Within

comprehensive national planning, the disaggregation approach is also called the

“top-down” approach.

“Analysis”

is the first phase of the suggested tourism development planning process.

The

majority of Southern African tourism takes place in urban areas to alleviate

poverty in these areas.

There is

no standard structure for the tourism planning process, however, there are

suggested models. One of the suggested models suggests that policy objectives, as

part of the background analysis, have to be clear, achievable, unambiguous,

non-conflicting and able to secure the achievement of goals at a higher

level.   

The term “destination” in tourism means a country, a region, a province or a town. For a destination to be regarded as a tourism destination it must not be located too far away from a  tourists’ permanent place of living. 

Planning for

tourism development involves several important elements like market

development, product development or infrastructure development to name but a

few. This planning is a process of developing spatial units, of which there are

two main aspects, namely spatial planning and operational planning.

The successful development of

tourism in South Africa requires that we follow a set of policies or “rules”

for tourism planning and development. In general, the are four main role

players in policy formulation including international bodies such as the World

Tourism Organisation

Tourism infrastructure and

communications in the tourism planning process involves evaluating the adequacy

of electricity supply and air conditioning for the tourism project

The integrated

approach to development planning in a tourism destination (Goeldner &

Ritchie, 2011) includes ten planning activities with a focus on organisational

development, community involvement, tourism product development and tourism

product marketing.