Sunday, December 9, 2012

Urban Tourism Planning

Urban places often serve as gateways to and staging areas for tourism regions or areas and major attractions. Indeed, urban places always the central place to have important business, government and educational centers which attract business travelers.




Integration of Urban Planning with Tourism, can bring significant economic benefits of employment and income to residents, at the same time it help support amenity features.


Urban tourism planning plays important role in the physical and economic rejuvenation of older cities or districts. Urban tourism plan should be prepared as an integral component of the comprehensive urban plan. In fact,  tourism can be well integrated in the urban fabric, by follows the basic planning process.


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Develop or improve urban type of attractions and facilities






    Attraction near the city must be included during urban planning, to provide basis for day tours outside the city.






Take advantage of special environment features





The unique land forms, natural elements and even local landmark
       

      



Provide a wide variety of accommodation, restaurants, and other tourist facilities
  

Concentrate in certain areas related to major attractions for convenience and efficiency







Provide a good public transportation network and encourage pedestrianization of tourism and shopping areas.


For example, water based, road based, rail based, air based transport system





Provide good tourist information services and guide maps.
   



Tourist information booths can be set-up in places where there are concentrations of tourists.



Provide a variety of well guided bus tours of the city and develop urban walking tours



Provide a high level of public health with good sanitation and hygiene standards, and adequate medical facilities and services.




Maintain a high level of public safety standards with control of crime to the extent possible



Improve the environmental quality of the urban area where needed



Controlling the pollution, traffic congestion, clean environment


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