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Urban Tourism

Urban Tourism. Travel and Tourism Lester B Pearson High School. Definitions. World Class Cities – C enters of global economic activity, power and wealth. Home of larger corporation headquarters and financial institutions. i.e. New York City. Key Factors for World Class Cities.

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Urban Tourism

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  1. Urban Tourism Travel and Tourism Lester B Pearson High School

  2. Definitions World Class Cities – Centers of global economic activity, power and wealth. Home of larger corporation headquarters and financial institutions. i.e. New York City

  3. Key Factors for World Class Cities Factors for making a city world class are broken down into four categories: • Economic – world financial centre, has a stock market • Political – large & diverse population , involved with world organizations • Cultural – renown cultural institutions and events, media & sporting outlets • Infrastructure – major international airport, prominent skyline , subway

  4. Map of World Class Cities

  5. Definitions Urban Tourism – tourism to an urban area for the purpose if experiencing all that the city has to offer.

  6. Urban Tourism: What attracts visitors to cities? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36cOCfsSpGk

  7. Key Elements for Attracting Urban Tourists Primary Elements: • Tourist Activity Places – Cultural, Sports, and Amusement facilities • Tourist Environment – Physical structure of city, Socio-cultural features Secondary Elements: • Accommodations , Shopping , Accessibility, Transportation, and Tourism Information

  8. World’s Best Shopping Districts • Typically street-side shopping areas • Distinguished by the number of designer label boutiques (ex. Prada), Haute couture fashion houses (ex. Burberry) http://opentravel.com/blogs/10-best-shopping-destinations-around-the-world/

  9. World’s Best Shopping Districts • Ginza District, Tokyo, Japan • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enmZ-s4b5to • Milan Fashion District, Milan, Italy • Champs Elysees, Paris, France • Bond St. & Oxford St., London , England • Calle Serrano, Madrid, Spain • Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, China • Dubai Mall, Dubai, United Arab Emirates • Madison and 5th Avenue, New York, USA • Rodeo Drive, Los Angeles, USA • GUM & Tverskaya Street, Moscow, Russia

  10. Your Independent Task • Choose a world class city from the list provided, and find the matching travel guide for that city. • Using the provided worksheet, search for the information about this city’s best shopping places, hotel, restaurant and top sight seeing locations.

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