Visitor Attrractions
Lets face it - A holiday would be quite boring without things to do. We call these visitor attractions.
These are the things that bring people into an area, especially tourists. There are four types of visitor attraction:
Natural
Heritage
Purpose-built
Events
Find out more about each of these below:
These are the things that bring people into an area, especially tourists. There are four types of visitor attraction:
Natural
Heritage
Purpose-built
Events
Find out more about each of these below:
Natural Attractions
These are the attractions that have been formed naturally. They can be found in various places all over the world. The best examples of Natural Attractions in the UK are The National Parks, which are a group of areas all over the country that are protected and conserved by law, where beautiful wildlife and old ways of living are still common. The most popular national park is The Peak District, which, because of its central location in the Midlands (Derbyshire), is within a two hours drive for up to thirty million people. Other National Parks across the country are:
Brecon Beacons
Broads
Cairngorms
Dartmoor
Exmoor
Lake District
Loch Lomond
New Forest
Northumberland
North Yorkshire Moors
Peak District
Pembrokeshire Coast
Snowdonia
South Downs
Yorkshire Dales
Brecon Beacons
Broads
Cairngorms
Dartmoor
Exmoor
Lake District
Loch Lomond
New Forest
Northumberland
North Yorkshire Moors
Peak District
Pembrokeshire Coast
Snowdonia
South Downs
Yorkshire Dales
Heritage Attractions
Heritage Attractions are typically older buildings in this country that people can go and visit. They might be of historical importance or scientific importance. Most of the heritage buildings and attractions in the UK are controlled by The National Trust. They are responsible for looking after and maintaining Britain's heritage, inclduing buildings and gardens. They are mostly run by volunteers and funded by donations, generated through open days and memorabillia sales. The National Trust is an example of a Voluntary Sector Organisation.
Interestingly, they also run holiday cottages too, allowing tourists to stay in a site of historical importance, courtesy of The National Trust.
Interestingly, they also run holiday cottages too, allowing tourists to stay in a site of historical importance, courtesy of The National Trust.
Purpose Built Attractions
Purpose Built Attractions are venues that have been designed and created for the purpose of attracting tourists. They can be a number of different things, such as theme parks, shopping centres or stadiums. One famous example of a theme park is Alton Towers, which is in Staffordshire. This is a theme parks which attracts nearly two million visitors per year, it has two thousand members of staff and it is set over 800 acres. An example of a stadium attraction is the O2 Arena, in London, which was originally built to celebrate the Millennium in 2000. It's now an event venue, hosting concerts and other similar events. One example of a shopping centre is intu The Trafford Centre, which is a retail and leisure development, which attracts over 35 million visitors annually, the shopping areas alone cover over 200,000 metres squared.
Event-Based Attractions
Event based attractions can be anything that is based on something that is not permanent, although the venue may be! They could be music festivals, such as Glastonbury, Leeds Festival or The Isle Of Wight festival. Event based attractions are great for tourism, as they allow people to experience the event for the first time, but they can also appreciate the wider area too. For that reason, event based attractions are becoming an increasingly popular choice for local authorities keen on promoting their local areas to a wider group of people from across the country, and across the world.
One example of a festival in our local area is the Bolton Food and Drink Festival, which has become a highlight on the cuisine calendar for a number of years now, and manages to attract big names from the culinary industry to perform demonstrations at the event, which is held in Bolton Town Centre over the August Bank Holiday weekend annually.
One example of a festival in our local area is the Bolton Food and Drink Festival, which has become a highlight on the cuisine calendar for a number of years now, and manages to attract big names from the culinary industry to perform demonstrations at the event, which is held in Bolton Town Centre over the August Bank Holiday weekend annually.