GOVERNMENT'S ROLE IN THE FORMULATION OF TOURISM POLICIES

Year 1997, Volume: 15 Issue: 2, 161 - 170, 31.12.1997

Yüksel Öztürk , Mehmet Yeşiltaş

Abstract

Tourism's groiving
economic importance requires that governments of developing countries take a
direct interest in the development and control of their tourist
industry. In the face of resource scarcity and comparatively less-established
tourist sectors, the government's role in tourism policy
formulation is particularly significant. An evaluation of the role of government in the formulation of tourism policy will, firstly necessitate the
exploration of key reasons for government interest The essence of this
paper is to show that, if developing countries
are to maximise tote benefits accruing
from tourism, while minimising the costs, active
involvement is a definite requirement.

Keywords

Formulauon of tourism policies, goverrıment involvement, developing countries, tourism development, international tourism

References

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