DESTINATION MANAGEMENT AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Tourism destinations are subject to continuous dynamic change. Demographic and climate change, new tourism trends and stronger-than-ever competition are only a few of the factors that create ever-increasing challenges for the holiday regions. Sustainable planning, creative thinking and professional management are thus the key competencies to ensure long-term prospects for the tourism destinations.

mas|contour works in cooperation with local actors to develop custom-tailored strategies which enable communities and regions to sustainably develop and manage tourism along the service chain. mas|contour’s main consulting approach is to identify synergies between tourism and other economic sectors and to develop practical solutions for successful regional development.

Our PORTFOLIO includes:

	Tourism potential analyses for communities, regions and states
	Participatory development of tourism visions
	Cooperative development of sustainable tourism concepts and master plans
	Development of suitable management tools for sustainable tourism development
	Feasibility studies of tourism projects and programmes
	Tourism-related consulting for and support of agenda processes

PROJECT EXAMPLES

Overall vision for the future tourism development in the department of Rivas/ Nicaragua

Tourism development in protected areas in Sichuan Province

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