Conduct continual study of tourism transport to plan improvements and extensions to roads, frontier posts, airports, and other transport infrastructure to ensure smooth movement of tourist flows. Provide adequate airport services and car rental options to meet demand from air and sea arrivals. Plan ports, marinas, and rail connections between entry points and tourist centers, as well as short-distance services in high-traffic regions.

1. Conduct continual, detailed study of
transport used for tourism with a view
toward planning necessary improve-
ments and extensions.
Improve road frontier posts, extending
their capacity to ensure smoother
crossings, organizing easier movement
of in- and outgoing tourist flows.
Provide adequate airport services and
installations to meet demand. The rapid
progress of technology in air transport
makes reasonable forecasts possible.
Transportation
Extend car services (with and without Facilitates modernization by education of
drivers) for tourists who arrive by air or sea. youth and changing values
Plan for ports and marinas equipped for tourism. Create favorable image for destination
Improve rail transport for travelers on Increase government revenues FOREX
lines between the boundary and the DEVELOPMENT OF TOURIST POTENTIAL
main tourist centers and regions as well Employment Opportunities
Why study?
as short-distance services in these
Justifies environment protection and improvement
regions of maximum tourist influx.
Establish a national or international plan of roads Requires development of Infrastructure Provides tourist and recreational facilities
relevant to tourism, building new roads if necessary,
improving those in a deficient state, and improving Increases Incomes
Increase GDP
road sign systems. Diversify the economy
Financing
Accommodations must be properly
Accommodations
placed in the regional plan.
Should be created to keep abreast of Optimizing Visitor Satisfaction
socioeconomic developments in the Better Living standards
various market countries or areas to
Tourism Body
provide a reasonably early forecast of Cultural
the size, type, and structure of probable Goals of Tourism Planning
Development program that is consistent with Economic Philosophy
tourism demand.
Social
Infrastructure development Appropriate for area
Creation and maintenance of Infrastructure
Promotional Efforts Political aspects of Tourism development
Tourism Planning
What are its scale, size, market,
Land use (Zoning)
character, and purpose? Formulate
objectives. Without a set of objectives,
Define the system the development concept has no
direction. The objectives must be
comprehensive and specific and should
Tourism planning at the international include a timetable for completion.
level involves more than one country and
includes areas such as international Fact finding,research,provides basic data
Gather Data
transportation services, joint tourism that are essential to developing the plan.
International
marketing, regional tourism polices and
standards, cooperation between sectors This step produces a set of conclusions and
of member countries, and other Analyze and interpret recommendations that leads to making or
cooperative concerns. conceptualizing a preliminary plan
National tourism policy, structure planning, Alternatives are considered and alternative physical
Create preliminary Plan
transportation networks within the country, major Steps in Planning solutions are drawn up and tested.
tourism attractions, national level facility and Approve of the Plan
National
service standards, investment policy, tourism
education and training, and marketing of Phase that typically includes a definition
tourism. of land use; plans for infrastructure
facilities such as roads, airports, bike
Tourism planning at the regional level paths, horse trails, pedestrian walkways,
generally is done by provinces, states, or Create Final Plan sewage, water, and utilities; architectural
prefectures involving regional policy and standards; landscape plans; zoning and
Regional other land-use regulations; and
infrastructure planning, regional access
and transportation network, and other Levels of Tourism Planning economic analysis, market analysis, and
related functions at the regional level. financial programming.
Tourism planning at the local level Provides mechanisms that give
involves subregions, cities, towns, continuing feedback on the tourism
Implement the plan
villages, resorts, rural areas and some project and the levels of consumer
tourist attractions. This level of planning Local Community satisfaction achieved.
may focus on tourism area plans, land
use planning for resorts, and planning
for other tourism facilities and attractions.
Site planning refers to planning for specific
location of buildings and structures,
recreational facilities, conservation and
landscape areas and other facilities carried
out for specific development sites such as Site
tourism resorts and may also involve the
design of buildings, structures, landscaping
and engineering design based on the site
plan.