Integrating Tourism and Recreation Travel with Transportation Planning and Project Delivery

Integrating Tourism and Recreation Travel with Transportation Planning and Project Delivery
Author: Lisa M. Petraglia
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 65
Release: 2004
Genre: Recreation
ISBN: 0309070066

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 329: Integrating Tourism and Recreation Travel with Transportation Planning and Project Delivery provides an overview of current practice at transportation agencies, metropolitan planning organizations, state tourism and parks departments, federal land management agencies, and regional planning agencies. Overall, findings reveal that many state departments of transportation (DOTs) are now actively involved in tourism-related planning issues -- either proactively or in building solutions to infrastructure, access, or environmental issues that impinge on the success of tourism in the region.

Tourism: A Community Approach (RLE Tourism)

Tourism: A Community Approach (RLE Tourism)
Author: Peter E Murphy
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2013-04-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 113508324X

Written in 1989 when the modern tourist industry had reached a crucial stage in its development, when increased mobility and affluence had led to more extensive and extravagant travel, and competition within the industry had intensified, this book is comprehensive examination of tourism development. The author provides a new perspective for its evaluation, and a suggested strategy for its continued development and evolution. He examines tourism from the viewpoint of destination areas and their aspirations, and recommends an ecological, community approach to developing and planning – one which encourages local initiative, local benefits, and a tourism product in harmony with the local environment and its people.