Travel and Tourism

Paper 1

Case Study

a) Identify four excursions in Oman available to passengers on-board the

‘Brillance of the seas'. (4)

i. Have a walking tour of Muscat

ii. Visit the colourful Muttrah Souq (market), with its scents of exotic
Arabic perfumes and spices.
iii. Visit fascinating forts
iv. Watch turtles at night

b) Many leisure tourists are concerned about their health and wellbeing.
Identify and explain three ways in which Royal Caribbean International
Brillance of the seas is likely to appeal to health conscious passengers.
(6)

i. A fitness centre and day spa

The passengers of the Royal Caribbean International Brillance of the seas

have the accessibility to use the fitness centre and day spa available on
the cruise that are worried about their health.

ii. An indoor and outdoor sport deck with a golf simulator

Passengers can entertained themselves by playing golf that is accessible

on the cruise and therefore they will be able to do a physical activity
which will release them from the stress of health.
 iii. A rock climbing wall and a jogging track

Passengers of the Royal Caribbean International can do hard activities

such as rock climbing wall or jogging track so that they do not feel
worried about health.

c) Assess the major threats to the development of tourism in tourism in

destinations such as Oman.

i. Socio-cultural impact

Socio-cultural impacts of impact of large-scale cruise line tourism on the

bazaar (Souq) in the district of the Mutrah. The souq is located opposite
the port of the Omani capital Muscat. Large-scale cruise tourism in
Muscat started only in 2004 and has increased in scale and numbers in
the past years. 24 cruise lines vessels with around 7600 arrived in Musxat
in 2005. Seven years later 135 cruise lines carrying 257,000 tourist
docked in Muscat. The souq has become the core of the tourist bubble
where crowding is a major problem and local residents avoid the core
place.

ii. Environmental impact

Oman is among the least polluted countries in Asia. Oman figures in the
top three behind Singapore and Japan. According to number.com, Oman
has 37.80 pollution index. In the Middle East or West Asia, Oman is
ranked first followed by United Arab Emirates, Cyprus, Armenia, Qatar
and Saudi Arabia.
iii. Economic impact

Oman suspended tourist Visa for all countries from 15 March 2020. The
tourism industry in Oman is affected Occupancy rates, some hotel used to
take 300 OMR per night, they are now available for 90 OMR per night,
Tourism expert Badr Al Dhuli The New Arab. Moreover, 96 hôtels que
expected by 2021 chiche cause qn oversupply as occupancy rates already
fell by 10 percent last year.