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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Meanwhile, a young couple promotes authentic experiences

July 19, 2017

overtourism Venice

UNESCO and the World Bank signed a new MoU about cit­ies last week to “advance sus­tain­able devel­op­ment by invest­ing in cul­ture, urb­an devel­op­ment, and resi­li­ence in an integ­rated man­ner”. As the con­sult­ants and spin doc­tors of the world lick their lips — and insti­tu­tion­al book­shelves and cloud serv­ers standby to sup­ply stor­age for their expens­ive out­put — in Venice […]

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UNESCO, World Bank commit to urban development, culture, resilience

July 19, 2017

Urban cultural heritage and sustainable tourism. UNESCO, World Bank sign MoU

Recog­nising that cul­tur­al her­it­age and sus­tain­able tour­ism have become “key eco­nom­ic drivers for poverty reduc­tion and job cre­ation”, UNESCO and the World Bank signed a new Memor­andum of Under­stand­ing (MoU) last week to rein­vig­or­ate their joint com­mit­ment to “advance sus­tain­able devel­op­ment by invest­ing in cul­ture, urb­an devel­op­ment, and resi­li­ence in an integ­rated man­ner”. Irina Bokova, Director-General […]

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Sri Lanka & Thailand slapped on biodiversity day

June 6, 2017

Yala leopard. Source: Amila Tennakoon https://www.flickr.com/photos/lakpura/15654125258

The former Dir­ect­or-Gen­er­­al of Sri Lanka’s Depart­ment of Wild­life Con­ser­va­tion (DWC) ques­tioned wheth­er Yala Nation­al Park can sus­tain tour­ism num­bers skyrock­et­ing more than 1,000% in sev­en years – from 48,368 vis­it­ors in 2008 to 545,007 in 2015. Dr Sum­ith Pil­ap­itiya was tack­ling over-vis­it­a­­tion and its con­sequences on biod­iversity at an event to mark the Inter­na­tion­al Day for […]

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Why is Jammu & Kashmir failing to develop ecotourism?

June 1, 2017

A meadow in Bangus Valley, one of the areas identified by the Jammu & Kashmir Forest Department as holding strong ecotourism potential. Source: Wikimedia / Wasiq 9320

The Indi­an state of Jam­mu and Kash­mir (J&K) is allegedly fail­ing to walk the talk when it comes to devel­op­ing its eco­tour­ism poten­tial. “The much-talked-about pro­mo­tion of eco­tour­ism in J&K along the lines of Karnataka and oth­er states of India has remained con­fined to offi­cial state­ments of the PDP-BJP Coali­tion Gov­ern­ment,” accord­ing to a scathing […]

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