The document discusses sustainable tourism planning and development. It defines sustainable development as meeting present needs without compromising future needs. Resources for tourism are divided into capital, labor, materials and knowledge. Materials include natural and human-made assets like cultures, wildlife, buildings and infrastructure. Sustainable planning is needed because resources are finite and must be allocated efficiently. The principles of sustainability are holistic planning, preserving ecology, protecting heritage and biodiversity, and ensuring long-term productivity. Tourism development must conserve resources, maintain attractions, limit overcrowding, and be politically and socially acceptable.

1. Sustainable Tourism
Planning and
Development
SDQ

2. Resources for Developing Tourism
 Resources can be divided into 4 categories:
 Capital
 Labour
 Materials
 Knowledge
 In tourism, materials include natural and human-
made assets.

3. Terrestrials
Features,
Marine
Features,
Wildlife
Cultures,
Customs,
History
Building,
Structures
Production
Service
Equity
Investment
Knowledge
Experience

4. Why Do We Need Sustainable
Planning?
 Resources are scarce and finite.
 Society must choose among economic activities
including tourism that could have higher returns to
scale.
 Provided that tourism increases economic diversion,
then resources can be allocated in developing it.

5. What is Sustainable
Development?
Sustainable development is progress
that meets the needs of the present
without compromising the ability of
the future to meet their own needs
(UN WCED, 1987).

6. Sustainable Development
Principles
 Four basic principles are crucial to the concept of
sustainability:
1. The idea of holistic planning, cross- sectoral planning and
strategy making
2. The importance of preserving essential ecological
processes
3. The need to protect both human heritage and
biodiversity
4. The requirement that development should be carried out
so that productivity does not deplete resources for the
long term and future generations

7.  The 1st
step towards the STD is to protect the
environment and initiative efforts for environment
friendly tourism.
 Govt. the consultation with the Privet Sector ,Can
establish and enforce environmental standards for the
for the T&T.
 WTO has been developing key indicators for the
tourism to improve decision taking

9. In tourism, sustainability means…
 Achieving quality growth in a manner
that does not deplete the natural and
built-in environment and preserves the
culture, history and heritage of local
community.
 Achieving balance between number
of visitors and the capacity of the
given environment
 Greatest interaction and enjoyment
with the least destruction.

10. Carrying Capacity
 The largest number of people a
destination can efficiently manage
within its given environ and
management capabilities
 CC analysis is believed the most
reliable method for STD.

11. The policies and guidelines prepared by the Union Territory of
Lakshadweep to promote sustainable tourism categorized into
four groups.
 Impacts on physical environment
 Impacts on ecological environment
 Impacts on human use values, and
 Impacts on quality of life values.
In order not to adversely affect the physical environment
emphasis of the administration is to promote tourism only
in those islands that can sustain it keeping in view the
concept of carrying capacity. The facilities are developed
in such a way that they do not result in loss of bio-
diversity. No development is permitted in geologically
unstable zone.

12. Issues to be considered:
 Natural and man-made cultural and
environmental resources comprising
tourism product are conserved and
renewed when necessary.
 For the benefit of succeeding generations.
 Tourists not only consume the tourism product,
they should be made aware of the need to
protect it.

13. Issues to be considered:
 Tourism must be beneficial for the
receiving destination, region and
country.
 For the receiving destination to be
prepared to accommodate tourists
and hospitality be extended when
tourists overstayed.

14. Issues to be considered:
 Maintaining and renewing the
tourism product is critical.
 To sustain steady tourist flow
 To ensure tourist satisfaction
 Sometimes, this means limiting tourists
flows

15. Issues to be considered:
 Benefits and costs must be
politically acceptable for the
governing entities at national,
regional and destination levels.

16. Prerequisites to Sustainable
Tourism Development
 High quality attractions
 Tourism infrastructure
 Community support and tolerance
 Government assistance at all levels
 Personal security and safety of tourists
 Code of ethics and behavior of tourists

17. High Quality Attractions
 Attractions draw visitors
 Offers experiences that visitors want and
need
 The goal of sustainable tourism
development is the preservation of the
attractions so that future generations can
enjoy them

18. Attributes of Attractions
 Natural or human made
 Fixed or mobile
 New or ancient
 Large or small
 Temporary or permanent
 Maybe designed for some type of human
activity
 Unique

19. Key Players
 Private Sector
 Owns and operates profit making tourist
attractions and facilities
 Government Sector
 Owns and operates public facilities and
attractions
 Establishes regulatory guidelines
 NGOs

20. Government Assistance
 National level
 Initiates tourism development
 Regional level & local level
 Strategy is broken down into
components
 Assigned to different agencies for
implementation

21. Personal Security and Safety
of Tourists
 Personal security is a prime consideration
 War
 Terrorism
 Political instability
 Natural disasters

22. Personal Security and Safety
of Tourists
 Well equipped medical facilities and
competent medical staff are required
 Emergency first aid kit
 Exit strategy for tourists in cases of
emergency

23. Personal Security and Safety
of Tourists
 To ensure safety of tourists, government
services must be immediately available.
 Local governments must be prepared to
respond to multiple crises including
ordinary and unexpected.

24. Benefits of Sustainable Tourism
Development
 Developing new businesses
 Expanding job opportunities
 Increasing income
 Marketing new products
 Improving infrastructures
 Encouraging diversification
 Integrating local economy
 Promoting community pride
 Higher quality of life for local population

25. Limitation
 There is a big mismatch between reality
and practice of sustainable tourism
concept
 Still people are not well aware about the
concept of sustainable tourism that is
why it fails to meet its objectives
 Conflict between authorities

26. Conclusion
 Sustainable tourism must be seen as a goal in
tourism development.
 The future belongs to the efficient, therefore
destination managers must take responsibility to
insure their resources are well managed today if
we are to have a tomorrow!
Sharing knowledge and educating our
communities today, will have a positive impact
on future generations to be able to sustain a
livable community.

27. Further reading
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Conventions, Conferences, Incentives and Other
 Special Events. Ontario, John Wiley & Sons
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 3. Hall, P. (1992). Urban and Regional Planning,
3rd edn. Harmondsworth, Penguin, pp. 1

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