GEO 206 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Unique Selling Proposition, Yosemite National Park, Banff National Park
3 Apr 2016
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Many of the developed countries 65 % of gdp. Undeveloped countries services account for 40% of gdp o: in 2007, global tourism industry employed 231 million people. Medical cosmetic surgery e. g. cuba, east asia. Religious medina/mecca muslims , vatican, jerusalem christians. Spiritual camping, forests, to be connected with nature. Escape people who want to start anew. o. Dark tourism tourists that travel to places that had tragedy. Concentration camps, l. a. tours crime tours/rough neighbourhoods. Space tourism still in its infancy period, richard branson. Attractions can be classiied using diferent criteria o o. Every region can boast one major attraction: unique selling proposition. It is an icon/image of the particular location. This becomes either a memory based on an experience o. Natural attractions: include biophysical characteristics of an area. o o. Includes: climate, unique animals/plants, geological formations (valleys, rivers etc. Greater yellowstone park, banf national park, yosemite national park.
