National and Regional Tourism Planning: Methods and Case Analysis

Author: Jiyuan from the World Tourism Organization
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: This book reflects the World Tourism Organization's basic planning methods for achieving comprehensive, coordinated, and sustainable tourism development in the field of global technical cooperation, based on the current status of local tourism resources in various countries, while taking into account economic, environmental, and socio-cultural factors. It also includes commonly used techniques in the implementation and execution of planning. The analysis of 25 cases from different countries and regions is a summary of the World Tourism Organization's experience in promoting correct planning and robust development of tourism worldwide over the past decade. These insights will greatly assist national officials, tourism industry professionals, planners, and others in better understanding and formulating tourism plans. The importance of implementing effective tourism planning is widely recognized as it is one of the guarantees for the sustainable economic development of countries and regions. This book introduces the basic concepts, methods, and principles of national and regional tourism planning, with a focus on practical skills and applications. It carefully selects and analyzes international case studies from the World Tourism Organization's literature, exploring and guiding specific matters related to planning in practice. The writing of this book was greatly supported by Edward Inskeep, a consultant to the World Tourism Organization. He has extensive experience in tourism planning, research, and training and has been involved in research projects for the World Bank, the United Nations Development Programme, and the World Tourism Organization. He has also written numerous books for academia and professionals.