Reflection on Tourism Discussion Papers

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Introduction
Tourism makes a massive contribution to the global economy and therefore, it should
catalyze positive change within the society. Discussion Paper on Sustainable Tourism for
Development (DPSTD) talks about a declaration made by the United Nations General Assembly
on 2017 about the capability of tourism resulting in sustainable development from three
dimensions (Almuhrzi and Al-Azri, 2019, pp.147). The paper explains the challenges and
strengths that tourism is facing, while concurrently underlining the importance of making
elaborate plans and efficient management in tourism. On the other hand, Tourism Impacts and
the future of the Tourism Cost Adjustor (TIFTCA) paper is based on roles of the State Grants
Commission of Australia. The paper explains on how the commission reviews tourism effects
and forecasts the future to the Tourism Cost Adjustor, an assessment method of distribution of
funds available in 29 municipalities. The Tourism Adjustor Background is a tool that is used to
bring to awareness the relative implication of tourism on spending on four categories that
include, law and order, planning and community needs, culture and recreation, and waste
management and environment. According to the paper, the State Grants Commission reviews
internally the possible data sources and tourism effects after every three years. The paper is dated
December 2016 and has shown the process that the commission follows to discuss the policies
with councils prior to implementing new policies (Drew and Campbell, 2016, pp.79). The
following is a discussion on the structure, content, and self-reflection on the two papers.
Structure of the papers
The cycle, policy planning, should bring the elements of planning a unified and coherent
process. Referring to the following cycle: Preparation- Formulation-Adoption and validation-
programming and budgeting – implementation, follows a discussion on both papers. DPSTD has

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an articulate policy cycle that starts with policy reforming. The paper has discussed about the
sustainable economic growth and in relevance it shows a study conducted in the US on how
tourism makes an immense contribution to the world’s economy. On formulating this policy, the
paper has indicated ways in which governments and stakeholders should capitalize on the
economic potential of tourism. Ways to ensure this has been implemented include working
towards a favorable business environment, increasing the degree of connectivity, and reinforcing
flexibility on the tourism sector. Inside the paper is a section of social inclusiveness where steps
of bringing opportunities to everyone have been laid down (Trippolini, et al., 2019, pp.6).
Sustainable tourism for development should also include the minor groups in the society such as
women and youth, poverty eradication and provision of tourism experiences for all. The cycle
then talks on the connections between sustainable culture and tourism where the section indicates
importance of advocating for cultural tourism and additionally highlights ways of safeguarding
the cultural heritage of communities. Programming, budgeting and implementation steps are also
discussed on the paper (Dwyer, et al., 2016). The national government has the role to form multi-
stakeholder bodies, provide adequate budget to ensure tourism sustainability and community
engagement.
TIFTCA has also a coherent flow of the policy planning cycle but since the majority of
this paper is an internal review, the cycle of planning policies has some stages missing such as
formulation, adoption and validation as should be. However, the preparation stage has been
clearly shown where there is a background review of how the policies have been changing in the
previous years. This stage has indicated the ways in which the commission attained the figures
and data so that it can determine the better way to distribute finances by the Australian
government among Tasmania’s 29 councils. The paper shows analysis of a whole heap of data