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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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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Tourism’s democratic deficit

February 25, 2021

There's more than one way. By geralt (CC0) via Pixabay.

Travel & tour­is­m’s host com­munit­ies need altern­at­ive vis­ions for devel­op­ment and the power to choose between them, accord­ing to lec­turer and writer Jim Butcher. It’s his second “Good Tour­ism” Insight. Eth­ic­al tour­ism is strongly asso­ci­ated with ‘com­munity empower­ment’ and ‘loc­al par­ti­cip­a­tion’. But how does this relate to the import­ant debates raging about nation­al demo­cracy: populism, […]

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Tourism infrastructure, well-being, & how to ‘build back better’ for all

January 26, 2021

A construction. By EliasSch (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/zen-garden-meditation-monk-stones-2040340/

To “build back bet­ter” for real rather than for rhet­or­ic, the travel & tour­ism industry can­not ignore the built envir­on­ment and its sig­ni­fic­ant influ­ence on sus­tain­ab­il­ity and well-being. In this “Good Tour­ism” Insight, Tan­ner C Knorr of “GT” part­ners Off Sea­son Adven­tures and Second Look World­wide explores why it’s import­ant to get land use policy and infra­struc­ture invest­ments right. […]

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How to change an iconic travel & tourism experience … for good

June 24, 2020

From the roadside. Mount Sefton, Mt Cook National Park, New Zealand. Image by Bernard Spragg (CC0) via Picryl. https://picryl.com/media/mount-sefton-mt-cook-np-nz-68cc04

Mak­ing things bet­ter rarely neces­sit­ates tear­ing everything down and start­ing again. Josie Major of GOOD Travel (no rela­tion) describes how research and a little ima­gin­a­tion can turn a quint­es­sen­tial New Zea­l­and travel exper­i­ence — the road trip — into some­thing poten­tially much bet­ter for every­one. Thanks to “Good Tour­ism” Insight Part­ner Second Look World­wide for invit­ing Josie to con­trib­ute this “GT” […]

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By invitation only: Sustainable tourism revisited

May 19, 2020

Is tourism greed good or should tourism be by invitation only? Image supplied by author.

For truly sus­tain­able tour­ism to have a chance, indi­vidu­al des­tin­a­tions and host com­munit­ies must use the coronavir­us crisis to take back con­trol from glob­al fin­an­cial interests after dec­ades of failed talks at the highest levels. This is accord­ing to Dr Thomas Bauer in a fresh and reflect­ive “GT” Insight; his second. Indeed Dr Bauer reckons […]

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Infrastructure in focus for new “Good Tourism” Insight Partnership

December 9, 2019

Testing the new water pump at Kakoi village

Second Look World­wide is the latest “Good Tour­ism” Insight Part­ner.  As a “GT” Insight Part­ner, Second Look World­wide will inspire deep­er, broad­er, and more impact­ful industry-wide con­ver­sa­tions around com­munity infra­struc­ture devel­op­ment in emer­ging and estab­lished des­tin­a­tions.  To that end, the not-for-profit will reg­u­larly identi­fy and invite an opin­ion or prac­tice lead­er work­ing in host community […]

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