdependent. For example, without agriculture, no one can supply food for restaurant; without the oil industry, no vehicle can move and help tourists realize their spatial movement. And the tourism system, in turn, is also important to the development of other systems.