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Introduction UK as leading destination India as developing destination Comparison References

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This report includes the cultural, social and physical features of two tourist destinations and their comparison in context of tourist attractions at these places. The two tourist destinations are United Kingdom and India out of which one is developing whereas other is leading tourist destination.

Introduction


Features of United Kingdom as leading tourist destination



The culture of UK is predominantly influenced by Christian religious life.

The important aspects of British culture include literature, music, camera, art, theatre, comedy, media, television, philosophy, architecture and education. The culture also has prominence in science and technology.

The various sports events organised in the country suggest that sports are also an important part of the culture of Britain.

The official language of the country is English language. It inherited the literary traditions of England, Scotland and Wales.

Due to various aspects of culture incorporated by the country the tourists are interested to visit the country

Cultural Features


British society has been divided into system which includes classes which arrived through hereditary transmission of occupation.

The social classes are influenced by wealth, occupation and educational factors.

The Parliament also comprise of House of Lords representing upper class and House of Commons representing the lower class.

The social life faced a huge impact after the Second World War

which resulted in a dominated economy with changing role of women and more individualistic culture. However UK has still not become a class less society where presently the classes have been divided on the basis of employment by assigning grades. The classification was given by UK Office of National Statistics.

Social features


United Kingdom is located at north-western coast of continental Europe. Due to this reason it is surrounded by many islands.

There are a large number of places to visit for tourists in UK but the highest tourist attractions are located in London city. There is a great diversity in the physical geography of the country.

The ten tallest mountains of UK are all located at Scotland. The

longest river in UK is River Severn which is 350 km wide. The country has a temperate climate with local variations. The estimated population of the country in 2011 census was 63.182 million.

These climatic conditions are also one of the major reasons for making the country one of the leading tourist destinations.

Physical features


Features of India as developing tourist destination


India is a country which has highest cultural diversifications.

The different states of the country represent different cultures each being unique in context of its customs, beliefs, traditions, dressing and language.

This cultural diversity in India is the major reason of attracting tourists from all over the world who are willing and curious to know about the diversities in the different cultures of one country and how they affect the cultural unity and sovereignty of the country.

Cultural features


The social traditions and lifestyle of people in India is completely influenced by their culture and beliefs.

The traditional society customs developed by ancestors are still found in the social environment of country.

The oldest traditions and social values are also found in some or the other form which is the reason to attract tourists from different parts of the world who seek to explore the ancient customs and rituals performed in the country.

Social features


The geography of India comprises of three different types of physical divisions structured as Himalayas representing the mountain areas in the north, Great Plains with basins of three rivers in the central region and Plateau at the south region which are made our of hard rocks.

The country is not only culturally and socially diversified but also has huge geographical diversifications and demographic diversifications.

Thus the tourists from the different parts of world consider India as a good tourist destinations since a large variety of socio-economic and geographical factors are found in the environment of country.

Physical features


Comparison of developing and leading tourist destinations

Basis Leading tourist destinations Developing tourist

destinations

Meaning It refers to as those countries

which have high industrialized

economies, high GDP and per

capita income, well built

infrastructure and an advanced

market.

It refers to as those countries

which is not developed

country and has low levels of

productivity and standard of

living, high growth of

population and

underdeveloped industry and

infrastructure with more

reliance on agriculture for

economy.


Example UK India

Economical development The economy in UK is a

developed economy with

high GDP and per capita

income of citizens of

country.

The economy of India is

fluctuating and developing

economy which is

dependent on agricultural

exports and production for

its growth.

Cultural attractions The culture in UK is a

combination of all the

aspects such as art,

literature, camera, sports,

cinema, philosophy,

architecture and education.

The culture of India is

highly diversified which

consists of variety of

traditions, beliefs, customs

and rituals related to

different aspects of culture

representing different states

in the country.


Social diversity The social system of UK is

divided into various classes

inspired by the old and ancient

traditions on the basis of

occupation and employment.

The social system is India was

divided into classes in ancient

times but presently it is

influenced by the culture and

traditions of different states and

that too up to a limited extent.

Purpose of tourism

development

The purpose of development of

tourism and tourist attractions

in UK is to increase the

revenue from tourism sector for

the country.

The purpose of tourism

development in India is the

economic development of the

nation and growth of GDP and

income generation for the

government.


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