Achieving Sustainable Local Tourism Management

Abstract

The aim of this Guide is to improve knowledge of and critical awareness about local government involvement in and management of tourism. It seeks to raise the level of debate about the influences on local government and what local government can do to effectively manage tourism. This Guide is intended to inspire critical assessment of the challenges, issues and opportunities that local governments face, and in doing so, increase the capacity of tourism officers, elected representatives and tourism industry and community representatives to address the hard questions about local destination tourism management.