Options in tourism development: Concious versus conventional tourism
Journal
Anatolia: An International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research
Date Issued
2002
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DOI
10.1080/13032917.2002.9687016
Abstract
Development by its nature is a process of change that may be implemented in a variety
of ways. As a result, tourist receiving destinations have a variety of options to follow in
developing their tourism industry. These options concern mainly the process and/or
funding of development, and include the following dichotomous alternatives: capital
versus labour intensive; endogenous versus exogenous; small scale versus large;
alternative versus mass and enclave versus spread out. It is the aim of this paper to
discuss the five alternatives by undertaking a literature review to investigate the benefits
and costs associated with each of them and providing guidelines for destination tourism
development. From the review it is evident the possibility of categorising the five
development options into two distinctive groups, namely conscious and conventional
tourism. Each group presents differences to its impacts to a tourist receiving destination,
the ownership/control patterns of the industry and the numbers of facilities and tourists.
of ways. As a result, tourist receiving destinations have a variety of options to follow in
developing their tourism industry. These options concern mainly the process and/or
funding of development, and include the following dichotomous alternatives: capital
versus labour intensive; endogenous versus exogenous; small scale versus large;
alternative versus mass and enclave versus spread out. It is the aim of this paper to
discuss the five alternatives by undertaking a literature review to investigate the benefits
and costs associated with each of them and providing guidelines for destination tourism
development. From the review it is evident the possibility of categorising the five
development options into two distinctive groups, namely conscious and conventional
tourism. Each group presents differences to its impacts to a tourist receiving destination,
the ownership/control patterns of the industry and the numbers of facilities and tourists.
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