When Tourist Season Gets into Yor Nerves

All over the world, the tourist season varies. Tourist flock to a place during a specific time of the year because of the activities and adventures available. In most areas of the world, summer is considered as the tourist season since there is no school and the sun is shining and a good time to get a tan.

There are places though that the tourist season is during the winter time. These countries are mainly found on the northern hemisphere which experience as lot of snow fall. Winter offers activities like skiing. skating, snowboarding, making snowmen and snow snow angles , and snowball fighting.

Anyway, I found this:


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... and i thought that it was cute and amusing.

How come we can't shoot them? (They could sometimes be annoying. They are noisy, rowdy, demanding and polluters. They take up space in the beach. They take up space in the road... and the list could go on.) Here's my reasons why:

Tourists are not ducks. Tourist season is different from duck-hunting season. If you're hunting ducks there is a possibility you'll be charged with cruelty to animals. If you shoot a human you'll probably end up in jail with a manslaughter case.

Tourists means business... Business means jobs.... Jobs means money... Money buys food and pay for our rents. Get the picture?

You are a tourist yourself at some point of your life. Would you want any body shooting you to smithereens? No, right? Then we should abide by the golden rule.

Philippines Tourism Statistics

According to the Philippines Department of Tourism, the country showed a strong start for the tourism sector this 2008. Tourist arrivals in the country for May 2008 reached 260,567 versus the 243,951 in 2007. The total volume of visitors from January to May 2008 is 1,372,680. This 7.4 percent better than last year's volume of 1,278,280.

The United States provided the biggest share at 20.3% which translate to 52,864 arrivals. Koreans accounted for 19% or 49,467 arrivals. Japan is in the third position and comprised 11% of the total arrival with 28,614. China is in the top five with 13,994 or 5.4% arrival and is expected to rise in the rank.

Tourist from Europe increased by 15% with Russians leading the pack. Of the Europeans who visited the country, 70.5% of them were from Russia. Nonetheless, Scandinavian count has also improved substantially with Ireland in the lead with 31.4 percent growth.

Despite economic crisis faced by the country, tourism remains strong. Local government units are optimistic on the sector and have been including it in their priority programs.

Ageing Population Trend and the Tourism Industry

All through out the world changes have been reported in the tourism demand along with the demographic, sociostructural and sociocultural developments. Service providers need to adjust to the changes to compete and stay in the business. The survival of the tourist industry depends on recognizing relevant trends.

The tourism industry does not exist in a vacuum. It is an industry linked to its social and natural contexts. The current and foreseeable socio-demographic shift namely the advancing ageing of society will result in far reaching changes. Many developed countries experience secular decline in the birth rate and simultaneous increase in life expectancy changing the age structure of its population.

Given the sociodemographic trend, senior citizens will make up most of the growth in the tourism industry. One particular reason for believing that senior citizens will be the principal source of growth for tourism in the is the fact that much of this market segment is receiving pensions and financially secure and proves to have substantial purchasing power resources available for tourism. After retirement, the time available also increases substantially. Senior citizens appreciate travel as a way to keep physically and mentally fit and participate in social life.

This situation poses as a challenge to the tourism industry. Adjustments and changes have to be made to transportation design as well as accommodation structures to be able to meet the need and demand of this market segment.

Statistics Expects Growth for Tourism Worldwide

In 2007, the United Nations World Trade Organization (UNWTO) World Tourism Barometer showed growth in the international tourism arrivals. It is expected that this trend will continue until this 2008 despite deteriorating economic climate.

For one, despite tensions and threats in the Middle East, the region totaled 46 million international tourist arrivals. The region is emerging as a strong destination with visitor numbers climbing much faster than the world total, with Saudi Arabia and Egypt among the leading destinations in 2007. This 2008, the Middle East is among those with consistently growing tourism industry with the Asia-Pacific region. Growth in the region is due to the increasing intra-regional traffic brought about by the increase of the disposable income from rising oil prices.

Many countries have reported double-digit growth rates in the first up to the second quarter of 2008. Many of these countries are in the Asia and Pacific Region. These countries were China, Japan, Republic of Korea, Macao (China), Cambodia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Fiji, India, Nepal, the United States of America, Cuba, Jamaica, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Panama, Chile, Peru and Uruguay.

For 2008, the Asia-Pacific region leads the growth and will continue its lead in the international tourism. With the Summer Olympics set in Beijing, China the number of tourist in the country will surely reach a record-high.

On the other side of the globe, Africa is said to maintain its good performance with South Africa to greatly benefit the 2010 Fifa World Cup. While Latin America is expected to continue increase in tourist arrival due to improving economic situation across the region.

Data showed that, mature markets like Europe remain as the leading destinations in the world. In 2007, Europe received about 19 million of tourist arrival. it was, however, observed that growth in the European region is modest compared than the rest. There were countries in Europe though that were able to post double-digit growth like Sweden, Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Israel, Malta, Montenegro and Turkey.

Due to financial crisis in the United States, growth is expected to slow down. With the oil price crisis and dollar depreciation, outbound travel of Americans are expected to decrease. The UNWTO, however, found a strong inbound travel to the United States which contributed to the growth seen in the North American region.

The oil crisis and economic deterioration in various countries have reduced consumer confidence and set pressure on spending and travel budgets of individuals and families. This situation though will not halt the expected growth for the tourism industry. This is based on worldwide tourism statics gathered by the organization. In, fact, the international tourist arrivals grew around 5% in the first quarter (January – April) of 2008 compared to the first quarter of the previous year.