Justification for Tourism in Urban Areas

Tourism can be beneficial for urban areas and help to deliver development that is sustainable. It can support existing services and facilities such as retail, catering, entertainment, leisure, and transport as well as promoting a sense of urban vitality. In specific locations tourism can provide a focus for regeneration schemes or may be a key component of mixed use development. Conversely, towns and cities often provide opportunities for tourism to flourish. Tourism benefits from the synergy arising through the concentration of hotels, museums, art galleries, conference facilities, restaurants, bars, cinemas and theatres, often within town centres. Larger settlements, as transport hubs are also readily accessible by tourists.