Discuss the impact of budget airlines on the Asian tourism industry

June Tan (0606788H)
http://www.hotelsmag.com/archives/2004/10/gu-low-cost-airlines-opportunities.asp
This website is to allow readers to know the impact of budget airlines is a good thing as it creates hotel opportunities for the public. Even though there are some parts where it refers to some of the higher authority of the company speech, the overall is easily understood by the public. However, it might not by updated to the current market that is happening in the workforce now.

http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/travel/news/article2474066.ece
This website is published after Phuket crash. It aims to let the public know that it is still safe to travel on Asia budget airlines, despite the plane crash in the past. It had sufficient information without any form of charging or registration and it is easily accessible too. This article is still considered latest, as it is being published on 17 Sep, 07.
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Goh kok wei (0702662H):

http://www.bizasia.com/tourism_/ibkz3/new_budget_airlines_bring_new.htm
Basically this website is trying to say that with budget airlines, more people will able to afford taking planes as transport to overseas instead of taking trains, coaches and ships which will take a longer time.

http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2007/dec/02/yehey/top_stories/20071202top4.html
This webpage is actually a newspaper report. It is trying to tell the readers how the budget airlines cope with the maintenance fees and the industry in the asia even though their tickets prices are so cheap.

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Phylis Png (0605884F)

URL : http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2005/3/1112.html
Low-fare carriers accounted for 7 percent of the 3,700 weekly flights at Changi Airport last year, helping the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) in its drive to reinforce the city-state`s position as a gateway for intra-regional travel. With more affordable air fares and ease of travel, business and leisure travelers in the region and beyond Asia can now visit Singapore more often. On top of that, flexible booking methods practiced by the budget airlines are also one of the key point to its success in asian tourism industry.


URL : http://www.accessmylibrary.com/comsite5/bin/comsite5.pl?page=library&item_id=0286-13981584
This website discusses Malaysia’s newly opened Asia's first purpose-built budget airline terminal on Thursday. This is done so with the aim to boost tourism in Asia. Tourism industry in Asia is still not widely affected by the low cost airlines due to the perception of low service standard provided and also the standard of the flight security. From my research, many people prefer to spend more on their air tickets to ensure their safety than saving up the air fare.
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May Yong (0607432B).

http://www.travelmole.com/stories/1117020.php
This website shows the statistics of the travelling trends in Asia, mainly reports on Singapore travelling industry boost. It has also added that the budget terminal that was introduce in 2006 was also a successful plan in encouraging more people to travel and resulting in the growth of the travelling industry. TravelMole also compare the Singapore travelling trends statistics with other countries like Middle East, America, Africa, etc.

http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSSP56633
Reuters have commented on the the travelling trend that has been induced by the buget airlines. It also went on by telling us more about the facts and figure of this trend. However, it went on further to report on the reason behind the low flight cost and brings out the fact that cheap travelling might be economical to a certain extend. It definitely has it's downside and this article might make you to think twice before wanting to go overseas via a budget airline.

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Conclusion
Our resources discussed about the positive impact of budget airlines on tourism industry. With more affordable air fares, tourists are more willing to travel, therefore business and leisure travelers in Asia can now visit Singapore more often. In Malaysia, an Asia's first purpose-built budget airline terminal was proposed with the aim of boosting the tourism industry. However, air catastrophes are still feared by travelers, questioning if their safety are ensured even if they travel in low cost carriers. Due to the controversy of the level of security in budget air planes, the IATA emphasized that security will not be compromised even though for the lower air fares.
Despite the fact that budget airlines do have its risky downside; people are still willing to take a risk to travel on much cheaper airlines, which in turn create a boost in traveling and tourism industry. Moreover, after the Phuket crash incident, it is believed that low cost carriers will take more precaution in ensuring the agreed safety level for the passengers.


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Asia`s budget airlines boost travel, tourism . (2005). Retrieved January 15, 2008, from http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2005/3/1112.html

Asian budget airlines to soar above safety fears. (2007). Neil Chatterjee and Felicia Loo. Retrieved January 15, 2008, from http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSSP56633

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