The document discusses the key aspects of resort planning and development. It defines a resort and outlines their typical elements. The resort planning process involves assessing the market and site, determining objectives and size, conceptual planning, and environmental and economic feasibility analysis. Important considerations for resort development include managing economic, social and environmental impacts, involving local communities, and applying conservation techniques.

1. RESORT PLANING
AND DEVELOPMENT

2. CONTENTS
• Introduction to resort and its element.
• Resort planning and development.
• Resort planning process.
• Stages in resort development.
• Resort planning principles.

3. RESORT MANAGEMENT
• Definition of RESORT:
Any place or places with pleasant
environment and atmosphere conducive to
comfort, healthful relaxation and rest, offering
food, sleeping accomodation and recreational
facilities to the public for a fee (definition per
DOT Rules on Accreditation)

4. RESORT MANAGEMENT
• ELEMENT OF A RESORT:
1. Recreational facilities that draw guests to
the facility
2. Housing and Food & Beverage services
that cater to people away from home
3. Activities to occupy guests during their
stay

5. RESORT MANAGEMENT
• RESORT PLANING:
The modern concept of a resort is that
planned as an integrated development
with consideration given to its
compatibility with the natural
environment and possible benefits to
local communities.

6. RESORT MANAGEMENT
• RESORT PLANING:
Economic feasibility analysis:
Analysis of the economic costs and benefits of
a project to the entire area, region or country.
A project may generate overall positive
economic benefits by attracting tourists to the
area, but not make a profit in itself.

7. RESORT MANAGEMENT
• RESORT PLANING:
Financial feasibility analysis:
The financial rate of return and profitability of
a project based only on its own costs and
revenues.

8. RESORT MANAGEMENT
• RESORT PLANNING PROCESS:
1. First, market and product assessment
(referring especially to tourist attractions) is
conducted, the resort development objectives,
type and size determined in preliminary form,
the site selected, and conceptual planning and
prefeasibility analysis carried out.

9. RESORT MANAGEMENT
• RESORT PLANNING PROCESS:
This analysis feeds into more specific
determination of facility and land use
requirements and infrastructure needs, the
regional relationships including access to
the site and regional integration, and the
environmental and carrying capacity
analysis and considerations of community
relationships.

10. RESORT MANAGEMENT
• RESORT PLANNING PROCESS:
2. Then the resort and regional/community
relationships plan is prepared, with phasing of
development and evaluated environmentally
and economically as a basis for deciding on
the final plan.

11. RESORT MANAGEMENT
3. A specific environmental and social impact
analysis must be conducted of the plan to
ensure that the resort will not result in undue
environmentally and economically as a basis
for deciding on the final plan.

12. RESORT MANAGEMENT
4. Then a final-economic and financial
feasibility analysis is carried out to make
certain that the resort will be economically
viable and produce an acceptable financial
rate of return. The results of this analysis may
also require modifications to the plan.

13. RESORT MANAGEMENT
5. Finally, the implementation programme is
prepared and construction of the first phase
begins.

14. RESORT MANAGEMENT
• OTHER IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS
1. Successful resorts eventually tends to
overdevelop.
2. Leads to environmental problems &
declining resort popularity.

15. RESORT MANAGEMENT
• OTHER IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS
3. Local communities to be involved in
key stage of resort planning process.
4. This will improve the employment,
operation of commercial facilities, and
improved community infrastructure and
facilities.

16. RESORT MANAGEMENT
• OTHER IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS
5. Resorts should have controlled access
and an efficient but not high-speed road
network.
6. Emphasis should be on pedestrians in
the resort and

17. RESORT MANAGEMENT
• OTHER IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS
7. In larger resorts, use of non-polluting
vehicles such as small battery operated
buses to provide general transport
within the resort grounds.

18. RESORT MANAGEMENT
• OTHER IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS
8. Public access to the resort should be
allowed on a controlled basis including
to the main attraction features such as
beaches and historic places.

19. RESORT MANAGEMENT
• OTHER IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS
9. Conservation-oriented infrastructure
techniques should be applied, such as
treatment and recycling of sewage effluent for
use in landscape irrigation and use of solar
energy for water heating and natural
ventilation substituting air conditioning air
conditioning

20. RESORT MANAGEMENT
• OTHER IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS
10. If sufficient housing for the resort
employees is not already available in nearby
communities, then housing will need to be
developed neat the resort.

