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TOURISM POLICIES AND PLANNING
This essay has discussed about tourism policies and planning giving out functions, purposes and objectives of tourism policies. It also looks at tourism planning outlining its importance, principles and its contribution and successes
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| language |  | english |
| wordcount |  | 4926 (cca 14 pages) |
| contextual quality |  | N/A |
| language level |  | N/A |
| price |  | free |
| sources |  | 9 |
Table of contents
1.0 DEFINITION OF TERMS1
1.1 TOURISM POLICY 2
1.2 FUNCTIONS OF TOURISM POLICY 2
1.3 PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES OF TOURISM POLICIES 2
1.4 POLICY DISCUSSION 3
1.5 TOURISM PLANNING 6
1.6 THE IMPORTANCE OF PLANNNING 6
1.7 THE PLANNING PROCESS6
1.8 SITE SCALE PLANNING7
1.9 DESTINATION OR REGIONAL SCALE PLANNING 7
2.0 ELEMENTS THAT PLANNING TOUCHES 8
2.1 NATIONAL PLANNING SCALE8
2.2 PRINCIPLES OF TOURISM PLANNING 9
2.3 ENHANCEMENT OF VISITOR SATISFACTION 9
2.4 ECONOMIC SUCCESS 10
2.5 CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF BASE TOURISM RESOURCES 10
2.6 COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN TOURISM DEVELOPMENT 11
2.7 RECOMMENDATIONS 11
2.8 CONCLUSION 11
2.9 BIBLIOGRAPHY 12
Preview of the essay: TOURISM POLICIES AND PLANNING
TOURISM POLICIES AND PLANNING 1. DEFINITION OF TERMS Tourism policies are according to Pearce et. al. (1998) a set of guidelines to determine which specific objectives and actions should be pursued to meet the needs of the particular destination area under consideration. Thus they specify a set of objectives for a destination and programs and strategies that will be used to achieve them. These objectives are broadly- economic, social-cultural, environmental, consumer protection and service and industry competitiveness. Most policies are economic in nature although more countries are now embracing policies that are more holistic in encompassing environmental, social cultural and consumer protection, which is termed as sustainable development .On his part, Goeldner et. al.(2000) defines tourism policy as a set of regulations, rules, guidelines, directives and development/ promotional objectives and strategies that provide a framework within which the collective and individual decisions directly affecting tourism development and the daily activities within a destination are taken. In this, a tourism policy becomes the reference point or forms the guidelines against which future development in tourism should be evaluated. Tourism policy affects the extent to which all tourism activities that is product development, infrastructure development, marketing and promotion, ...
... and site levels. As such these should be consistent to the set policies irrespective of the level should place emphasis on continuous and incremental planning that is system oriented, comprehensive, integrated and environmental with a focus on sustainability and community participation.
This plans should be within the confines of the guiding principles of Enhanced visitor satisfaction, improved economy and business success, conservation and protection of base tourism resources and community involvement in tourism development.
In doing so the quality of the tourism product will be maintained while providing benefit to all stakeholders achieving the desired goal of Sustainable development
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