Preliminary Flashcards
Tourism characteristics and their planning implications
A composite product
Tourist destinations are intangible
Tourism destination have long-gestation periods
Tourism is very capital intensive
Tourism’s main assets are nature and culture
Tourism is subject to external forces that are largely uncontrollable
Tourism exerts impacts on the environment, culture and economy
Tourism is a highly dynamic and competitive industry.
Tourism’s main assets are nature and culture
Comprised of goods and serviced that are provider by entities in the tourism value chain
A composite product
Refers to the series of public and private entities that convert resources into value added tourism products that are sold to tourists
Tourism value chain
Experience gained
Tourist destinations are intangible
Long term tourism sustainability
Tourism destinations have long-gestation periods
Minimum
5 M
Political situation,weather, natural calamities, currency fluctuations and internal relations
Tourism is subject to external forces that are largely uncontrollable
Current trends and events (travel patterns) provided to tourists
External forces
It affects tourism industry tourist destination-tourist price (sustain and save money)
Economic crisis
Destinations (+-) planning and and impacts
Tourism exerts impacts on the environment, culture and economy of destinations
Innovation and development must always be present for the satisfaction of returned guest
Tourism is highly dynamic and competitve industry
The Benefits of Tourism planning
It gives new learnings
A mental exercise
Planning prevents waste of time, money and effort
Participatory tourism planning
Planning helps avoid mistakes that can lead to irreperable damage to destination
Factors to consider for effective tourism planning and development
Availability and Quality of tourism relevant data
Caliber of Planning expertise
Type and Variety of Tourism Resources
Kinds of tourism resources in adjacent tourism
According to Prof. Felipe de Leon Jr., a destination can complete by establishing its cultural identity in terms of the following: Kinds or types of Tourism Resources
(EXPLAIN)
Originality Indigenousness Authenticity Uniqueness Historicity Magnitude Excellence
Avoidance of past mistakes and networking (alternatives Plan ABC)
It gives new learnings
Planning forces us to focus on the task at hand and to think critically
A mental exercise
Contributes to the development of social capital by building trust and support among the various stakeholders in a destination
Participatory tourism planning
Up to date and comprehensive tourism-relevant data affects the level of accuracy of estimating supply capacity, forecasting demand and monitoring outcomes (tabular data: sources with name and signature)
Availability and Quality of tourism relevant data
Minimum of land
14 hectares
Determines the quality of planning outputs
Caliber of expertise/Qualifications
Being the first to have a particular attraction
Originality
Having something that can only be found in your destination
Indigenousness
Being true to traditions and methods of preparation, not contrived
Authenticity
Not found anywhere else
Uniqueness
Being significant for a particular event
Historicity
Being the tallest, smallest, biggest, or anything superlative
Magnitude
Having the highest quality
Excellence
Culture characteristics of a destination have an impact on the kind of tourists that are attracted to it. Community
Culture of the destinations residents
Geographic location has direct impacts on several
Geographic location and spatial distribution of the tourism development units
Market volume and characteristics influence the kind of amenities and services that are offered im the destination
Target Market
Stages in the Tourism Area Life Cycle (Explain) is
Exploration Involvment Development Consolidation Stagnation Decline or Rejuvenation
Discovery
Exploration
Stakeholders/govern/tourist/community
Involvement
Possibility to develop
Development
Sectors
Consolidation
Sustainabiliity/limited resources
Stagnation
Reju-recover
Decline or rejuvenation
Set parameters to what can and cannot be undone .
National Tourism Policy and Legislation
These priority areas are affiliated in RA 9593 or the Tourism Act of 2009 and translated into plans in the National Tourism Development for 2011-2016 (Section 2 of RA 9593)
National Tourism Policy and Legislation
A positive perception of tourism results in people embracing tourism development, negative perception will make people oppose it
Stakeholder’s perception and attitudes
Tourism planners must also be conscious of eternal developments that can affect the viability of planned tourism projects.
Awareness of external forces
These developments cover socio-cultural, technological, environmental, economic and political dimensions
Awareness of External Forces
The amount of financial capital requited by a tourism project and the ability to raise such amount are also a major consideration in whether to proceed with tourism development or not
Financial Capital Requirement
Sees tourism as a positive force for economic development
Boosterism/Boosterist approach
Primary goal of boosterism/Boosterist approach
Maximize tourism revenues through mass tourism
Tourism Development theories
Advocacy theories
Cautionary theories
Support theories
Advocacy theories
NGO private entirues community
Advocacy theories
Warning theories
Cautionary theories
Advocacy theories
Laidsez faire theory
Modernization theory
Trickle down
Neoliberal
A french tern for leave it be
Laissez faire theory
Known as liberal economic theory
Laissez faire theory
Assimes that tourism contributes to the economic progress and transformation of traditional societi s into modern ones
Mondernization theorty
Convert simple destinations into modern
Modernizations theorty
Economic business approach
Laissez faire theory