Managing Tourism Growth

by Bosselman, Fred; Peterson, Craig A.; McCarthy, Claire

• ISBN13: 9781559636056
• ISBN10: 155963605X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-04-01
• Publisher: Island Pr

Summary

Tourism is by many measures the world's largest and fastest growing industry, and it provides myriad benefits to hosts and visitors alike. Yet if poorly managed, tourism can have serious negative impacts on tourist communities-their environment, physical appearance, economy, health, safety, and even their social values.Managing Tourism Growthanalyzes and evaluates methods by which communities can carefully control tourism in order to maximize the positive aspects while minimizing the detrimental effects. The authors offer vivid examples of the ways in which uncontrolled tourism can adversely affect a community, and explain how to create an effective strategy that can protect tourism resources for current and future generations.Specific chapters provide detailed descriptions and evaluations of various approaches that communities around the world have successfully used. The authors examine alternative legal and regulatory measures, management techniques, and incentives that target tourism growth at all levels, from the quality of development, to its amount and rate of growth, to the locations in which it takes place. Approaches examined include: quality differentiation, performance standards, and trade-off strategies; preservation rules, growth limitations, and incremental growth strategies; expansion, dispersal, and concentration strategies, and identification of new tourism resources. The final chapter presents a concise and useful checklist of the elements of successful strategies that can help guide destination communities in the planning process.An outstanding feature of the book is the numerous and varied case studies it offers, including Santa Fe, New Mexico; Milford Sound, New Zealand; Nusa Dua, Bali; Great Barrier Reef, Australia; Sanibel, Florida; Canterbury, England; Republic of Maldives; Bruges, Belgium; Times Square, New York; Papua New Guinea; Park City, Utah; Whistler, British Columbia; and many others.The depth and accessibility of information provided, along with the wealth of global case studies, make the book must-reading for planning professionals, government officials, tourism industry executives, consultants, and faculty and students of geography, planning, or tourism.

Author Biography

Fred P. Bosselman is professor of law at the Chicago-Kent College of Law Craig A. Peterson is professor of law at John Marshall Law School in Evanston, Illinois Claire McCarthy is a legal researcher based in Evanston, Illinois

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
The Benefits and Risks of Tourism	1	(11)
The Symbiotic Relationship of Host and Tourist	1	(1)
The Benefits of Tourism	2	(5)
The Risks of Tourism	7	(3)
Taming Tourism by Managing Its Growth	10	(2)
Planning for Tourism Growth	12	(28)
From Outpost to Destination	12	(2)
Tourism Resources	14	(2)
Studies on Common-Pool Resources	16	(1)
Management Objectives for Common Resources	17	(2)
Characteristics of Successful Strategies	19	(2)
Processes Tailored for Community Tourism Planning	21	(17)
Legal Implementation of Common-Pool Resource Management	38	(2)
Managing Growth	40	(14)
Growth Management Strategies	40	(7)
The Role of the Market, Local Norms, and the Law	47	(2)
Hierarchies of Management Strategies	49	(3)
The Case Studies	52	(2)
Quality Control Strategies	54	(55)
Protecting Quality	55	(1)
Districting Strategies	56	(14)
Case Study: Indonesia	60	(3)
Case Study: Santa Fe, New Mexico	63	(7)
Performance Standards Strategies	70	(28)
Case Study: New Zealand	74	(5)
Case Study: Park City, Utah	79	(6)
Case Study: Jackson, Wyoming	85	(6)
Case Study: Lake Tahoe, Nevada and California	91	(7)
Trade-off Strategies	98	(7)
Case Study: Teton County, Wyoming	101	(4)
Final Observations	105	(4)
Quantity Management Strategies	109	(78)
``Please Come...but Not Too Many...and Not Too Often''	109	(2)
How Many Is Too Many?	111	(3)
Preservation Rules Strategies	114	(21)
Case Study: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Australia	115	(5)
Case Study: The Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park, Quebec, Canada	120	(5)
Case Study: Cancun-Tulum Corridor, Mexico	125	(4)
Case Study: Peninsula Township, Michigan	129	(6)
Growth Limitation Strategies	135	(25)
Case Study: Sanibel Island, Florida	137	(7)
Case Study: Bermuda	144	(6)
Case Study: Yosemite National Park, California---A Plan in Progress	150	(6)
Case Study: Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles---A Plan in Progress	156	(4)
Incremental Growth Strategies	160	(24)
Case Study: Whistler, British Columbia, Canada	162	(5)
Case Study: Aspen, Colorado	167	(6)
Case Study: Door County, Wisconsin	173	(5)
Case Study: Ambergris Caye, Belize	178	(6)
Final Observations	184	(3)
Location Enhancement Strategies	187	(85)
Expansion Strategies	188	(19)
Case Study: Oaxaca Valleys, Mexico	190	(6)
Case Study: Southern Lakes Region, New Zealand---A Plan in Progress	196	(5)
Case Study: Milford Sound, New Zealand---A Plan in Progress	201	(6)
Dispersal Strategies	207	(20)
Case Study: Canterbury, England	211	(4)
Case Study: The Republic of Maldives	215	(6)
Case Study: Stewart Island, New Zealand	221	(6)
Concentration Strategies	227	(19)
Case Study: Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia	232	(5)
Case Study: Bruges, Belgium	237	(4)
Case Study: Times Square, New York	241	(5)
Identifying New Tourism Resources	246	(24)
Case Study: The Tarka Project, Devon, England	250	(4)
Case Study: South Pembrokeshire, Wales	254	(5)
Case Study: Agritourism in the United States	259	(3)
Case Study: Bays of Huatulco, Mexico	262	(3)
Case Study: Papua New Guinea	265	(5)
Final Observations	270	(2)
Elements of Successful Strategies	272	(3)
Process Elements	272	(1)
Substance Elements	273	(2)
Notes	275	(20)
Index	295