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Tourism Planning
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Tourist Development Plan
• Outlines how a location will:– Serve visitors– Adapt to growing numbers of visitors– Protect local culture and environment
• When areas become major tourists draws spontaneously, without planning, trouble ensues– Poor services– Overcrowding– Decaying facilities
Example
• Let’s say an object from space crashes into one of the fields behind the school one night
• It leaves a huge crater, and many residents claim they saw what appeared to be a large, metallic, saucer shaped object in the center
• Some people shoot video of the object, a few others scramble to grab pieces off the craft, but by the next day the military has come and removed the craft
Example
• Soon, Metcalfe in being inundated with visitors interested in the so-called “Alien Landing”
• The crater itself becomes a major tourist attraction, and soon other businesses sprout up to take advantage of the influx of visitors– A UFO museum– Several souvenir shops/kiosks– A few restaurants in town adopt alien-inspired themes
Example
• As a result of all this, Metcalfe is expected to attract approximately 50,000 tourists a year, primarily in the summer months
1. Outline the facilities and services that the tourists would need
2. Outline the impacts these tourists would have on the local community
– Social, Economic, Environmental, Political, Everyday Activities
Results of Poor Planning
• Poor planning, or a complete lack of planning, can cause many problems for an area, including:– Physical effects– Human effects– Economic effects
Physical Effects
• Damage to the natural environment
• Pollution from increased vehicle traffic, water use, and littering
• Sewage contaminating local ground-water or oceans near resort cities
Human Effects
• Loss of local culture and traditions
• Damage to historical landmarks from heavy pedestrian traffic and pollution
• Overcrowding
• Poor transportation access
Economic Effects
• Overdependence on tourism
• Seasonal employment rather than year-round employment
• Longer term:– Reduced attractiveness as a tourist
destination– Loss of tourists to competing destinations– Loss of investment on future projects
Traditional Planning
• Primary goal is attract as many tourists as possible and make as much money as possible
• Usually a “top-down” approach that does not involved all stakeholder groups
Stakeholders
• Who might be effected by tourism development?
Traditional PlanningAssess Current Situation and Future Demands
Develop a vision for the final development
Establish specific goals
Implement Plans
Evaluate Progress
Participatory Planning
• The idea that plans are more effective if they involve all stakeholder groups from the beginning– Better plans (more ideas, better knowledge)– More buy-in (people more likely to help the
plan succeed if they were a part of it)
Involvement of localsin decision making
Residents’ goalsand desires for
tourism
OtherStakeholderinvolvement
Participationin the benefits
of tourism
Educating theresidents
about tourism
Involvement of localsin benefits of
tourism
Participatory Tourism Planning
Traditional vs. Participatory
• What’s the difference?
• Pros and Cons of each?
• Which would you prefer?
Activity
• Planning a Resort Development– See. P. 378