Tourist motivations

Especially during this phase of finding an appropriate research topic, I'm basically thinking about it - no need to say, but clearly involuntarily - 24/7.

I'm still waiting for the enlightening moment where I can throw everything I came up with so far overboard and present my completely new and mind-blowing idea of a perfect research topic...

But in order to not ending up having nothing in the end - especially with the deadline for my draft proposal coming up in only five days - for now, I am trying to focus and stick to my first idea.

London is one of the leading tourist destinations worldwide. According to London & Partners (2011), the city was visited by 15.2 million overseas visitors in 2011. When including domestic visitors, the total number of visits even adds up to 26.3 million. This is quite a number, I would say!

So people - what makes you want to visit London? (Key word: Tourist motivations)

Is it the image of a global city? London - just another check on your list of 'been there, done that'? Or is there more to the 'Magic of London'?

First of all, I will have to find a clear definition of what a 'global city' is. (Note to myself: look up definitions for 'global city')

Second of all, I definitely need to narrow the topic down as much as possible. I was thinking about finding out about tourist motivations of London visitors taking a city break, excluding domestic visitors.

Should I focus on European visitors or rather keep it to international visitors?