HELICOPTERS AND TOURISM

Helicopter's Impact on Tourism and Sightseeing

Helicopter's Impact on Tourism and Sightseeing

Introduction

The tourism and leisure industry is one of the booming industries worldwide, employing a total of approximately 100 million people worldwide. In current times of increasing globalization, the need for customized travel services for business is getting bigger in order to use the employees working internationally to operate the business optimally. Moreover, the demands of consumers for a private holiday are getting bigger. The growing ecological awareness, therefore, leads to numerous innovations in the tourism market; also, the shift away from traditional travel agencies booking through to online services is a part of the industry with new challenges. These are just some examples of the diverse requirements of companies within this industry which are very interesting. A special expert training for future managers is, therefore, essential for economic success of the company is in the tourism industry even more than in other economic sectors from the best possible interaction of a variety of factors.

In the United States, the tourist can go skiing and to lie on a tropical beach, turn the endless forests or in the middle of at least the endless prairie, visit the tundra and in the wilderness, fishing on a quiet lake or surf the ocean waves. Tourists can see a tornado, volcano or geyser, coral reefs, glaciers, towering mountains and breathtaking canyons, vivid colors, "Indian Summer" and the dead shine salt lakes, and all this within a single country. The Grand Canyon, Niagara falls, and Yellowstone Park Geysers - the worlds recognized attractions that attract millions of tourists. Country covered by a network of national natural parks, which occupy a total area of ??32 million hectares, and this does not include natural parks, administered by the states. It is not surprising that there was a great eco-tourism development (Ioannides & Timothy, 2010).

Discussion

What is the history of this sort of operation?

The United States is large and diverse country in natural terms. It is not surprising that on such a large space enough for a variety of types of seat climate, natural areas and landscapes. Even the neighboring states provide a huge variation of temperatures from the "Siberian" cold Minnesota to Florida's tropical heat and the absolute maximum temperatures in California's Death Valley, and there are Alaska, Hawaii, Virgin Islands and Guam. Mainly tourists from Europe and North America love the untouched nature, ranging from the snow-capped mountain ranges of the Rocky Mountains to the unique coastal landscape of Vancouver Island. Despite the positive interest, in itself for the Canadian wilderness of unbridled tourism is a threat to this unique natural area.

A particular concern is the increasing popularity of natural destructive forms of tourism. In addition to bear observations from helicopters can also snowmobile or jeep tours to alpine meadows are posted. Sports such as helicopter skiing and helicopter hiking in pristine areas represent a particularly pose a threat to Canada's animal and plant life (Parker, 1988). Immediately after the tragedy in New York threatened terrorist attacks ...