Basic Concept on Tourism Planning and Development DOCX

Title	Basic Concept on Tourism Planning and Development
Author	Jose Andre D Julian
Pages	4
File Size	17.9 KB
File Type	DOCX
Total Downloads	809
Total Views	973

Summary

Description

One: Basic Concepts in Tourism Planning and Development Planning is one of the most fundamental skill that you will need as a future tourism professional, this is because every company that you want to work with makes plans at every level of their organization that includes the company that you might want to establish on your own. General Concepts of Planning Planning, in its broadest defnition is organizing the future to achieve certain objective. Planning is carried out at all levels from individuals planning their everyday activities and personal lives to formalized comprehensive national and regional planning undertaken by some governments. Tourism Policy is a defned set of rules, regulations, guidelines, directive, and development or promotion objectives and strategies that provide framework within which the collective, as well as individual decision directly afecting long-term tourism development and daily activities within a destination are taken. Tourism policy is one of the primary bases of tourism planning, along with national, local development plans, land use plans, natural and cultural assets of the place, environmental policy, cultural policy, foreign policy and expressed national or local needs. The output of the tourism planning process is the tourism plan. Tourism planning is the process of (1) gathering and evaluating information to identify and prioritize the current tourism development issues, (2) imagining a desired future state of tourism in the destination, and (3) choosing from a number of alternatives for achieving them. In technical terms, this process involves: 1. Situational analysis 2. Vision, Goals, Mission, and Objectives a. Vision is the desires future state of the destination b. Goals are broad-based targets for tourism c. Objectives are targets that are specifc, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time-bound. d. Strategies are the method which objectives will be achieved. Levels of Tourism Planning There are various levels to tourism planning, these are: 1. International Planning is concerned mostly with international transportation services, the fow and tour programming of tourists among diferent countries, complementary development of major attraction features and facilities in nearby countries, and multi-country marketing,...