Sustainable Tourism and Poverty Elimination (UNED-UK, 1999): 2. How to develop partnerships: 2.3 Role of local government

Sustainable Tourism and Poverty Elimination (UNED-UK, 1999)

2. How to develop partnerships

		(introduction...)
		2.1 Framework for policy development
		2.2 Empowerment of stakeholders
		2.3 Role of local government
		2.4 Role of transnational corporations (TNCs)
		2.5 Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs)
		2.6 Education and consumer advice
		2.7 Capturing good practice

2.3 Role of local government

Local government will play a significant role in developing tourism policy frameworks. They should incorporate the views of the local community and provide a mechanism for capturing development gains through infra-structural improvement and economic linkages. In particular, local governments should be enabled to deal with land use planning and development issues, as well as with the provision of infrastructure. Also a planning process that addresses natural physical and Other carrying capacities is likely to be more sustainable. An appropriate model for this might well be the Local Agenda 21 process.