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Supporting Sustainble Tourism

THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

1. Involvement of local people

2. Identification of opportunities
"There has been considerable success in getting local communities interested and involved in tourism. A broad range of people have been involved at the community level . . . Groups have been established in communities to take ideas forward. . . The involvement of PLANED (formerly SPARC) in helping groups to take forward the initiatives they have identified has been a strength. The set of events established in . . . communities is a good example, encouraging community organisations to work together and create tangible tourism benefits."
Tourism Strategy & Review 2002, The Tourism Company

Recent Studies - Click to open in Adobe Acrobat Reader

Pembrokeshire Visitors Survey (1999) -
comprising of 3 documents
SPARC99
SPARC99CON
SPARCAPP99

Meeting The Tourism Needs of People with Disabilities
A Market Overview (2000)

The Feasibility of Language School Development in South Pembrokeshire (2000)

PLANED Tourism Strategy & Review (2002)

Towards Sustainable Tourism Phase 1:
'The Environment' (2003)

The Seasonality of Tourism in Pembrokeshire (2004)

Multi-Use Routes in Pembrokeshire -
Review of Research August 2004

3. Partnership and links to wider regional and national strategies
"The role of SPARC, an NGO with an agenda broader than rural tourism alone, has been crucial to the initiative. SPARC played a role that neither a local community, business or government unit could meet."
United Nations Environment Programme

4. Information & Interpretation
"A wide range of interpretative and information material has been researched and created on the local heritage . . .This is clearly a resource that can be used by local people themselves, by tourism enterprises who want to add value to their guests' stay to the local area, as well as by visitors. Through this many small sites and communities have been able to be included in the overall tourism resource of the area."
Tourism Strategy & Review 2002, The Tourism Company

Click here to request Tourist Information/Interpretive Leaflets

5. Infrastructure - Heritage, Rights of Way & Transport
"The area is a more attractive place to visit and establish enterprises, and local heritage is better preserved and presented. Local initiatives carried out by and with local communities and others have lead to a range of improvements in amenity and the appearance of the towns and villages, together with the restoration of heritage features. It is increasingly understood that it is the inherent appeal of rural areas, the attractiveness of villages etc that creates one of the main resources for rural tourism . . .The infrastructure and support services for sustainable access to the countryside has been created and promoted as a valuable tourism resource."
Tourism Strategy & Review 2002, The Tourism Company

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