Tourism on a national scale

Aim: To know the BUTLER MODEL of tourist resort development

GROWTH

Exploration – place is discovered

1. The place gets very few tourists.2. Someone discovers it - tells friends how good it is.3. They start to go to the place as well.4. Services: shops, cafes, hotels etc. start to open up because

people are staying there in enough numbers for local people to earn money.

5. Some local people stop what they were doing before.

Growth

1. More people find out about the place.2. It starts to get mentioned in articles, brochures and tourist

guides.3. This means that even more people visit.4. More shops and hotels open.5. The roads to the resort get busier.

Success1. Everyone now knows

about the resort.2. People move to the

resort in search of work.3. During the tourist season,

the place is full of people, and hotels are full.

4. Local people are now mostly employed in tourism rather than the jobs they used to have.

5. Some local people will begin to feel that the tourists are starting to be in ‘control’.

6. Traffic problems start to occur on busy days, with car parks filling up early in the day.

Problems !1. The place gets so popular that some people stop going there.

They will say “it’s too busy” or “it’s not what it used to be like…”

2. Local people will complain that they are being ignored and that tourists get priority.

3. People start going to other places.4. Some of the shops and hotels close down.5. Some people stay away because it is so busy, and look for

somewhere ‘quieter’ or ‘prettier’ or ‘more like the real….’

2 possibilities from here:a) Decline

b) New growth

a) Decline1. The place starts to

get run down.2. Shops shut down,

and charity shops move in.

3. Out of season, many hotels start to be used to house homeless people and people on benefits as a way of making a bit of money.

4. The place begins to get a ‘reputation’….

5. People stay away

b) New growth

1. New money starts to come into the resort.2. Some of the older hotels are regenerated and attract new

shops to the area.3. Cafes reopen on the High Street4. People start to return to the resort out of season.5. There is a new ‘buzz’ about the place.6. Jobs start to be created.7. A whole new crowd of visitors starts to come regularly to the

resort.8. Newspapers start to write articles about the place again.

• The Sinclair family go bird watching on holiday

• Juan Carlos’s moves to the area and opens a new restaurant. He has to turn people away on opening night.

• Travel agents begin to offer cheap package deals to the resort.

• The local council come up with a package worth $2 million to regenerate the resort area.

• The resort now has hotels as far as the eye can see along the beach front

• There is no ATM at the resort – the restaurants only take cash

Grand Bahama – Where are we?

Read the information in the history

Task…..

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Task 4 – Is this a good idea?

How do tourist resorts change over time ?

The BUTLER MODEL of tourism

GROWTH

Exploration – place is discovered1. The place gets very few tourists.2. Someone discovers it - tells friends how good it is.3. They start to go to the place as well.4. Services: shops, cafes, hotels etc. start to open up because

people are staying there in enough numbers for local people to earn money.

5. Some local people stop what they were doing before.

Growth1. More people find out about the place.2. It starts to get mentioned in articles, brochures and tourist

guides.3. This means that even more people visit.4. More shops and hotels open.5. The roads to the resort get busier.

Success1. Everyone now knows

about the resort.2. People move to the

resort in search of work.3. During the tourist season,

the place is full of people, and hotels are full.

4. Local people are now mostly employed in tourism rather than the jobs they used to have.

5. Some local people will begin to feel that the tourists are starting to be in ‘control’.

6. Traffic problems start to occur on busy days, with car parks filling up early in the day.

Problems !1. The place gets so popular that some people stop going there.

They will say “it’s too busy” or “it’s not what it used to be like…”

2. Local people will complain that they are being ignored and that tourists get priority.

3. People start going to other places.4. Some of the shops and hotels close down.5. Some people stay away because it is so busy, and look for

somewhere ‘quieter’ or ‘prettier’ or ‘more like the real….’

2 possibilities from here:a) Decline

b) New growth

a) Decline1. The place starts to

get run down.2. Shops shut down,

and charity shops move in.

3. Out of season, many hotels start to be used to house homeless people and people on benefits as a way of making a bit of money.

4. The place begins to get a ‘reputation’….

5. People stay away

b) New growth

1. New money starts to come into the resort.2. Some of the older hotels are regenerated and attract new

shops to the area.3. Cafes reopen on the High Street4. People start to return to the resort out of season.5. There is a new ‘buzz’ about the place.6. Jobs start to be created.7. A whole new crowd of visitors starts to come regularly to the

resort.8. Newspapers start to write articles about the place again.

• The Sinclair family go bird watching on holiday

• Juan Carlos’s moves to the area and opens a new restaurant. He has to turn people away on opening night.

• Travel agents begin to offer cheap package deals to the resort.

• The local council come up with a package worth $2 million to regenerate the resort area.

• The resort now has hotels as far as the eye can see along the beach front

• There is no ATM at the resort – the restaurants only take cash

• Grand Bahama is in decline phase of Butlers model because a high percentage of buildings in tourist areas are closed

• Grand Bahama is in decline phase of Butlers model because hotel occupancy rates are reducing

• Grand Bahama is in decline phase of Butlers model because the availability of transport to GB has declined

• Grand Bahama is in decline phase of Butlers model because hotel and cruises are reducing their prices

• Grand Bahama is in decline phase of Butlers model because numbers of visitors has declined

• Grand Bahama is in decline phase of Butlers model because the environmental quality of tourist areas is low

• Grand Bahama is in decline phase of Butlers model because it has a low rate of customer satisfaction

• Grand Bahama is in decline phase of Butlers model because many visitors would not recommend the destination and are visiting for the first time