Tourism Development and Planning
Joy Comilang HRS 401A
Tourism Development Ms. Gwen Legaspi
Definition and Examples
1. Tourism Development - involves broadening the ownership base such that more people benefit from the tourism industry, skills development, job and wealth creation and ensuring the geographic spread of the industry throughout the province/nation.
Examples:
* Entrepreneurship and sustainability support, including a Tourism Help Desk function for SMME's * Project funding for tourism development infrastructure * Tourism bursaries as part of a capacity building and skills development programme * Cape Craft and Design Institute
2. Tourism Policy - A policy is well thought-out plan or course of action, especially one of an organization or government, laid down to guide in the achievement of identified goals and objectives. It is commonly regarded as a statement of intent or commitment to the driving vision. A tourism policy is such a plan, meant to facilitate achievement of set objectives for a government or organization.
Examples:
Tourism Policy of Guyana Government :
While a written tourism policy does not exist, certain policy decisions have been instituted to give guidance to the tourism industry. These are as follows: a. Removal of the visa requirement for the major tourist generating markets, in Japan, North America, Western Europe and Scandinavian and Commonwealth countries, as of 1993. b. The introduction of a 10 percent room tax on all establishments with a capacity of fifteen (15) or more rooms. However, the funds raised from this tax are not channeled back into the industry. c. A tourism incentive package that granted duty free concessions to a number of items was prepared for the sector in 1995. Investors have expressed total frustration at the bureaucratic bottlenecks in accessing these concessions. These concessions in their present form do not offer any meaningful incentives to the industry. d. The
Tourism Development Ms. Gwen Legaspi
Definition and Examples
1. Tourism Development - involves broadening the ownership base such that more people benefit from the tourism industry, skills development, job and wealth creation and ensuring the geographic spread of the industry throughout the province/nation.
Examples:
* Entrepreneurship and sustainability support, including a Tourism Help Desk function for SMME's * Project funding for tourism development infrastructure * Tourism bursaries as part of a capacity building and skills development programme * Cape Craft and Design Institute
2. Tourism Policy - A policy is well thought-out plan or course of action, especially one of an organization or government, laid down to guide in the achievement of identified goals and objectives. It is commonly regarded as a statement of intent or commitment to the driving vision. A tourism policy is such a plan, meant to facilitate achievement of set objectives for a government or organization.
Examples:
Tourism Policy of Guyana Government :
While a written tourism policy does not exist, certain policy decisions have been instituted to give guidance to the tourism industry. These are as follows: a. Removal of the visa requirement for the major tourist generating markets, in Japan, North America, Western Europe and Scandinavian and Commonwealth countries, as of 1993. b. The introduction of a 10 percent room tax on all establishments with a capacity of fifteen (15) or more rooms. However, the funds raised from this tax are not channeled back into the industry. c. A tourism incentive package that granted duty free concessions to a number of items was prepared for the sector in 1995. Investors have expressed total frustration at the bureaucratic bottlenecks in accessing these concessions. These concessions in their present form do not offer any meaningful incentives to the industry. d. The