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: Heng Sopheap (National Institute of Management), Picture
by : Bobby Viceral.
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A section of the park near completion
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A Theme Park being developed
at Koh Kong
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DESTINATION
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT:
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With the advent of mass tourism,
the need to engage in formal destination planning and
to establish sound policies with respect to development
has become more evident. Not only for the sake of residents
who are captive hosts in the visitor destination or just
for the preservation or conservation of natural resources,
but proper planning also helps to ensure the sustainability
of a destination.
Closely tied to the success of any destination are the
specific markets served by the community and the various
types of traveler personalities that must be accommodated
in developing supporting attractions. Destinations that
have failed to plan for the orderly growth of tourism
with special attention to community and visitor needs
have frequently paid the price when problems of a social
and environmental nature became overwhelming and once
booming tourism traffic began to disappear.
Destination planning entails numerous processes and activities
in the conscious planning, financing, developing, and
marking of a destination to attract visitors. It requires
the cooperation and commitment of many parties, including
government officials, community leaders, architects, engineers,
investors, environmentalists, sociologists, economists,
and other experts. It requires also an understanding of
the concepts of environmental and social carrying capacities
of tourist communities on the part of the decision-makers.
The key to orderly development seems to lie in proper
planning for controlled development, awareness and vigilance
on the part of host communities and governments, and careful
monitoring of actions. Above all, destination development
requires education and the understanding of the rights
and responsibilities of both hosts and visitors. |
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