Oxford and tourism

Oxford is a small city located in the siemens East of England with a population of 135 000 spate. It is the home to the oldest English university, Oxford University. This is made up by 40 colleges that house 30 000 students. In addition, five park and rides run to the city amount. These atomic number 18 situated at pear tree, Water Eaton, Thornhill, Redbridge and Seacourt. Oxfords main source of income is in the tourer industry. Oxford is an all year round tourist attraction with ever soyplace 2 million tourists visiting each year. There are a enumerate of tourist attractions m either belonging to the university and colleges.Bodleian library and the Radcliffe camera. In addition, oxford contains umpteen museums and gallerias for instance Britains oldest museum the Ashmolean and the museum of modern art. Lastly, tourists can delight punting on the river Thames that is called the river Isis in Oxford.The definition of a tourist is A traveller who visits places, for more than than champion day, for pleasure, encounter or visiting friends or family. However, this can bear many single outs to the local residents. A disadvantage means something that makes a situation worse, This could be stuff such as crowding and crime. Nevertheless, touristry whitethorn bring get aheads to the local community. The definition for benefit is something that has a good effect, This could be stuff such as transmission lines and money.The purpose of the investigation is Does tourism bring more benefits or disadvantages to Oxford? To answer the question I go away look at three main areas. The social benefits are Tourism provides many job opportunities such as jobs in hotels and city tours. The disadvantage is, these types of jobs are low paid and provide hardly a(prenominal) career opportunities. Tourism has given Oxford world-renowned fame and as a result, Oxford has been used as a location in many films including three of the Harry Potters and The Oxford Murders.How ever, this has meant avenues and buildings live with to close down during filming. The second area that I forget look at is the economic industry. The benefit is tourists spend a lot of money. Nevertheless, locals believe at that place are too many tourist shops for instance Covered Market is targeted at tourists. I know this because thither have been complainants to the local council. The effect of this is increased tension between tourists and residents. The third area that I will look at is the environment. The environmental advantage is the city council gets a lot of parking revenue to subsidize the transport industry, but the buses and tourist coaches create a lot of pollution. I will investigate opposite social, economic and environmental issues to answer the research question Does tourism bring more benefits or disadvantages to oxford?This is the run of things I did on the field trip and the order I did them in to answer the research questions was1. Residents answered questionnaires2. Tourists answered questionnaires3. Did a bi-polar pedestrian count4. Did a pedestrian density survey5. Collected oxford city tourism leafletsP.B. interprets represent 1How long have you lived in Oxford?This graphical record shows me that 80% of the residents that completed the questionnaire have lived in Oxford for more than five years. This implies that I will have more cuss in the data because the residents have run across with tourists therefore, I can rely on this data. In addition, it shows that 16% have lived in Oxford for 2-5 years and 4% have lived less than a year. This data is non as reliable as the residents who have lived for over five years but it may be useful to have a fresher opinion. represent 2How often do you come into Oxford city centre?Graph 2 shows me how often batch go into the city centre. This question was asked so we can have more trust in the data because the investigation is predominately set in the city centre. It states that 33% of the residents interviewed go into town at least at one time a week. This implies they will have even greater experience with tourists of which 12% go everyday. Therefore, we can trust the data even more. However, it also shows 32% only go into town every two weeks. encourage more 35% go less often than two weeks. This means the residents interviewed would have had few encounters with tourists. This suggests 67% have little experience with tourist. Therefore, I must be careful when writing my evaluation and conclusion.Graph 3At which time of the year do you mobilise there are more tourists?* spend* Spring*Summer*Autumn* Always busyThis graph shows at what time tourism is at is peak according to the residents surveyed. Firstly only 12 residents thought tourism was at is peak in the spring autumn and winter months. 51% get word tourism is at is peak during summer. However, 37% go through tourism is high all year round. This could be because Oxford does not rely on seasons like a seaside town for tourism Oxford is an all year tourist attraction.Graph 4Have you ever experienced problems with tourists?This question was asked to see if tourists cause any trouble to local residents. The graph shows only 7% of residents have experienced problems with tourists. However, six of the seven people who had problems with tourists were whilst they were at work. Further more 81% of the residents that were interviewed have never encountered problems with tourists. This suggests tourists are well behaved and respect the local community. In addition, tourism does not create any social disadvantages for residents.Graph 5Do you come into direct contact with tourists? IE at workThis question was asked to see how many people come into contact with tourists so they may have fail and more accurate answers to the questions. However, only eight people come into direct contact with tourists. However, as graph 1 shows 80% of the residents interviewed have lived in Oxford for five ye ars or more, this balances out the lack of perpetual contact or direct with tourists.Graph 6What do you think are the benefits of tourism in Oxford?This is one of the most important questions because it directly answers part of the research question. The graph shows that 66% of the residents asked believe that the biggest benefit is the money brought in by tourists. This suggests tourists are improving the economy of Oxford because they are spending their money in Oxford. However work is only 19%. This could mean very few jobs are being created by tourism. This could be because the only jobs that involve tourists are a city tour jobs or shop work. In addition only 15% reckon reputation of Oxford is increasing therefore the city may hold appealing to tourists.Graph 7What do you think are the disadvantages of tourism in Oxford?This shows me that residents believe tourists cause a variety of problems. The biggest problem residents belie is road congestion. This is a state of overcrow ding in a street or on the road, making movement slow or difficult. The second biggest is litter with 29%. This suggests residents think tourists are making Oxford dirty by throwing waste packaging. Thirdly disagreement pollution with 22%. This unremarkably happens when their is a group of tourists talking. Lastly 14% of residents believe pollution is big problem. This could be due duplicate buses needed and tourist coaches. However only 2% thought crime was occurred so this implies tourists do not behave badly or cause problem to the community.Graph 8Do you think there is enough for tourists to do in Oxford?This graph shows whether residents believe tourists have enough to do in Oxford. It shows that 77 people believe there is plenty for tourists to do in Oxford. However 23 people do not believe there is enough for tourists to do. This could be because they dont go to the city centre regularly or it is there general opinion.Graph 9Do you think the number of tourists is?This grap h shows that many people have a negative attitude to tourism because 62% believe their are too many tourists. In contrast only 4% think the amount of tourists is to few. Further more 34% reckon the number of tourists is just about right. But with the likely hood of an increases in tourists their view will be quickly changed too. This implies the residents would like tourist sizes to decrease.Graph 10Do you think tourism contributes to city centre pollution?This graph shows whether residents believe tourism causes city centre pollution. This graph shows that 89% of the residents interviewed believe tourism does contribute to city centre pollution. This pollution could be fumes from tourist coaches and buses or litter and noise pollution.