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Strategic Management for Tourism Communities : Bridging the Gaps / Ann E. Murphy, Peter E. Murphy.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Aspects of Tourism ; 16Publisher: Bristol, UK; Blue Ridge Summit, PA : Channel View Publications, [2004]Copyright date: ©2004Description: 1 online resource (456 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781873150849
  • 9781873150856
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 910/.68/4 22
LOC classification:
  • G155.A1 M859 2004
  • G155.A1 M859 2004
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Part 1: Prologue -- Setting the Scene -- 1. Definitions, Theory and Practice -- 2. Key Business Management Functions -- Part 2: Key Business Management Functions in Tourism -- Management Functions -- 3. Planning -- 4. Organising -- 5. Leadership -- 6. Controlling -- Part 3: Tourism Community Stateholders -- Stakeholders -- 7. Customers -- 8. Industry -- 9. Residents -- 10. Government -- Part 4: A New Paradigm -- New Approach -- 11. Working Together -- 12. Bridging Tourism Gaps Through Strategic Management -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Strategic Tourism Planning Resources -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Tourism, with its wide-ranging impact, needs to be managed effectively - but how? This book advocates taking a business approach to tourism that encourages greater collaboration between stakeholders in the practical assessment of tourism options. The approach places key business management functions and stakeholders at the forefront of tourism initiatives. The business management functions of planning, organising, leadership and control are the filters through which tourism opportunities are viewed, while the stakeholder groups of customers, residents, industry and government set the agenda for appropriate tourism development. Tourist destinations must engage in realistic assessments of their abilities to meet the needs and expectations of tourism stakeholders and then act on these assessments so their goals and objectives can be achieved. A new model for bridging stakeholder gaps is presented as a template for how communities can understand and make the most of their tourism resources. The Bridging Tourism Gaps Model is a practical tool to help destinations focus on the important factors in developing and maintaining tourism as a beneficial and vital part of their communities. This book builds on the success of Tourism: A Community Approach and the subsequent tourism planning experiences of both authors to advance strategic planning in tourism.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Part 1: Prologue -- Setting the Scene -- 1. Definitions, Theory and Practice -- 2. Key Business Management Functions -- Part 2: Key Business Management Functions in Tourism -- Management Functions -- 3. Planning -- 4. Organising -- 5. Leadership -- 6. Controlling -- Part 3: Tourism Community Stateholders -- Stakeholders -- 7. Customers -- 8. Industry -- 9. Residents -- 10. Government -- Part 4: A New Paradigm -- New Approach -- 11. Working Together -- 12. Bridging Tourism Gaps Through Strategic Management -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Strategic Tourism Planning Resources -- Bibliography -- Index

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Tourism, with its wide-ranging impact, needs to be managed effectively - but how? This book advocates taking a business approach to tourism that encourages greater collaboration between stakeholders in the practical assessment of tourism options. The approach places key business management functions and stakeholders at the forefront of tourism initiatives. The business management functions of planning, organising, leadership and control are the filters through which tourism opportunities are viewed, while the stakeholder groups of customers, residents, industry and government set the agenda for appropriate tourism development. Tourist destinations must engage in realistic assessments of their abilities to meet the needs and expectations of tourism stakeholders and then act on these assessments so their goals and objectives can be achieved. A new model for bridging stakeholder gaps is presented as a template for how communities can understand and make the most of their tourism resources. The Bridging Tourism Gaps Model is a practical tool to help destinations focus on the important factors in developing and maintaining tourism as a beneficial and vital part of their communities. This book builds on the success of Tourism: A Community Approach and the subsequent tourism planning experiences of both authors to advance strategic planning in tourism.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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