TOURISM DEVELOPMENT

Tourism Development and Planning

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Tourism Development and Planning

Introduction

Tourism is defined as those friendly tourist activities with the natural, cultural and social and community values, which allows you to enjoy a positive exchange of experience among residents and visitors, where the relationship between tourists and the community is fair and benefits the activity is distributed fairly, and where visitors have a truly participatory attitude in their travel experience. Tourism is fundamental for the economy of many regions, like Thailand. Because tourism involves attracting foreign exchange, it is generally the only means of economic development for some nations. It provides an opportunity for development, employment marketing and sale of local goods etc. It also helps in creating service industries, which are crucial for the development of a region. Many evolving nations like the overview of tourism as a vehicle for financial development, granted its promise to profit from foreign exchange, decrease earnings and paid work disparities, reinforce linkages amidst financial parts and assist to alleviate poverty. The dispute opposite policy maker is to have a broader viewpoint and better comprehending, that there can be both affirmative and contradictory consequences from tourism development. Tourism, in fact, has a number of features that make it an activity to be considered in the development process, so that its eco proper management can generate a series of positive effects on economic development in any territory. Thus, tourism's development and planning of further improving is very essential for all the countries, especially those whose GDP mainly rely on the amount tourism that take place in the country.

Brundtland Report

The Brundtland report is also known as “Our Common Future”, is a determining document in the global legitimization which shows the concept of sustainable development (Aras, 2009). The report was launched in 1987 by United Nation appointed World Commission on Environment and Development. The commission's work was part of sustained efforts by the United Nations to rouse common efforts toward sustainable development in acknowledgment that environmental problems are interlinked and can best be solved under a global framework. The interdisciplinary commission was composed of influential experts representing the developed and developing world. The commission incorporated views of public discussion panels and three advisory groups.

Brundtland report consistently focuses on the environment and development that should be viewed as inextricably interlinked. It suggests that for the improvement of environment, it is necessary to develop the basic needs to at least balance the environmental conservation. The Brundtland report has talked about the sustainable development that the country should do in order to enhance the tourism (Warner, 2009). Tourism is healthy for the country as it contributed a lot in the GDP. The Brundtland report also suggested that in order to improve the economic growth of the country, it is important to work on the development of the tourism factors, so that the amount of tourist increase, and thus, the GDP will also increase, which will give a boost to the country's economy. The Brundtland report says that the nation should not ...