Before developing a plan or deciding to add facilities to increase tourist potential, ask the question, "Is it worth it? Will tourism do for this community what we want done?''
The cost-benefit technique balances costs against benefits to show the estimated net effects of a plan. The study may be...
In analyzing tourism, we want to know how many visitors will be coming to visit and how much they will spend, so that we can evaluate:
• Whether existing facilities can handle the visitors expected.
• Whether it will be profitable to make preparations for increased tourists.
It is important...
The money tourists spend in a community is the benefit which people probably recognize most readily. Other benefits might include improved recreation facilities, expanded cultural and social opportunities, and pride in one's community, but additional dollars provide the usual appeal for tourism development. These dollars benefit sectors throughout the community,...
Impact studies that examine the economic effects within a community of development projects such as a new hotel are usually confined to a fiscal analysis of local government costs and revenues. But increasing emphasis on the total environment-social, biological, and business-calls for an appraisal of broader impacts within the community...