Tourism Planning Toolkit
Last updated:
September 2008
The Tourism Planning Toolkit is a set of tools to help local authorities plan for tourism and tackle specific tourism-related issues. It can assist with the development and management of tourism and help authorities to develop their own tourism strategy.
The Tourism Planning Toolkit was developed in 2004 and is currently being reviewed.
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The Tourism Planning Toolkit is a resource to help local government understand and plan for tourism. The kit consists of a series of toolboxes, each dealing with different aspects of tourism planning and management.
To address specific local tourism issues or to develop a tourism strategy, you first need to ask, “what information do I need and why?”. The Situation Analysis Section includes toolboxes, which will help you to answer this question and develop a comprehensive situation analysis.
The Strategic Planning Section will help you use the information gathered in the Situation Analysis Section to develop a tourism strategy which addresses all stakeholder needs.
To implement a tourism strategy, or make informed decisions about local authority involvement in major tourism projects and events, you need to have the right information and decision criteria.
Monitoring is important to enable the local authority to refine planning processes and identify priorities for action. This Section includes the Performance Indicators Toolbox, which identifies indicators you could use to assess your area’s performance in relation to tourism objectives.
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