Determining the best way to revitalize the economy by consultation with relevant parties

Discuss about the Tourism System of Clipper Bay.

This essay emphasizes on the development of Clipper bay. It is to be done with the consultation from various authorities in such a manner so that sustainable approach in terms of development and infrastructure can be obtained. The other components such as suppliers and service providers are also recognized while developing as tourist destination. It also discusses the various advantages and disadvantages of developing tourism at Clipper bay. The economic, socio-cultural factors and environmental factors related to the tourism development at Clipper bay are also compared to understand the relevance of the decision.

Clipper bay is small town having beautiful beach, limestone caves and large forests. It is planned to develop due to modernization and developments all over the country. The local government granted $50m for the same. There are several options present in front of the town planner such as industrialization, education hub or tourist destination. Due to geographical conditions at Clipper bay such as surrounding by sea water, diversity of sea food and unfertile plain area which can be easily developed, town planner decided to develop it as tourist destination. There are small hills near the town which also adds beauty to the town. It is also known for fresh and tasty food and yearly festival linked with religion, values and cultures of the ancestors of clipper bay families.

Various parties to the practice of the revitalization are government, town planner, marine life conservation organisation, and fisherman committee. These are responsible for the decisions that are to be implemented in Clipper bay to develop it as a town with good infrastructure and hospitality facilities and amenities (Fletcher, et, al., 2016).

Government approved $50m for the rejuvenate Clipper bay in such a manner so that it will improve the number of visitors at the town. Its focus is development of the town so that there will be good infrastructure, well developed services and good earnings so that living standard of the population are improved.

It is planned to develop the town as a tourist destination. The plane unfertile land is to be used for developing hotels and restaurants for providing stay facilities. There is a plan to develop activities such boating, water surfing, water parks, and other events such as sand sculpture events, camp on the beach, beach combing, kayaking and waters sports. There is a hill near the area which can also be developed for mountaineering trips and tracking. The regional festivals can also be promoted on large level to develop it as a good tourist destination (Wee Lim Hew, et, al., 2014). So roads which are in bad condition are to be developed on priority basis as connectivity and transportation services are keys to develop tourism.   

Government

It is responsible for the implementation of the decisions taken by the various parties. They are close to the residing population, so they play important role in aware the population about the benefits of developing the town as a tourist place. Participation of the society is required to organize various events, to implement and develop the whole society quickly (Lee, 2013). The tasty food cooked by women folks and their skilled weaving, can also be used as center of attraction to the visitors especially in summer vacations. The local festivals and cultural events can also be promoted at country level.

Economic revitalization is considered as a most important decision making tool for the revitalization, there are several options that are present such as industrialization, tourism, education hub. Industrialization and education hub needs high requirement of capital and infrastructure where as developing a tourist place is far easy as natural features of clipper bay, supports this as best option among the present actions. Cost benefit analysis is also a good tool to analyze economic output from various options (Smith, 2014). Establishing industry will take several years where as attracting tourist is little easy and investment in this sector is relatively low than the other sectors. The attractions are already developed the need is to develop facilities for the visitors and some more attractions to be developed so that they can spend more time at Clipper bay. It also undertakes the amount of returns that tourism will give back to the government in comparison to industrial setup or an educational setup. The various activities that are already functioning are needed to be more structured (Leigh, and Blakely, 2016). Fishing is already developed whereas sea food is prepared for local needs which are needed to be promoted. The other developments required are developing water parks, water surfing and other events are easy to develop in shorter period of time. The other attractions such tracking and mountaineering are also easy to develop in short time. The local events are also be popularized with efforts on various advertising medias and promotion.

Sustainable approach is to develop tourism in such a manner so that this will not harm the natural environment of a particular place. It is to develop Clipper bay with keeping in mind that the natural beauty of the beaches, the limestone caves and rock pools are developed as tourist attractions but there must be no change in their natural appearance and it should not be harmed by the development of tourism over a period of time (Espiner, and Becken, 2014). It is also related with cleanness and high service quality at the tourist places. If strict rules and regulations are implemented in terms of cleanness and avoiding damages at the tourist places than this will results to attracting more tourists from nearby regions and this will results to more tourist visits from around the world. The need of sustainable tourism also rose due to issues like pollution, destroying natural habitat of sea life and damages to the natural attractions. Sustainable tourism can also be developed by awareness in the society about the importance of the environment.  (Lee, 2013). It also depends on the perception, education and awareness of the society which is needed to be handled properly to implement. So it is required to plan in advance about developing tourism in such a manner so that there are no damages to the environment and natural attractions. The limestone caves and rock pools are to be developed with proper security so that they are not being damaged due to visitors visiting the attractions. They can be prevented by using railings, CCTV cameras and supported by security staff (Dodds, and Graci, 2012). There must be clear instructions at the entry about the consequences of touching these attractions it may be penalized or forfeit tickets right away.  

Development authority/Chief Planner

At present Clipper bay is less developed in terms of infrastructure, most of the population depends on fishing at sea. Government is looking towards structured development which provides facilities to grow fishing business. It is also planning to develop infrastructures so that approach to the town can be increased such as good road conditions and transport. Platforms and shipyards at the beaches will help to improve the present condition; it will also help to survive form loss due to natural calamities (Mowforth, and Munt, 2015). There is a plan to develop hotels, water parks, water sports and other attraction at the plain infertile land. The other facilities such as health related spa and massage facility, food courts providing taste of variety of sea food especially cooked by local cooks and organizing a mega event in summers. The local festivals are also planned to be promoted with the culture, custom and heritage of Clipper bay.

