Tourism Planning Environments: UNTWO Tourism for Sustainable Development and National Heritage Tourism Summit Discussion Papers

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Tourism discussion paper introduction
Tourism planning becomes important in the context of the growth and development of
the tourism industry across the world. The policy formation cycles are very much important in
terms of the development of tourism. Discussion papers help in the creation of important
frameworks for the effective planning and implementation of policies and essential frameworks.
There are two important discussion papers on tourism that can be introduced primarily for the
better understanding of the study. It is important to consider that discussion papers serve to
provide systematic discussions and analysis of tourism related aspects. The two discussion
papers that have been considered for this research are, UNTWO tourism for sustainable
development 2017 discussion paper and the National Heritage Tourism summit discussion paper.
The UNTWO tourism for development paper focuses on sustainable tourism development. The
discussion paper deals with aspects that have become much important in the context of
international tourism. It is focused towards the factors that can help tourism contribute towards
all the three sustainable aspects of economic, social and environmental. The National Heritage
Tourism summit discussion paper is in regards to the effective development of heritage tourism
in Australia. The focus is on understanding the potential that Australia has for the development
of heritage tourism and harnessing the power of the heritage based tourism potential of the
country. Both the discussion papers are the systematic analysis of the issues in tourism that are
faced by the various tourism sectors of the world. It is important to understand that tourism
prospects across the world are being affected by environmental depletion. Hence, the UNTWO
tourism for development essentially discusses the various significant aspects that can help to
bring forwards sustainable tourism. The National Heritage Tourism summit discusses the

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development of the heritage oriented tourism that can rejuvenate the attitudes of tourists towards
newer more valuable forms of tourism activities.
Critique on the structure
The discussion paper for UNTWO tourism for sustainable development 2017 is structures
in accordance of the importance of the various aspects that are essential for the development of
sustainable tourism. The structure is smooth and aligned with the policy planning cycle. The
main features of the policy cycle revolves around implementation, evaluation of policy solution,
alternative, identification of issues, and analysis of the issues, instruments and consultation
processes. The UNTWO discussion paper is in regards to economic growth, social inclusiveness,
resource efficiency, values, mutual development, governance and the policy. The effective
alignment of the policy frameworks with the policy planning cycle has been done as each of the
important aspects that are connected with the development of the sustainable environmental
tourism have been effectively identified.
The paper on the national heritage tourism summit of Australia also has been effectively
aligned with the policy cycle much effectively. In this case the policy cycle has been consider in
view of the steps that need to be incorporated within the policy development for the growth of
heritage tourism. The mission and vision of the tourism department of Australia are very
effectively introduced through the study. The guiding principles behind the heritage conservation
in Australia are very effectively put forward through the study (Nunkoo 2015). The structure
much like the other discussion paper and consists of systematic presentation of data. The creation
of strategic decisions, strong voices, leadership aspects and development of national strategy
have been very effectively put forward through the research process. In accordance of the policy
planning cycles the various systematic planning and implementation processes are provided in