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Coastal Tourism - A Manual for Sustainable Development: About this manual
Who is this manual for and how can it help?
Basic philosophy of this manual
What this manual does not provide
The information in this manual can help you:
This practical manual is designed to help tourism developers and operators, and officers in local government and other authorities who play a role in the development approval process. The manual will help these sectors work together and with other relevant experts and professionals to develop and operate coastal tourism ventures that are 'good' for the environment and the community or region that hosts them, and also 'good' for business.
This manual is based on the philosophy of ecologically sustainable development (ESD). ESD involves paying due regard to environmental, social and economic outcomes of your tourism development proposal and its operation. Part 1 of this manual outlines the relationship between and interdependency of these three dimensions.
The broad objective of this manual is to assist in protecting the coastal tourism industry's primary asset - the coast. It outlines environmental, social and economic criteria to consider when planning, constructing or operating a tourism venture. These criteria are applicable to all types and sizes of tourism developments - from small-scale, low infrastructure developments to large-scale resorts.
Please note that this manual is not a substitute for obtaining professional advice from qualified planners, market research analysts, financial planners, environmental consultants, engineers, architects, landscape architects, and so on. While the manual alerts you to the many issues to consider to make your tourism venture sustainable, it is not definitive and should be used in conjunction with the advice of professionals. You will find the manual a valuable tool for selecting and communicating with those professionals.
Part 4 of this manual contains contact details for some of the professional associations representing these groups.
a glossary of concepts and scientific terms
a set of guiding principles that provides an overarching framework to help you make your development environmentally, socially and economically sustainable
a focus on getting your proposal right in the pre-application stages when you have the greatest flexibility to change your ideas, siting and design
checklists with issues to consider for each stage in the development process from the initial pre-application stages through to operation
essential information for working with the professionals involved in planning, design, construction and operation of coastal tourism facilities
contact details and useful references for obtaining further or more detailed information.
Some information in this manual may be very familiar and of second nature to some tourism developers and operators; other information may not. At the risk of offending some readers by 'stating the obvious', this manual has attempted to comprehensively address the environmental, social and economic issues. This has been done to stress the interdependent nature of environmental, social and economic issues, and in the belief that what may be obvious to one person may not be obvious to another.
The manual brings together in one document the range of information complementing the legal rules and regulations of a development application that coastal developers need.
This manual does not provide detailed information on the sorts of approvals you will need to obtain for your development. This is because the approvals required and the process for obtaining them varies considerably from state to state and from site to site. Your local government or the authority with jurisdiction over your potential or chosen site can help you with this information.
Also note that this manual does not provide a set of legislative or enforceable requirements - its application is voluntary. Neither is it intended to be prescriptive. Rather, it is a common-sense practical guide to help you find creative solutions to environmental, social and economic problems when considering tourism development within the coastal zone.
put together a proposal that can progress more smoothly through the development application process because it has addressed environmental, social and economic concerns
obtain the support of local communities
achieve lower running and maintenance costs
protect your main asset - the coast.
Part 1 looks at the nature of the coastal zone and at what we mean by sustainable coastal tourism development. It also contains a concise set of overarching guiding principles.
Part 2 looks at the five stages of the tourism development process and gives checklists for each stage.
Part 3 presents case studies of tourism developments.
Part 4 contains a list of useful contacts and references.
This manual is filled with practical ideas on how to make a tourism venture sustainable, ideas which have been tried by other coastal tourism developers and managers and found to be successful. We urge you to use the checklists in this manual when planning and operating your tourism venture, and to try some of the many good ideas contained in the case studies to set Australia on the path to sustainable tourism.