OECD Tourism Trends and Policies 2012
The report provides comparative knowledge, both policy and data, through thematic chapters and country-specific policy and statistical profiles. The report highlights key tourism policy developments, focuses on issues that rank high on the policy agenda in the field of tourism and provides a broad overview and interpretation of tourism trends in the OECD area and beyond. Tourism Trends and Policies is becoming an international reference and benchmark on how effectively countries are supporting competitiveness, innovation and growth in tourism, and shed light on policies and practices associate
eBook, English, 2012
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris, 2012
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Foreword; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Executive Summary; Figure 0.1. Direct contribution of tourism to OECD economies; Chapter 1. Tourism Governance in OECD Countries; Introduction; Tourism governance at central level; Roles of central government at the national, regional and local level; Box 1.1. Examples of laws to better define tourism roles and responsibilities; Box 1.2. Government initiatives to improve industry competitiveness; Box 1.3. Governments are encouraging innovation; Box 1.4. Competencies of the Slovak Republic National Tourism Administration. A whole-of-government approach to tourism policyTable 1.1. Challenges to effective tourism governance identified by national tourism administrations; Box 1.5. Vertical co-ordination between levels of government; Tools/mechanisms to manage the interface across ministries and public agencies; Box 1.6. Examples of co-ordination to promote a more integrated approach to tourism governance; Box 1.7. The tourism strategy as a co-ordination mechanism; Box 1.8. Australia's National Long-Term Tourism Strategy; Box 1.9. Contractual arrangements across government; Tourism governance at sub-national level. Box 1.10. Moors and Coast Tourism PartnershipBox 1.11. The role of convention and visitor bureaus; Tools for capacity building; Box 1.12. Capacity building; Obstacles to capacity building and co-ordination at regional and local levels; Figure 1.1. Conflict can lead to policy integration; Box 1.13. Key issues regarding local co-operation; Tools/mechanisms to manage the interface between actors; Box 1.14. Tourism in the Venice region; Box 1.15. Marketing co-ordination at the sub-national level. Box 1.16. The role of tourism organisation-led structures in sub-national governance
Whistler CanadaTourism governance: Co-ordination and interface with industry; Branch versus integrated approach to organisation of industry representative bodies; Box 1.17. Approaches to national industry representation; Roles of the private sector; Tools/mechanisms to manage the interface between actors at private sector level; Box 1.18. The Federal Association of German Tourism Industry; Box 1.19. Government tools to manage the interface with industry. Main challenges to effective governance of tourism and policy responsesTourism policy co-ordination; Financial pressures faced by public agencies in tourism; Effective regulation; Box 1.20. New Zealand Tourism Planning Toolkit; External impacts (economic, safety/security, natural disasters); Box 1.21. Japanese earthquake; Policy responses; References; Chapter 2. Evaluating Tourism Policies and Programmes; Introduction; Evaluation issues; Rationale for evaluation: Why evaluate?; Box 2.1. Five key reasons to evaluate tourism; The requirement for evaluation evidence
Box 2.2. Evaluation to face current challenges
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