Question

Could you please provide the answer for these questions and links that you will find information from it?

1- Discuss how Old Town Prague has been impacted by COVID-19. This section should include a minimum of 4 sentences

2- Classify tourists who are travel to OLD Town Prague according to Plog’s Tourist Typologies (Psychocentric, Midcentric, or Allocentric) and whether travelers would most likely be organized mass tourists, individual mass tourists, explorers, or drifters (or a combination thereof).

Answer 1

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Hundreds of demonstrators, mostly hooligans, clash with police during a protest against the Czech government's measures against the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) .

Protesters clash with police in Prague, Czech Republic on October 18 Police makes an arrest during clashes with protesters at the Old Town Square.

Czech police used tear gas and a water cannon to disperse a crowd of hundreds of violent protesters who attacked them after a rally in Prague against the government's restrictive measures imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus infections.

Officials have warned that hospital admissions are set to rise sharply until the restrictions show an impact.

'We will not decide this week about a lockdown,' Havlicek said on Czech Television. 'We have clearly said we will wait (until Nov. 2) for results.'

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Classification

A) Allocentric

A tourist who seeks new experiences and adventure in a wide range of activities. This person is outgoing and self-confident in behavior. An allocentric person prefers to fly and to explore new and unusual areas before others do so. Allocentrics enjoy meeting people from foreign or different cultures. They prefer good hotels and food, but not necessarily modern or chain-type hotels. For a tour package, an allocentric would like to have the basics such as transportation and hotels, but not be committed to a structured itinerary. They would rather have the freedom to explore an area, make their own arrangements and choose a variety of activities and tourist attractions.

B) Psychoentric

A tourist falling in this category is usually non-adventuresome. They prefer to return to familiar travel destinations where they can relax and know what types of food and activity to expect. Such tourists prefer to drive to destinations, stay in typical accommodations, and eat at family-type restaurants.

C) Medcentric

This category of tourists covers the ones who swing between the above said two types.

Henley Centre Model of Holidaymaking

A British Consultancy of Futurology, Henley Center has divided the tourists into four phases −

Phase I- Bubble Travelers − They do not have much money as well as knowledge. They prefer packaged tours. They long to observe different cultures without being a part of it. They travel mostly out of curiosity.

Phase II- Idealized Experience Seekers − They are confident tourists with the experience of foreign tours. They are flexible and comfortable. They prefer tour offers made for individuals.

Phase III- Seasoned Travelers − These tourists are more affluent than the idealized-experience seekers. They are more confident to experiment and experience different places and environments. They are more adventurous and prefer individualistic tours.

Phase IV- Complete Immersers − These tourists have an intention of immersing completely into the foreign culture, heritage, culinary experience, and language. Their holidaying is well-planned but not well-structured.

In the above phases, the tourist goes through different phases and therefore also seeks different tourism options or destinations.