Tourism Policy, Planning and Development
TSM 221 (Offering: 2003)

Description

This course focuses on tourism planning as a process and set of techniques for sustainable tourism development. It examines the physical environment of tourism planning, and the social, cultural and political realities of tourism planning and policy making. Public and private sector roles are evaluated, as well as the nature, parameters and constraints attached to tourism development. The emphasis of the course is on strategic regional and community-based tourism planning. In addition the course aims to develop an understanding of tourism policy-making processes, and to gain skills in the evaluation of tourism plans and policies. The course also broadens the coverage of planning and development to include tourism policy as well.

Major(s)/Minors(s): Tourism

Usual Semester of Offer: Semester 2

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