Current Issues in Tourism
Editor: C. Michael Hall (Department of Management, College of Business and Economics, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand) and Chris Cooper (Foundation Professor of Tourism, University of Queensland, Australia) Michael and Chris are joint editor of the book series Aspects of Tourism. Reviews Editor John Jenkins (University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia)
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Volume: 6 Number: 5 Page: 415–443
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Federal–State Relations and Tourism Public Policy, New South Wales, Australia
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Dianne Dredge and John Jenkins
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In Australia, it has become academic dogma that federalism is a problem rather than an asset. Nevertheless, federalism has significant advantages and is likely to remain an important model for systems of
government worldwide. In the case of tourism, overlapping jurisdictions, multiple accountabilities and countervailing power are generally seen to impede effective tourism policy development. This paper
goes beyond criticisms of federalism, to investigate the dynamics of federal–State relations in an effort to understand how cooperation in the tourism policy arena can be improved. Using a case study
of New South Wales, this paper examines the effects of government personalities, political cycles, shifts in organisational structures and divergent interpretations of globalisation on governments' interest
in cooperation.
Keywords: INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS, FEDERALISM, TOURISM PUBLIC POLICY, COORDINATION, TOURISM ORGANISATION, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA
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