Travel Destinations

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There are different categories of destination sites where people decide to travel. Types of destinations include: ethnic, cultural, historical, religion, environmental, recreational and business travel. Each individual tourist has different expectations and wants when they travel. Each destination generally speaking, has many cultural resources which are key factors in travel, food of that region, vegetation, history, different sites, museums, art, music, shows and entertainment, moreover the mentality of that particular region. What a region has to offer to the tourists is the main factor that brings the tourists to that area, depending on what they are looking for and why they are traveling. For example, a person wanting to travel to see historical sites and historical culture and background may decide to go to Europe to see famous sites such as Versailles in France where Luis the XIV set up a court for all his nobles. On the other hand a person who is looking for a relaxing vacation may want to travel to the Caribbean to enjoy the natural environment and beautiful weather. National and international events play a huge role in tourism and can be the reason as to why people do or do not travel to a particular country. More importantly, people travel for different reasons but the fact is travel and tourism is a huge industry that is continuing to grow and expand. There have been many different tourism trends, economic impacts and downfalls throughout history. Although there are negative effects of tourism, the positive impact tourism creates is more often beneficial to communities.

Today, tourism is one of the most established and number one industry in many counties. It is also one of the fastest-growing economic sectors responsible for foreign exchange earnings and job creation. Travel and tourism has become one of the world’s most continuously growing sources of employment. Tourism not only provides a region with employmen...