The components of the suppliers in the tourism stakeholder model are tourists, government and local authority, tour operators, accommodation providers, guides and local residents. They all work together to develop tourism at a particular place. Government provides funds for development; town planner is responsible for the proper designing and developing the various elements in tourism such as roads, hotels and development of the various attractions and their proper maintenance, security and income generation. Tour operators and accommodations providers are subsidiary but important parts in developing tourism they are key factors to attract and manage tourists at a particular place (Nunkoo, and Ramkissoon, 2016). Local residents are very important in developing tourism as the majority of the services such as transport, guides, accommodations and other basic amenities are managed by them. They are also responsible for maintaining culture, values and customs over a long period of time which results to attracting more tourists towards them. The visits of the tourists are influenced by the behavior of the local residents.

Figure 1 Stakeholder model

Potential economic advantages includes income from fishing, income from sea food cooked by women folks, income from visitors visiting the limestone caves and rocks, income from various events like boating and water surfing, income from mountaineering and tracking near clipper bay mountains, transportation business can also develop due to travelling (Mason, 2015). This will also leads to development of infrastructure like hotels, restaurants and massage parlors which will generate more jobs for the people residing in the town. There is also possibility of investments by outside companies which are interested in establishing hotel or amusement park. It may also attract foreign investors which show interest in developing infrastructure with local authority.   

Fisherman committee

Disadvantages are it may harm the natural heritage like variety of seafood species may be destroyed, the limestone caves and rock pool may damage, more fishing will leads to exhausted sea food and fishes in this area. The other disadvantages are children may involve in bad habits such as intake of alcohol, smoking and even drugs. The other economic factor that affect are, due to unfertile land there are lack of production facilities so it is required to import the other necessities from the other towns which leads to pay some part of the income from the tourism to the external parties (Sinclair-Maragh, and Gursoy, 2015). On the other side government planning to develop the roads and other infrastructures, that also need huge capital requirement. This loss is indirectly imposed on the local public by the means of tax or if government does not levy taxes on the public than they will spend less on infrastructure, health or education which ultimately affects the population of Clipper bay in monetary terms.  

The visits of various tourists will helps in increasing monetary income which will help in improving the lifestyle and development of local infrastructure. It will lead to good health and living facilities for the localities. This also results to development in the standard of the education, there are opportunity to learn new things such as language, culture or any special skill from the visitors like they will possibly learn weaving while visiting Clipper bay, so there will be exchange of thoughts, culture and values. This will also results to generate more income for the local residents there will be some more job opportunities offered for the residents in other towns also (Kim, et, al., 2013). The tourists can also be interested in learning to cook sea food which will increase earnings. Likewise highly skilled weaving by the women is also an interesting thing to learn by the visitors. Both the activities can be developed as professional teaching hub for the visitors in short period of time.    

Increase in tourism will leads to visits from various countries and varied backgrounds. This will attract the local population especially children’s and young generation influence with the activities performed such as smoking, alcohol intake and other such activities. This will badly impact the habits and lifestyle of present and next generations. Local customs, values and culture is also affected due to integration of varied socio cultural personalities (Ghanil, et, al., 2013). Easy earning will lead to less interest in ancestral work and activities like fishing, weaving and cooking, and slowly it will tire out.

Economic revitalization of Clipper bay (comparative advantage, CBA or Roi analysis)

Environment is a crucial factor to be taken into account while developing Clipper bay as a tourist attraction. It is not observed as important in past times but it is taken as serious issue at the present time so there is need to consider this as important while developing a tourist place.  The advantages that mainly considered are development of wild life century or national park at some part of the bay and forests near the town (Glasson, et, al., 2013). . This will help to protect wild life and sea life, which will lead to develop and multiply to last for a longer period than, in the absence of any such restrictions. It will utilize the unfertile land which is of no use for the residents, this may be developed as a visitor attraction, hotel or training hub for fishing, weaving or cooking. It also results to diversity in the town which may improve responsibility towards environment.

Disadvantages to the environment are there will be lots of pollution on the beaches due to large number of visitors; it may also damage habitats of various species of sea life. If proper care is taken of the natural attractions especially limestone caves and rock pool, than it will remain conserved for long period of time. Otherwise it will get destroyed in quick time due to several visits by the visitors (Gössling, and Peeters, 2015). There are chances of loss to the wild life and forests containing various species. Air and sound pollution will also rise with the increase in transport and other facilities, which should be developed in keeping green environment policies in the town.   

Conclusion

As per the study of the case, it can be concluded that development of Clipper bay as a tourist destination best suits among the various present options. Its natural attractions, diverse sea life and tasty food are the extra advantage of Clipper bay as tourist destination. The need of infrastructure and attracting tourists must be implemented strongly to get good results. Various analyses carried helps to understand the problems that may occur such as import of goods, cultural differences, bad habits among young and children, environmental pollution are to be critically analyzed to find appropriate solution or minimize their impact. Focus on importance of maintaining visitor’s attraction and environment to continue it as attraction over a longer period of time. It can be done with the help of society, Government initiatives and awareness among visitors and society. It is also recommended to create a time bound plan to complete the development. Use of sustainable and eco-friendly technology will also benefit tourism in long term. They can also invite local celebrity after development which will boost the visitors at the Clipper bay. 

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