In every tourism policy, one can find different issues and challenges that a particular country is facing or has to face as a destination which is trying to manage and compete with other countries all over the word especially those who offer basically the same product to the tourists. A tourism policy shows a number of policy responses and a number of aims and tasks which the government of that particular destination is committed to do in a stipulated number of years.
In Malta, the government together with the Malta Tourism Authority (MTA) published two tourism policies. These were focused one from year 2007 to 2011 and the other one from 2012 to the present date till year 2016. In both tourism policies there are a number of objectives that needed and still need to be reached. These two tourism policies help the government to focus directly on these objectives and reach the goals in the stipulated time frame.
In the 2007-2011 tourism policy, there were eleven main objectives which were needed to be reached to give to Malta a competitive advantage over other destinations. One of the main objectives was to manage tourism in the Maltese Islands on the principles of sustainability. This term became important in most of the countries; especially those who attract are dependent mainly on the tourism industry. This is because it is vital to preserve what a particular destination has to offer for future generation which also needs something to offer to new tourists. To do so, Malta took different measures to be sustainable. One of these was the reform in the public transport system. An efficient transport system is important because it helps regulate the number of cars using the roads and this reduces the level of emission which leads to ...
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...s better than the other because every destination adopts their policies on the situations the country or destination is facing. The only conclusion can be made on the Maltese ones since one can compare and contrast the variety of objectives to be reached which in the case of the 2012-2016 tourism policy the objectives are based on the 2007-2011 ones which for the Maltese Islands this tourism policy was a pillar and helped the tourism industry in Malta to evolve in a sustainable way and gave more importance to the Maltese tourism products and what really make this destination unique.
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Tourism policy for the Maltese Islands 2007-2011
Tourism policy for the Maltese Islands 2012-2016
Spain - National Tourism Plan 2012-2015 http://www.eco-gozo.com/index.php?lang=en http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2011-08-28/news/malta-and-sustainable-tourism-297817/
Tourism impacts can be generally classified into seven categories with each having both positive and negative impacts. These impacts include; economic, environmental, social and cultural, crowding and congestion, taxes, and community attitude. It is essential for a balance on array of impacts that may either positively or negatively affect the resident communities. Different groups are concerned about different tourism impacts that affect them in one way or another. Tourism’s benefits can be increased by use of specific plans and actions. These can also lead to decrease in the gravity of negative impacts. Communities will not experience every impact but instead this will depend on particular natural resources, development, or spatial patterns (Glen 1999).
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A conference is being arranged by Government of India regarding framing the National Tourism policy at Vigyan Bhavan. The target audience in this case will be the Tourism Ministers, Tourism Secretaries, Office bearers of Travel and Tour Associations like IATA, IATO, and TAFI etc.
Tourism is often associated with traveling to places away from home. Tourism has a big impact on the economic growth of some countries, which define the shape of their cities by producing different sectors like historic districts, convention centers, museums, malls, hotels, restaurants, and the list can be endless. Furthermore, tourism elements have been developed by cities for a variety of reasons including: situating themselves in the world by drawing a positive image and attracting visitors and for their money.
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Dredge, D. (2006). Policy networks and the local organisation of tourism. Tourism Management, 27(2), 269-280.
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