1. Travel and Tourism Lester B Pearson High School
Urban Tourism
Travel and Tourism
Lester B Pearson High School

2. Definitions
World Class Cities – Centers of global economic activity, power and wealth. Home of larger corporation headquarters and financial institutions.
i.e. New York City

3. Key Factors for World Class Cities
Factors for making a city world class are broken down into four categories:
Economic – world financial centre, has a stock market
Political – large & diverse population , involved with world organizations
Cultural – renown cultural institutions and events, media & sporting outlets
Infrastructure – major international airport, prominent skyline , subway
   

4. Map of World Class Cities

5. Definitions
Urban Tourism – tourism to an urban area for the purpose if experiencing all that the city has to offer.

6. Urban Tourism: What attracts visitors to cities?

7. Key Elements for Attracting Urban Tourists
Primary Elements:
Tourist Activity Places – Cultural, Sports, and Amusement facilities
Tourist Environment – Physical structure of city, Socio-cultural features
Secondary Elements:
Accommodations , Shopping , Accessibility, Transportation, and Tourism Information

8. World’s Best Shopping Districts
Typically street-side shopping areas
Distinguished by the number of designer label boutiques (ex. Prada), Haute couture fashion houses (ex. Burberry)

9. World’s Best Shopping Districts
Ginza District, Tokyo, Japan
Milan Fashion District, Milan, Italy
Champs Elysees, Paris, France
Bond St. & Oxford St., London , England
Calle Serrano, Madrid, Spain
Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, China
Dubai Mall, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Madison and 5th Avenue, New York, USA
Rodeo Drive, Los Angeles, USA
GUM & Tverskaya Street, Moscow, Russia

10. Your Independent Task
Choose a world class city from the list provided, and find the matching travel guide for that city.
Using the provided worksheet, search for the information about this city’s best shopping places, hotel, restaurant and top sight seeing locations.