• Definition: Areas attracting significantly higher numbers of visitors due to intense sporting or leisure activities.

Key Factors for Becoming a Tourism Hotspot:

• Primary & secondary resources: Things like landscapes, historic buildings, and local culture.
• Accessibility: Tourists need to easily reach the hotspot.
• Absence of deterrents: Natural hazards, political unrest, and disease can deter visitors. For instance, the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, political unrest in Paris in 2015, or the ebola outbreak in West Africa in 2015.

• Infrastructure: Tourists require amenities like accommodation, transport, and public utilities.
• Attractions: Things that draw tourists to the hotspot, like performing arts or festivals.
• Investment, labour, and promotion: Typically managed by national governments, but private enterprises can also contribute significantly.

• Natural landscape: Mountains in Nepal, the Amazon Rainforest, the Mediterranean coast.
• Climate: Sunny, dry areas like desert regions, or seasonal hotspots.
• Culture: Cities like Paris, Mecca, or Oxford, known for language, customs, clothing, food, and architecture.
• Sporting events: The World Cup (Brazil, 2014) and the Olympic Games (London, 2012; Rio de Janeiro, 2016) bring a short-term surge in tourism.
• Government investment and planning: New resorts, improved infrastructure, and new attractions.