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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Prof Julio Aramberri on freedom, progress, and academia’s ‘scissors crisis’

February 20, 2024

Julio Aramberri. Picture (c) by Antonio Heredia for an 'El Mundo' article, May 22, 2020. https://www.elmundo.es/opinion/2020/05/22/5ec7cd5f21efa0e55b8b45b0.html

Julio Ara­m­berri reck­ons con­tem­por­ary tour­ism aca­demia tends to focus on either “point­less prag­mat­ism” or “shrill reproof”; the excesses of ‘Right’ and ‘Left’. But ‘pro­gress’ is nuanced and can be poin­ted to in amus­ing ways: “Little could Marx ima­gine that the wish­ful ‘work­ers of all lands, unite’ carved in his Highg­ate grave would come true … […]

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Partnerships: Good partners are like family at Red Rocks Initiatives Rwanda


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At Red Rocks Ini­ti­at­ive for Sus­tain­able Devel­op­ment in Rwanda we are always open to new part­ner­ships.  We recog­nise that good part­ners helped us take our very first steps. And good part­ners have helped us get to where we are now. They, and new part­ners, will be val­ued stake­hold­ers in our ongo­ing jour­ney. More than stakeholders, […]

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Mountain biking in Scotland? Not if you’re dependent on public transport

July 11, 2023
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Mountain biking in Scotland? Not if you’re dependent on public transport ... Linn Of Dee waterfall image supplied by Alastair Naughton

Scot­land’s tour­ism author­it­ies have been keep­ing glob­al stake­hold­ers happy by declar­ing ‘cli­mate emer­gency’ and plan­ning ‘trans­form­a­tion­al tour­ism’, but have they lost touch with Scots? In his first “Good Tour­ism” Insight, Alastair Naughton ques­tioned the poor access­ib­il­ity of Scot­tish ski resorts. In this “GT” Insight he won­ders why pub­lic trans­port is mak­ing it more dif­fi­cult to go […]

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Off-piste: Lack of public access to Scottish ski resorts reinforces divides

May 9, 2023
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Cannae go 'off-piste' to a Scottish ski resort

Scot­land’s ski resorts offer breath­tak­ing scenery and exhil­ar­at­ing out­door exper­i­ences. How­ever, they are dif­fi­cult to access for many Scots. Alastair Naughton, a con­cerned cit­izen and avid ski­er, believes that Vis­itScot­land should advoc­ate for invest­ment in access­ible, afford­able, and low-emis­­sion pub­lic trans­port infra­struc­ture.  I love ski­ing, although I have not been able to get up to […]

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Mass tourism in Venice: Are city officials overreacting?

April 11, 2023

Mass tourism in Venice. Overtourism overreaction? Image by Alex B (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/users/mcsmandalas-1918387/

Tour­ists should be wel­comed and cel­eb­rated but in Venice they are facing rejec­tion and even crim­in­al­isa­tion, accord­ing to long-time Ven­eto res­id­ent Domin­ic Standish. Are city offi­cials over­re­act­ing to legit­im­ate con­cerns about mass tour­ism in Venice? And how might they man­age tour­ism bet­ter? It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight ini­ti­ated by Tourism’s Hori­zon, a “GT” Insight Part­ner. [You […]

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‘Where seagulls don’t land anymore’: Are British seaside resorts trending again?

March 7, 2023
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British seaside resorts: St Leonard’s-on-Sea

Many Brit­ish sea­side resorts are mak­ing a comeback after dec­ades of sniffy cri­ti­cism led by the media, and des­pite a per­sist­ent nar­rat­ive of decay and decline. Dav­id Jar­ratt shares this “Good Tour­ism” Insight; the second in a series ini­ti­ated by Tourism’s Hori­zon, a “GT” Insight Part­ner.  [You too can write a “GT” Insight.] Tra­di­tion­al Brit­ish sea­side resorts […]

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