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QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW AND DISCUSSION
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1.
What is a tourism policy, and why is it important for a
tourism destination to have a formal policy?
9.
What do you see as the major barriers to successful
policy formulation for tourism?
2.
Why might a major stakeholder not wish to participate
in the policy process?
10.
Must there be total consensus by all stakeholders on
the content of a region
s tourism policy? If not, how
would you determine if there was adequate support for
the different components of a policy?
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3.
Howmight tourism policy differ from countries, states/
provinces, and cities? Why might it differ?
11.
How frequently should the policy formulation process
take place for a destination? Why?
4.
How would you identify and choose the stakeholders
who should be involved in the formulation of a tourism
policy for a region? Is there anyone whom you feel
should be excluded from the process?
12.
Why is a vision especially important for policy for-
mulation? How long into the future should a vision
attempt to de
ne an ideal future?
5.
What are the implications of no involvement in policy
formulation by a major stakeholder?
13.
Implementation of policy recommendations is often a
problem. What do you see as the major barriers to the
implementation of policy? Why do they exist? How
might these barriers be overcome?
6.
What is the difference between a tourism policy and a
tourism strategy?
7.
Who should be in charge of policy formulation?
14.
Why are ethics important?
8.
What are the most important interfaces of tourism
policy; that is, which other sectors of the economy and
society need to be aware of tourism policy or might
have a signi
cant impact on the success of tourism
policy?
15.
Can good tourism policy help alleviate poverty?
16.
How do government policies on passports and visas
impact tourism?
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CASE PROBLEM
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As the newly named president and CEO of Tourism Banff, the
Destination Management Organization for the world-famous
iconic tourism community location in Banff National Park
(BNP), and Canada
a.
permanent residents of the community;
b.
visitors living in the nearby city of Calgary; and
visitors from the rest of Canada?
How would you decide which kind of tourism activities
you would both allow and encourage within the National
Park?
In formulating a vision for the future of the National
Park community/destination, whom would you involve in
the visioning process?
c.
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first and most famous national park,
you have been asked to formulate a tourism development
and promotion policy which balances the needs of residents
of the small community of 6,700 permanent residents and
the over 5 million annual visitors to BNP.
In formulating the requested policy, keep in mind that
the town of Banff is located in a National Park, how would
you balance the rights and responsibilities of:
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ENDNOTES
1.
Oxford Economics, The Lost Decade: The High Costs of America's Failure to Compete for
International Travel (Washington, DC: U.S. Travel Association, 2010).
2.
J. R. Brent Ritchie and C. R. Goeldner (eds.), Travel, Tourism, and Hospitality Research: A
Handbook for Managers and Researchers, 2nd ed. (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1994).
3.
J. R. Brent Ritchie and Geoffrey I. Crouch, The Competitive Destination: A Sustainable Tourism
Perspective (Oxfordshire, UK: CABI Publishing, 2003).
4.
J. Jafari and J. R. Brent Ritchie,
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Toward a Framework for Tourism Education: Problems and
Prospect,
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Annals of Tourism Research, vol. 8, no. 1 (1981), pp. 13
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34.
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