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1. - Aritro Dasgupta
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2.  Tourism planning is the dynamic process of
determining goals, systematically selecting
alternative courses of action, implementing
the chosen alternatives & evaluating the
choice if it is successful
 Takes in to account inter-related & inter-
dependent components like – political,
physical, economic & social elements
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3.  Usually top-down approach but often bottom
up as well
 More on strategy side initially, less on tactical
 Strives to achieve objectives by matching
available resources & programmes with the
needs & wants of people
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4.  Experience of many areas has clearly
demonstrated that on long term basis,
planed approach to develop tourism can
bring benefits without significant problems
 Tourism complicated activity overlapping
several different sectors of society &
economy
 Can avoid unexpected & unwanted impacts
of faulty tourism planning
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5.  Macro Level: concerned with tourism
development policies, structure plans, facility
standards & institutional factors
 Micro Level: detailed plans for tourism
attractions, resorts, urban, rural & other
forms of tourism development
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6.  Gives overall direction to purpose of tourism
in the area
 Maintenance of natural & cultural resources
 Integrating tourism within overall
development policies & establish linkage
between tourism & other sectors
 Providing rational basis for decision making
by public & private players in tourism sector
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7.  Making possible coordinated development of
different elements in tourism sector; inter-
relating tourist attractions, activities,
facilities & services
 Optimizing & balancing economic,
environmental & social benefits of tourism
 Providing physical structure to guide
location, types & extent of tourism
development of attractions
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8.  Offering baseline for continuous monitoring
of progress of tourism development &
keeping it on track
 Providing framework for effective public &
private sector cooperation
 Guidelines & standards for preparing detailed
plans
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10.  Tourism planning must be an integrated
system
 Must balance supply & demand sides
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11.  International tourist markets
 Domestic tourist markets
 Residents’ use of tourist attractions, facilities
& services
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12.  Attractions & activities
 Accommodation
 Other tourist facilities & services
 Transportation
 Other infrastructure
 Institutional elements
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13.  Organizational structures like government
tourism offices & private sector tourism
associations
 Tourism related legislation & regulations like
standards & licensing, requirements for hotel
and tour & travel agencies
 Education & training programmes to enable
students to work effectively in tourism sector
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14.  Availability of financial capital to develop
tourist attractions, facilities, services &
infrastructure and mechanisms to attract
capital investment
 Travel facilitation of immigration, customs &
other facilities & services at entry & exit
points
 Marketing & promotion strategies to inform
tourists about country/ region & induce them
to visit those destinations
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15.  Achieving sustainability i.e. long term
development has now emerged as most
crucial in the tourism industry
 Concept emerged in the early 1980s
 Involves preservation of natural & man-made
tourist attractions so that tourism can be
viable at the destination for as long as
possible
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16.  Not just reducing environmental degradation
& footprint to the lowest level possible; also
improving natural capital as that will ensure
greater tourist returns
 Preserving local cultural heritage as much as
possible
 Limiting chances of the commoditization of
cultures
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17.  Environmental planning approach:
environment carefully surveyed, analyzed &
considered in determining type & location of
development
 Emphasizes community based tourism;
properties owned/operated by local
community; instills feeling of ownership &
reduces environmental & cultural erosion;
reduces revenue leakage
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18.  Offering of best facilities at exotic locales to
niche target market only
 Usually hyper expensive
 Focus on quality at all cost
 Greater product customization for individual
tourists & strong personal touch
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19.  Concerned with specifying goals & objectives
over long range of time
 10-20 years time span looking towards future
 Need to take in to consideration future
changes in climatic conditions, economic
developments, political upheavals & social
mores
 Contingency plans a must as environment
volatile
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20. 0-5
Years
5-10
Years
10-20
Years
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Development
actions
Development
strategy
Long range
policy & plan

21.  Tactics refer to the intricate details of narrow
targets/projects
 In tourism tactics involves details on
accommodation, facilities, price range,
cuisine etc.
 Sometimes ignores the long term benefit in
facilitating short term gains
 Thus coordination between strategic policy
makers & implementers becomes crucial
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22.  Decision making by top management of area
usually political representatives, senior
bureaucrats & hoteliers of big chains
 Strategic long term planning
 Decisions made on basis of extensive data
collected & analysis conducted
 Decisions made for whole sums rather than
small units
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23.  Long term plans can be implemented
 Broad strategy can be framed taking into
consideration various stakeholders
 Greater good can be taken care of even if it
results in some losses
 Large areas can only be worked by this
approach
 Less time consuming during policy
formulation
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24.  Sometimes ignores ground realities
 In the name of greater good, populist
decisions made to appease majority or more
powerful stakeholders
 Minute details may be overlooked leading to
tactical problems while executing the plans
 Greater chances of corruption at the top
among policy makers
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25.  Decision making by top management of area
with extensive consultation with stakeholders
i.e. local panchayat leaders, tribal chiefs,
small business groups, consumer forums etc.
 Short to medium term planning
 Decisions made on basis of experience & gut
feeling
 Decisions made for small units one at a time
rather than whole sums
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26.  Nitty-gritty & intricate details carefully
studied
 Small stakeholder groups’ considerations
taken in to account as more democratic
approach
 Ground realities better understood as local
provide inputs
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27.  Too much interference of small stakeholder
groups may result in only narrow interest
groups appeased at the cost of isolating other
groups
 Greater chances of corruption among
stakeholders as they wield enormous power
 To much focus on intricate details may ignore
the bigger picture
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