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: 9 Number: 1 Page: 69–85
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Government Intervention in Tourism Development: Case Studies from Japan and South Australia
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Malcolm Cooper1 and Michael Flehr2
1Graduate School of Asia Pacific Studies, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Beppu Japan 874–8577 and 2Senior Strategic Analyst, Adelaide City Council, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
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The purpose of this paper is to investigate the reasons behind and the nature of the intervention of non-local levels of government in local land management and economic development to assist the development of major tourism facilities. Two examples are provided of government intervention, one from Japan and one from Australia, and they show how state intervention may both stimulate tourism development and distort local development planning policy. It is concluded that, although the contents and policies of local development plans are available and may be followed to some extent, in both systems major project decisions are taken out of the hands of local communities.
Keywords: government intervention, resort development, planning, land management
© 2006 M. Cooper & M. Flehr
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