BUCKINGHAM PALACE AND ITS INFRASTRUCTURE
According to (Fodors.com, 2022) since 1873 when Queen Victoria ascended the throne, Buckingham Palace has served as the official residence of every British monarch. It has been the home and working headquarters of the royal family for over 180 years making it a central part of British royal life across generation.
According to (Haven-Tang, 2017) weather you are royalty or not, the royal family undeniably attracts public interest around the UK and internationally. Furthermore, after the marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton in 2011, it has been claimed by the UK’s Association of Leading Visitor Attraction the increase of 600,000 people come to London for a weekend, 40% overseas and 60% from UK spending £107m (Haven-Tang, 2017).
However, the queen formal resident also attracts a considerable number of visitors in 2016 with 2.8m people with Buckingham being one of them making 576,995 visitors (Haven-Tang, 2017). According to Google Statistics Buckingham Palace has increase its numbers of admission to the Royal Estate in the United Kingdom from 2019/20 to 2023/24 by establishment.
Maintaining Buckingham Palace, as both royal residence and a working Government building, requires significant infrastructure. This infrastructure refers to the basic physical structure necessary to support tourism activities and enable visitors to access, enjoy, and benefit from destination. It encompasses a wide range of facilities, services, and systems that ensure the smooth functioning of the Buckingham Palace.
Transport Infrastructure through air, sea, train, road for public transport allow tourist and local visit Buckingham Palace and help tourist to move around within a destination. According to Hebber (2018) Travelling by bus is also affordable introduced as the next mode of transport in London for the past years, its upper deck of London’s double decker buses offered generations of tourist a prime vantage point.
Accommodations include hotels, luxury hotels are the key component of tourist and local hospitality contributing to their experience in and around the royal palace.
Reference list
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Haven-Tang, C. (2017). Fact Check: do tourists visit Britain because of the royal family? [online] The Conversation. Available at: https://theconversation.com/fact-check-do-tourists-visit-britain-because-of-the-royal-family-88335.go [Accessed 9 Oct. 2024].
Hebbert, M. (2018). City Tour London. disP – The Planning Review, 54(4), pp.8–15. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/02513625.2018.1562790.
Statista (2018). Royal tourism: admission numbers by establishment | Statista. [online] Statista. Available at: https://www.statista.com/statistics/373081/uk-royal-tourism-admission-numbers-by-establishment/.