Author: LILY

To start with, Chessington World of Adventures will need physical infrastructure. Physical infrastructure is about the quality, the distribution, the mix  and availability of physical facilities and amenities. Chessington has a variety of physical infrastructure available, one type being accommodation. They have a range of different themed accommodation and they also offer basic budget accommodation. As well as this there are many surrounding hotels. Around the resort they also have a number of restaurants and food facilities, these also range from preference and budget. As a part of physical infrastructure, transport is a necessary factor to ensure that they receive a number of tourists. People can arrive by trains, cars, buses and electric cars (Chessington have charging points). 

As a theme park, Chessington needs to have lots of health and safety infrastructure in place. As well as having their own safety procedures in place, they have a large number of local/close by hospitals. Some examples include; Meadows West Park Hospital, Tolworth Hospital, Leatherhead Hospital and many other options. This will provide a sense of safety and security for tourists. Chessington follows the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, they have risk assessments, the park is covered by public liability insurance and the park is duel enforced by Public Liability Insurance.

Chessington also needs communication infrastructure. This means having facilities such as Wi-Fi so that tourists can transfer and receive information effectively. Chessington offers free Wi-Fi and their very own mobile app meaning tourists/visitors can receive any information they may need during their visit. On the app customers can view live queue times, upcoming events and they can find useful contact information for any concerns they might have. 

Finally, Chessington needs to have entertainment infrastructure. For entertainment, Chessington has a range of rides for all age groups and they also have seasonal events (Christmas, Easter, Halloween).

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What health and safety procedures do you have in place? – official Chessington World of Adventures Resort website: Best price guaranteed for Theme Park. Available at: https://support.chessington.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001620451-What-Health-and-Safety-procedures-do-you-have-in-place- (Accessed: 08 October 2024). 

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Chessington Hospitals | Thomson Local. Available at: https://www.thomsonlocal.com/search/hospitals/chessington-surrey (Accessed: 08 October 2024). 

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Tourism is so difficult to define because, universally, industries cannot come to an overall agreement. Some argue that tourism is simple just spending a period of time away from a persons usual home and workplace. During this time taking part in activities that could be for pleasure, relaxation or recreation. However, even though tourism consists of these very few things, it can over lap with other categories, for example, individuals travel for business reasons, sports reasons, leisure reasons and sometimes even medical reasons. Tourism has become, internationally, one of the most important economic activities. Tourism is also organised with much other infrastructure. Alternatively, there can be differing explanations. Some sources highlight the importance of the use of hotels, restaurants and transport (all known as physical infrastructure) for something to be considered tourism. According to some, the ‘tourism’ industry will provide indirect jobs and activities, for example, tourists need to eat food at places like restaurants, so this provides transport companies with jobs/tasks. Due to the large scale of indirect jobs and tasks linked to tourism, it gives us difficulty defining tourism in one particular way. There are many categories that tourism can be divided into, for example, we have; inbound tourism, outbound tourism,, niche tourism, mass tourism and domestic tourism. Tourism is actually “a phenomenon with no universally accepted definition”. However, there is a widely used definition implemented by the World Trade Organisation, “in order to qualify as a tourist one must travel and remain in a place outside of their usual residential environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business or other purposes”. 

overall, this puts into perspective how the definition of tourism cannot reach a final conclusion, some consider the infrastructure, some consider the indirect contribution and some simply just consider the simple movement of an individual from their place of home/work to another destination. 

Tourism (2024) Encyclopædia Britannica. Available at: https://www.britannica.com/topic/tourism (Accessed: 03 October 2024).

Stainton, H. (2023) What is tourism? A definition of tourism. Tourism Teacher. Available at: https://tourismteacher.com/definition-of-tourism/ (Accessed: 03 October 2024).

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