Despite the increasing importance of tourism in economic development and the rise of “pro-poor” tourism development … strategies, properly designing and implementing tourism projects remain generally a difficult process. There are both theoretical … and practical challenges in justifying public sector investments in tourism and properly measuring the projects’ benefits …

Firstly, the paper introduces some researches on the development of tourism in Sichuan by researchers at home from a … perspective of policies, pointing out that in these researches on tourism development in Sichuan, innovative breakthroughs are … lacking. Secondly, by studying on total retail sales of social consumer goods of Sichuan and Hangzhou these 2 places, tourism …

This paper analyses the linkage between tourism and crime with particular focus on the distortions generated onto ….e. urban, mountain, marine etc- alters the impact of tourism on crime. Finally, we measure the social cost of crime associated …

tourism industries from a value chain perspective. Design/methodology/approach – The paper achieves its objective by reviewing … the relevant literature from both manufacturing and tourism fields. It compares and contrasts the particular … entire supply chain – such as the SCOR model. The tourism industry, on the other hand, consists of various players and …

countryside during the foot and mouth disease (FMD) and their subsequent effects upon leisure and tourism providers. The work …/methodology/approach – The complete sector of tourism and leisure providers within the market town of Keswick was surveyed twice over a two … crisis devastated the rural tourism and leisure industries. The governmental policy utilized was myopic in its outlook and …

the factors that have helped shape the relationships between public agencies involved in sports tourism. Design … Republic of Ireland. Findings – The authors have produced the “Theory of collaborative advantage in relation to sports tourism …”. This model captures the dynamics of collaboration in the sports tourism policy arena. A total of 12 practitioner themes and …

Government′s role in the marketing of tourism products is examined. Government intervention varies with the economic … value placed on tourism. National Tourism Offices are the key agents of intervention; their role becomes more important as … competition in the tourism marketplace increases and consumers become better informed and more demanding. Activities may include …

developments in the network literature and then reports on a case study analysis of a number of public‐private sector tourism … local tourism destination and the benefits that can be obtained from this process when compared to in‐house marketing …