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 o...

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Autor principal: Publishing, OECD (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Paris : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2012.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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