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4.
Improve road frontier posts, extending their capacity to ensure smoother crossings, organizing
easier movement of in- and outgoing tourist
flows. Crossing the frontier is always either the
prologue or the epilogue to any journey between countries and is therefore important for the
favorable impression the tourist will gain or retain.
5.
Provide adequate airport services and installations to meet demand. The rapid progress of
technology in air transport makes reasonable forecasts possible.
6.
Plan for ports and marinas equipped for tourism.
7.
Extend car services (with and without drivers) for tourists who arrive by air or sea.
Accommodations
Accommodations must be properly placed in the regional plan. Hotels are permanent structures and
grace the landscape for a long time. Planning considerations are vital. Figure 16.3 shows a speci
c site
development plan.
One of the
first considerations to be made by any planning body should be where hotels will be
located. This can be accomplished by using zoning laws. Hotels are commonly allowed in
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zones. Also to be decided is the number of hotel rooms needed in relation to
the anticipated demand. Next to be considered is a provision for expansion of hotels as demand
increases.
One consideration in hotel planning is intelligent spacing of hotels in a given area. Hotels spaced
too close together tend to have a mutual value-reducing effect. Views are cut off or inhibited, and
structures are lowered in value.
Also important is the ratio of the number of persons on the beach to the number of rooms in the
hotel. Research in the Department of Natural Resources of the state of Michigan indicates that the
optimum capacity of an average-size ocean or Great Lakes beach is approximately 1,000 persons for
commercial
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Transportation is an important component of tourism planning. Union Station in Washington, D.C., is an
outstanding example of good planning. This beautiful facility accommodates rail service, metro service,
dining, and shopping in a pleasant atmosphere.
PhotocourtesyofWashington,D.C.,andtheCapitalRegion,U.S.A.
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