Introduction
Tourism is a recreational or leisure-time activity where people travel and stay in places, which are not their usual residence for a period not exceeding one consecutive year.
In Newquay Cornwall, the most form of tourism is the package holiday whereby travel, accommodation and predetermined meals are all included in the price and are usually booked in advance mostly by the travel agent. (Www.cornwalltouristboard.co.uk)
Newquay Cornwall is a known tourist destination. It attracts both locals and foreign tourists as it offers various unique features which range from coastline fan recreation, entertainment, food and beverages, travel services, and accommodations. The number of foreign visitors outnumbers the local visitors by about ten times. This high number is attributed to the Newquay Cornwall friendly warm weather and its richness in natural features such as the 2005 aquarium and farms that fascinate tourist very much.
This area has also experienced some problems that have affected its business adversely. Its major problem is the violation of environmental regulations that had led to its degradation. The following are the observations, analysis and conclusion that were arrived at after a research on the area concerning the following objectives.
The Cornish Map
Aims
- To find out why Newquay Cornwall has so many visitors
- To determine the negative effects associated with tourism business in Newquay Cornwall.
- To find out the dominant means of travel used in Newquay Cornwall.
Problems of study
- What is the cause of the high number of visitors in the Newquay Cornwall tourist site?
- Which are the problems that are associated with tourism at Newquay Cornwell?
- What is the dominant means of transport used in Newquay?
Hypothesis
- The cause of the high number of tourist in Newquay is because of its good weather, richness of natural features and good farms.
- Enviromental degradation is the negative effect caused by tourism in Newquay Cornwall
- The dominant means of travel in Newquay Cornwall is road transport.
Sources of Primary Data
The method used to gather the information used for research purposes involved the use of interview. In this process a sample of one hundred tourists and fifty workers on the Cornwall tourist site were given some questioners to fill. The questioners required the tourist to give the reasons that make them prefer Cornwall as their tour destination. These questions also required them to list the problems they experience during their visit to the site. It questions also required them to offer their suggestion on how tourism industry can be on the area. On the other hand the questions required the work force at the Cornwall to give the challenges they experience in their work. They also required the workers to give their solution to these problems and mechanism they have put in place to address these issues and especially the issue of environmental degradation in Cornwall. The other method that was used to collect data was the use of camera to take photographs.
Sources of Secondary Data
The primary data was supplemented by the information gathered from the research from the Cornwall website. These websites include the following sources
www.corwalltourist.co.uk,wwwpriceofwales.gov.uk and www.db.cornwall.gov.uk.
Observation
The Newquay Cornwall has an increasing reputation for its numerous beaches that are over one hundred and fifty. One of these common beaches that act as a tourist major attraction site is shown below. www.cornishlight.com
The Cornish Beach
These beaches enable the tourist to participate in various water sports. These water sports range from water skiing, rowing among many others. Some of these sports are shown below. www.cornishlight.com
Tourist Rowing at Cornish Beach
The area has also numerous rivers and natural vegetation that also adds to the beauty of the area. These rivers also offer an opportunity to the tourist to extend their water sports to these areas and enable them to do fishing. The natural vegetation on the other hand helps to modify the climate of this place and acts as the habitant of thousands of beach insects and birds that fascinate the tourist who visit Cornwall very much.
The beautiful natural scenery of Cornish area
The other attraction is the Cornish cider farms that are well known all over the world. These farms supply various kinds of fruits to the visiting tourist. The fruits orchards also offers good tractor riding places for the tourist who have visited the Newquay Cornwall.
In the coast there are many risk due to current, tidal flows and due to pollution. The Newquay Cornwall local authorities working in conjunction with other local agencies such as the harbor authorities and marine time and cost guard agency have taken the right measures to ensure the safety of the tourists. One of the measures taken to guarantee security of the tourist includes site guarding. This gives confidence to the tourists to freely explore the area. www.db.cornwall.gov.uk
The Newquay Cornwall has a good infrastructure with a good transport network that provides a smooth flow of people inside and outside this region. Most of people visit this place by cars while the others prefer to use air flight that is enabled by the presence of an airstrip. There are some people who opt to use steam railways. Due to the high number of visitors in this area, there has been noted an increase of the rate of environmental pollution in Newquay Cornwall. This pollution is in the form of air pollution as a result of the exhaust fumes from the vehicles, steam trains or the aeroplanes that visit this area. It is also in the form of water pollution due to water sports, which are tourists’ common activities. (Www.cornwalltouristboard.co.uk)
The tourists preferences means of transports in Newquay Cornwall.
Analysis
A survey conducted on the Newquay Cornwall to determine the means of travel used by its visitors found that 84.4% of the visitor’s uses cars, 11.4% use bus, 2.5% train while 1.7% travel by air. This disparity of the means of travel is enabled by the availability of Newquay Cornwall good infrastructure. The good roads network in Newquay Cornwall that connects all the major tourist cites makes this means of transport be the most dominant means of travel. (Www.cornwalltouristboard.co.uk)
The issue of environmental degradation in Newquay has raised an alarm. This has resulted to a decline in the number of insects and birds in this area. The high pollution in the area is mainly attributed to the tourism industry. This is due to the poor use of the area’s resources by the visitors. Appropriate measures have now been put into place to stop this pollution. Hotels and the local authorities have joined hands to address this issue. They are advocating for Solid waste management, energy conservation and reliance on renewable energy sources rather than the use of petroleum that contributes to approximately 90% of the pollution in the area. There have been some other steps that have been undertaken to minimize pollution in the area, which includes recycling of some waste materials. People visiting the area are encouraged to walk, cycle or use public transport to minimize air pollution due to burning of fossil fuels. These steps have greatly helped to sustain the birds and the insects found at Cornish that were there before endangered species due to the high pollution that was present.
This method also guarantees that there are no traffic jams and the flow of people in and out of the area is smooth. Unlike when vehicles are dominantly used this slows the movement due to traffic jams that are very common.
Conclusion
The major factor that promotes the tourism industry in Newquay Cornwall is its richness in natural features. The presence of a very long coastline in the area that enables the tourist to participate in various water sports acts as a boost to the industry. In the Newquay Cornwall, appropriate measures have been taken to guarantee the security of tourists. This allows the tourists to freely explore the area. The Cornwall Orchards and farms also enhance the tourism industry as they provide various fruits and foodstuffs to the tourists who have visited the place. Therefore with the introduction of the measures to curb environmental pollution in the area, the tourism industry in this area will highly improve in the future. (www.princeofwales.gov.uk)