21. Market & Product Assessment of
Area
Determination of Objectives, Type & Size of Resort, including
General Environmental Assessment of Area
Resort Site
Selection
Resort Concept & Prefeasibility Analysis (with
feedback to above steps, project terminated if
determined infeasible)
Determination of
Facility & Land
Use
Requirements
Regional
Relationships
Environmental &
Carrying Capacity
Analysis
Access to
Regional
Integration
Community
RelationshipsDetermination of
Infrastructure
Requirements

22. Formulation of Regional Relationships & Resort Land Use Plan with
Phasing of Development (alternative & final plans)
Specific Environmental & Social Assessment
(with feedback to plan formulation)
Implementation Program
First Stage Development
Plan Retirement of Later Phases
Implementation of Later Phases

23. Factors to Consider in
resort development
• Resort development involves a
difficult trade-off between benefits
and unfavorable impacts on the ff.
aspects:
1. Economic
2. Social
3. Environmental

24. A. Economic Considerations in
REsoRt DEv’t.
Variables that Determine
Profitability
1. Capacity
• The more facilities & guests, the higher
the profit
• However, capacity is limited by Physical
limitations and Ecological limitations

25. A. Economic Considerations
in REsoRt DEv’t.
2. Length of the Season
• Is the season long enough to earn profit?
3. Capital Investment
• Heavy costs in fixed assets for land,
building and recreational facilities
• Long payback period

26. B. Social Considerations in
REsoRt DEv’t.
• It is imperative for a resort to develop &
maintain good relations with the local
community
• They are the main source of labor
• They are local customers
• They provide community services

27. B. Social Considerations in
REsoRt DEv’t.
• The community’s peace & order and general
attitude towards tourism and tourists has
great impact on tourism movement to the
resort
• Resort development would have positive &
negative social changes

28. B. Social Considerations in
REsoRt DEv’t.
1. Employment
• Communities welcome the social benefit
of job creation in construction &
operations
• However, it has employment-related
social problems:
o Established industries may be
disrupted if they lose good
employees who transfer to the
resort

29. B. Social Considerations in
REsoRt DEv’t.
o Communities may resent hiring
of outsiders for better paying
positions
o For local community members
working in the resort, exposure
to the “high” lifestyle of resorts
may cause dissatisfaction w/ his
lifestyle & develop a false sense
of values anchored on material
acquisitions & creature comforts

30. B. Social Considerations in
REsoRt DEv’t.
2. Recreational development
• Residents may resent and resist resort
dev’t. if it they don’t have access & are
hindered from leisure activities they used to
enjoy

31. B. Social Considerations in
REsoRt DEv’t.
3. Infrastructure requirements &
demands
• The resort would compete with local
community for use of water, energy,
transportation & communication resources

32. B. Social Considerations in
REsoRt DEv’t.
4. Lifestyle changes
• More wives may take on financial
obligations than their husbands, disrupting
traditional social norms
• Residents exposed to tourists’ lifestyles
become inclined to spend more specially on
imported goods

33. B. Social Considerations in
REsoRt DEv’t.
• Possible increases in prostitution, drug
addiction & other crimes as a result of
interaction with tourists
5. Congestion
• Human traffic
• Vehicular traffic

34. C. Environmental
ConsiDERations in REsoRt DEv’t.
1. Pollution
• From fertilizers, pesticides, exhaust
fumes, solid wastes & sewage
2. Conservation
• Resort dev’t. may damage the flora &
fauna

35. C. Environmental
ConsiDERations in REsoRt DEv’t.
1. Aesthetic impact
• Resort development may alter the view &
beauty of the natural landscape

36. STAGES IN RESORT
DEVELOPMENT
1. Feasibility Analysis & Planning
• Involves forecasting of demand, market
analysis, examination of site
characteristics and determination of
financial feasibility

37. STAGES IN RESORT
DEVELOPMENT
2. Construction
3. Operations/Management

38. RESORT PLANNING
PRINCIPLES
Fundamental Concepts
• Resort Environment
• Give the resort a distinctive image and
character that provides a contrast to the
tourist’s home environment
• Environmental Orientation
• Allow tourist appreciation of nature at
environmentally sustainable manner

39. RESORT PLANNING
PRINCIPLES
• Community Orientation
• Allow tourist interaction with
local residents and encourage
learning of local culture

40. RESORT PLANNING
PRINCIPLES
Multi-discplinary team approach
• Resort marketing analysts
• Land use and site planners
• Economic & Financial feasibility
analysts
• Transportation & other infrastructure
engineers

41. RESORT PLANNING
PRINCIPLES
• Hotel architects & resort landscapers
• Environmental specialists
• Sociologists
• Specialists on the activity offered (such
as dive instructors for a dive resort)