Media reports play an important role in encouraging tourism in an area. Media like television, radio, newspaper and internet can encourage tourism in an area. Media reports about a country or region can influence the decision of tourists to visit. Positive report can encourage tourists to visit. Places like Himalayas or Antarctica, which they had not previously considered, due to favourable media reports. Tourism in those places has increased. 
Government play an important role in encouraging tourism in an area. Enact immigration laws that make it easier for people to visit Singapore. Government can plan, fund and build tourism infrastructure to improve the flow of tourism. This allows building of tourist facilities and attractions. Government can also set up agencies that promote tourism to that country. An example is the Singapore Tourism Board, which promotes Singapore as a tourist destination, develops tourism as an industry, helping tourism-related business to invest in Singapore. It also encourages the development of new attractions. 
The government has the most influence over the development of tourism in the country and promotion of international tourism to boost the tourism-related industries in the country. However, media can only impact tourism for a short period of time after which will fade off.

Government also play a crucial role in promoting tourism in their country . They are often directly involved in planning , funding and building infrastructure projects linked to tourism , such as airports , roads and ports . They also play a major role in ensuring the safety and security of the sites that tourists frequently visit. Governments may also set up agencies that devise strategies to help promote tourism in their country. These strategies may include tourism marketing campaigns and promotional events. For example, the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) is a government agency that develops tourism as an industry, facilitating tourism-related businesses are those involved in hotels, resorts, cruises and airlines. The STB encourages the development of new attractions, such as Marina Bay Sands , Gardens by the Bay etc .

Although, media reports attract some tourists to Singapore by posting positive reviews of a destination on various travel websites and guidebooks, government plays a more important role than media reports . Reasons being the government holds more authority by allowing construction of tourism infrastructures which are the reasons why tourists visit Singapore.  They are able to build tourist sites and attractions which will attract tourist to the country . without govt who allows for the building of attractions , even with positive reviews , without a proper tourist attraction , media reports will be deemed as incredible and  not reliable.

Government are often directly involved in the planning, funding and building infrastructures linked to tourism, such as airports. They also play a major role in ensuring the safety and security of the sites that tourists frequently visit.Their involvement in catering to the needs of the tourists can influence the number of visitors and their length of stay as they had to ensure the destination would be appealing to them. The Singapore tourism Board (STB) is a government agency that promotes Singapore as tourist destination. It aims to develop Singapore as a leading tourist destination for leisure and business in the region. As such the STB has encouraged the development of new attractions, such as River Safari and the Integrated Resort. As a result of active involvement of the government to promote tourism such as through the opening of new attraction, it is able to appeal to the tourists and attract them to visit Singapore as their choice of destination.

In conclusion, there are many other factors promoting tourism in a country such as N.G.O and also travel writers. Media plays a part in promoting tourism however without the government support, the media will not be able to be as successful as they are now in promoting tourism, one such example is the Singapore Tourism Board which is backed by the Singapore government. Travel writers also contribute in promoting tourism as they can give good reviews and feedback on the countries they have been. Therefore, all the factors are equally important in promoting tourism

 

Media reports play an important role in encouraging tourism in an area. Media reports about a country or an area can influence the decisions of tourists to visit it. Positive reports can encourage tourists to visit. As a result of the media, tourists are now more aware of the destinations that they have previously not considered. Treks in the Himalayas Mountains are growing in popularity because of favourable media reports. In 2016, 729,550 tourists visited Nepal, which is an increase of 24% from 2015, mainly due to the Himalayas Mountains attraction.

However, the government also plays an important role in encouraging tourism. Governments play a crucial in promoting tourism in the country, they can influence the number of visitors and their length of stays, authorize their air landings and the building of facilities. For example, the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) is a government agency that promotes Singapore as a tourist destination. They also develops tourism as an industry, facilitating tourism related businesses. The STB encourages the development of new attractions like Night Safari, which is now a 12-time winner of the Best Attraction category awarded by Singapore Tourism Board, 1.1 million visitors answer the call of the wild annually. 

Even though the media does play an important role in encouraging tourism, there are other factors that encourage tourism as well, such as the government and international organisations. Although the media is capable of attracting many tourists through its good feedback, many tourists can deter from going to certain countries due to negative feedback of a country. Whereas the government is able to adopt the right strategies to restore the image of the country and the confidence of potential tourists. Hence, I strongly believe that the government plays the most important role in encouraging tourism.