Tourism infrastructure and development

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Tour­ism infra­struc­ture and devel­op­ment are essen­tial com­pon­ents in the growth of the tour­ism industry.

The infra­struc­ture that sup­ports tour­ism encom­passes a wide range of facil­it­ies and ser­vices, includ­ing trans­port­a­tion, accom­mod­a­tions, attrac­tions, and amen­it­ies such as res­taur­ants, shops, and recre­ation­al activ­it­ies. These ele­ments must be developed in a sus­tain­able man­ner to ensure the long-term viab­il­ity of the industry.

Tour­ism devel­op­ment is a com­plex pro­cess that involves a wide range of stake­hold­ers, includ­ing gov­ern­ment agen­cies, private sec­tor entit­ies, and loc­al communities.

One of the primary chal­lenges in tour­ism devel­op­ment is ensur­ing that infra­struc­ture and tour­ism activ­it­ies are developed in a man­ner that is sus­tain­able and pre­serves the reas­ons why people want to vis­it in the first place, includ­ing the nat­ur­al and cul­tur­al her­it­age of the des­tin­a­tion. This involves care­ful plan­ning and man­age­ment to min­im­ise neg­at­ive impacts on the envir­on­ment and soci­ety, while max­im­ising the pos­it­ive eco­nom­ic and social bene­fits for the loc­al communities.

The devel­op­ment of tour­ism infra­struc­ture can have sig­ni­fic­ant eco­nom­ic bene­fits for the des­tin­a­tion. It can cre­ate new jobs and oppor­tun­it­ies for loc­al busi­nesses, gen­er­ate rev­en­ue for the gov­ern­ment, and stim­u­late eco­nom­ic growth in the region. How­ever, these bene­fits must be bal­anced against the poten­tial neg­at­ive impacts on the envir­on­ment and the loc­al com­munity; the extent to which devel­op­ment under­mines the attract­ive­ness of the destination.

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‘No man is an island’: Let’s talk tourism and transportation infrastructure

February 28, 2023

Let's talk transport, specifically tourism and transportation infrastructure. Image from the Faroe Islands by Annie Spratt (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/-1978llE0FE

Travel & tour­ism and trans­port­a­tion infra­struc­ture are inex­tric­ably linked. The former is almost wholly depend­ent on the lat­ter.  As stake­hold­ers in travel, tour­ism, leis­ure, and hos­pit­al­ity, do we take for gran­ted how we move from place to place? Saverio Francesco Ber­to­lu­cci shares his thoughts in the first in a series of “Good Tour­ism” Insights ini­ti­ated by […]

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Standing up for development, growth, natural & cultural heritage in Niger tourism

November 1, 2022

What's happening in Niger tourism?

Recog­nising the enorm­ous poten­tial and chal­lenges of Niger tour­ism, Issoufou Adamou Has­sane leads a NGO that he says is “lay­ing the found­a­tion” for tour­is­m’s reviv­al in the west Afric­an nation.  But they need resources and part­ners. “Good Tour­ism” Insight Part­ner the World Tour­ism Asso­ci­ation for Cul­ture & Her­it­age (WTACH) invited Mr Adamou Has­sane to contribute […]

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Balancing tourism development with care for cultural heritage in Ras Al Khaimah

April 12, 2022

Ras Al Khaimah arab guide with camel. Source: Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority.

What are tour­ism offi­cials in the United Arab Emir­ates’ north­ern-most mem­ber doing to lever­age and pro­tect the cul­tur­al her­it­age of 7,000 years of his­tory?  Raki Phil­lips, CEO of Ras Al Khaimah Tour­ism Devel­op­ment Author­ity, lets us know. It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight. [Thanks to “GT” Insight Part­ner the World Tour­ism Asso­ci­ation for Cul­ture and Her­it­age (WTACH) for invit­ing Raki […]

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Zambia’s untapped tourism potential & its prospects for a green economy

November 23, 2021
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Sunset over the Luangwa River, a tributary of the Zambezi. Photo by Ian McGrory (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/62CtkV44DuY Zambia wordmark by syafrani_jambe (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/illustrations/state-international-flag-zambia-2732088/

Zim­b­ab­wean schol­ar Sham­iso Nyajeka makes a strong pitch for the devel­op­ment of a respons­ible, sus­tain­able, and eco­­nom­ic­ally-inclus­ive travel & tour­ism industry in Zam­bia, where deep poverty per­sists des­pite a luc­rat­ive min­ing tra­di­tion.  It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight.  [Thanks to Jim Butcher for invit­ing Ms Nyajeka to write a “GT” Insight.] Nestled at the inter­sec­tion of cent­ral, east­ern, and […]

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Tourism & hosts’ well-being: Moving beyond GDP towards a better life

April 27, 2021
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Arriving at happiness? By Jacqueline Munguía (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/1pAwJiCD60c Graph climber overlay by Peggy_Marco (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/refugees-economic-migrants-1015309/

Every­one wants to be happy, or at least con­tent. Travel & tour­ism has long proven to deliv­er that to its cus­tom­ers. But what about about the res­id­ents of places they travel to and through?  In this “Good Tour­ism” Insight, uni­ver­sity pro­fess­or Larry Dwyer iden­ti­fies a prom­ising hol­ist­ic frame­work for bench­mark­ing broad­er soci­et­al well-being.  Dr Dwyer […]

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Losing Lutruwita: Tourism troubles in Tasmania’s World Heritage wilderness

March 9, 2021

At the centre of a controversy is Halls Island on Lake Malbena in the middle of Walls of Jerusalem National Park, which is part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, Tasmania, Australia. Image by Rob Blakers (c) supplied by Tom Allen of the Wilderness Society Tasmania.At the centre of a controversy is Halls Island on Lake Malbena in the middle of Walls of Jerusalem National Park, which is part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, Tasmania, Australia. Image by Rob Blakers (c) supplied by Tom Allen of the Wilderness Society Tasmania.

The World Her­it­age wil­der­ness of Lut­ruwita (the palawa kani name for the island of Tas­mania) is under threat from col­lu­sion between state gov­ern­ment and private tour­ism interests, accord­ing to Tom Allen. The Wil­der­ness Soci­ety cam­paign man­ager reck­ons tour­ism does best when it com­ple­ments not com­prom­ises nat­ur­al val­ues. It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight. Upon sign­ing the […]

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