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Level 6 Diploma in Tourism and Hospitality Management

Policy Implementation Dynamics and Issues

THM602 · Tourism Policy and Planning — Week 4 of 16

CourseTHM602
Week4 of 16
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This week’s topics

Policy Implementation Dynamics and Issues

  1. Bureaucratic fragmentation
  2. Stakeholder conflict and power asymmetries
  3. Resource constraints and institutional capacity
  4. Top-down versus bottom-up implementation barriers
  5. Issues in Business Planning and implementation
  6. CSR Design and Implementation: Stakeholder Integration

What you will be able to do

  • 2.2 Analyse the issues involved in implementing tourism policies.

Activity

Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: analyse the issues involved in implementing tourism policies.

Study materials

Videos

  • Issues in Business Planning and implementation · YouTube · Galton College · 34 min · for registered students
  • UNWTO Webinar on Institutional Strengthening in Destination Management · YouTube · UN Tourism · 27 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • OECD Tourism Trends and Policies 2024 — whole report · PDF · Oecd, report; 353 pages · for registered students
  • Transition Pathway for Tourism: taking stock of progress by 2023 (European Commission, 2024) · PDF · Eu, report · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Evolution and Foundations of Tourism Policy
  • Week 2: Approaches to Policy and Multi-Scalar Governance
  • Week 3: Tourism Policy Instruments
  • Week 4: Policy Implementation Dynamics and Issues
  • Week 5: Evaluating Tourism Policy Implementation
  • Week 6: Approaches to Tourism Planning
  • Week 7: External Environment and Tourism Planning
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Execution and Monitoring of Tourism Plans
  • Week 10: Adapting Planning Models to Destination Contexts
  • Week 11: Formulating a Comprehensive Tourism Plan Document
  • Week 12: Applying Tourism Policy and Planning in practice: case stud…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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