The role of UK charities and the tourism industry

✍ Scribed by Rochelle Turner; Graham Miller; David Gilbert

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 140 KB
• Volume: 22
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0261-5177
• DOI: 10.1016/s0261-5177(01)00015-2

✦ Synopsis

This article presents three di!erent ways in which the involvement of charities in tourism in the UK can be considered and what implications this may have for the industry. Those charities involved outside the industry seek to engage in tourism purely because of the fund-raising potential that it o!ers. These charities can achieve high pro"ts from these activities yet are not directly concerned with the tourism industry. The second level of involvement with tourism concerns charities that can be seen to operate within the industry and o!er travel to sites of concern for their members. Finally, charities that operate above the industry seek to in#uence the industry through tactics similar to those of pressure groups. The way that this "nal group raise funds to support their activities di!ers from the "rst two groups, however they are tied more closely to the tourism industry in that it represents their reason to exist.