Tourism Planning and Development

Tourism Planning and Development

1 The Evolution of Tourism Planning

  1. Importance of Tourism Planning
  2. Planning Defined
  3. Planning Process
  4. Planning Approaches
  5. Tourism Planning

2 Environmental and Socio-Cultural Considerations in Planning

  1. Environmental Considerations
  2. The Impact on Environment
  3. Impact Mitigation Measures
  4. Environmental Planning Process
  5. Socio-cultural Considerations

3 Economic Consideration in Planning

  1. Tourism and Economy
  2. Planning to Enhance Economic Benefits
  3. Tourism Investment Strategy
  4. Economic Analysis and Recommendations

4 Political Consideration in Planning

  1. Role of Government
  2. Developed / Developing Countries
  3. Political Stability and Other Considerations
  4. Public Participation Issues

5 Planning in Tourism(Tourism System)

  1. Market โ€“ Supply Match
  2. The Functioning System
  3. External Factors

6 Approaches to Tourism Planning

  1. Levels and Types of Tourism Planning
  2. Public and Private Sector
  3. WTO Guidelines

7 Developing Tourism Plans โ€“ I – Components of Tourism Development Plan

  1. The Planning Process
  2. Goals for Development
  3. Components of Tourism Development
  4. Plan Preparation

8 Developing Tourism Plans โ€“ II – Techniques, Surveys and Area

  1. Supply-Side Planning Technique
  2. Plan Formulation by Checklist Techniques
  3. Survey of Area Characteristics
  4. Survey of Institutional Elements

9 Developing Tourism Plans โ€“ III – (Planning Tourist Attractions – (Natural, Cultural and Special Interest)

  1. Types of Tourist Attractions and Activities
  2. Planning and Managing Natural Attraction Resources
  3. Planning and Managing Cultural Attraction Resources
  4. Planning for Special Tourism Attractions

10 Developing Tourism Plans โ€“ IV – Implementation Elements and Monitoring

  1. Approach to Implementation
  2. Elements of Plan Implementation
  3. Monitoring

11 Strategic and Tactical Perspective of Planning

  1. Defining Strategy
  2. Importance of Strategic Management
  3. Strategy Formulation
  4. Strategic Planning
  5. Conventional Planning vs. Strategic Planning
  6. Corporate Strategic Planning

12 Global Level Planning

  1. Necessity of Global Tourism Planning
  2. International Bodies
  3. International Source of Funds
  4. World Tourism Organisation

13 National Level Planning

  1. National Planning
  2. Governmentโ€™s Role
  3. National Tourism Organisations
  4. Tourism Planning
  5. National Plan and Sustainable Tourism Development
  6. Bottlenecks

14 Regional Level Planning

  1. Tourism Regions and Planning
  2. Establishment of Tourism Regions
  3. Regional Organisational and Planning Structure
  4. Regional Planning Through Critical Elements

15 Local Level Planning

  1. Importance Approaches and Issues
  2. Requirements for Local Level Planning
  3. Public and Private Sector
  4. Resort Development