Evaluate the impact of government activity and political issues
The unstable political situation in a country will affect the tourism of that particular region. Some of these are:
•International terrorism- Terrorism is an evil that curtails the economy of the country and against travelling. Also people fear for their safety tends to stay away from countries which are at war.
•Visa restrictions, expensive visas- These discourage tourists from travelling to certain countries. Some governments are take initiatives to relax these restrictions in attractive more tourists than turning them away. For example: Seoul has eased its visa rules to travelers from South East Asian countries and China. Japan has permit for Thai people with no visa.
•Permit restrictions- Work permit, alcohol license, construction permit, food premises approval are all necessary requirements for the tourism and hospitality industry.
•Foreign exchange restrictions- There are various forms of controls imposed by a government on purchase and sale of foreign currencies by residents and fixed exchange rate control.
•Political Instability- These declines of the tourism and hospitality industries like Thailand, Sri Lanka etc. which it takes time to win back tourist into countries and uplift the economy.
•Tourism policies- A set of regulations, rules, guidelines, directives, development, promotion objectives and strategies will provide a framework and decision to tourism development and hospitality industry.
In my opinion government activity and political issues effecting to the disions of tourism by the security and how safety in life for the tourist.