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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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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, […]
Read More Tourism’s democratic deficit
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. […]
Read More Tourism infrastructure, well-being, & how to ‘build back better’ for all
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” […]
Read More How to change an iconic travel & tourism experience … for good
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 […]
Read More By invitation only: Sustainable tourism revisited
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 […]
Read More Infrastructure in focus for new “Good Tourism” Insight Partnership
Tanner C Knorr, President of “GT” Insight Partner Second Look Worldwide, takes us to Kakoi village in Tanzania — the first beneficiary of a pragmatic approach to supporting communities that are directly affected by, or live adjacent to, tourism activity. When travelling to developing countries, noticing discrepancies between the areas of tourism and those immediately outside is […]
Read More How running water changes lives: Tourism takes a second look in Tanzania