This study examines the critical success factors of route tourism development.
The aim is to provide a set to practical planning guidelines to assist the
successful implementation of routes on a local level. Lessons are drawn from
case studies of the Camino de Santiago in Spain, the heritage trails in
Queensland, Australia, Hadrian’s Wall in the United Kingdom and of the Midlands
Meander in South Africa. Routes are considered important because it
demonstrated to be an effective vehicle for local economic development. The
evidence of their positive impact on rural economies is confirmed throughout the
case studies. It is argued that the successful development of tourism routes is
not an exact science and emerging destinations often have many hurdles to
overcome. Through an analysis of these four case studies, the study explores the
elements of themed routes that constitute successful destinations and highlights
the importance of planning, promotion and institutional development.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/4887 |
| Date | 26 May 2008 |
| Creators | Lourens, Marlien |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 1829569 bytes, 1829704 bytes, application/pdf, application/pdf, application/pdf, application/pdf |
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