Fifth International Conference on Tourism & Leisure Studies

Abstract

Over the past couple of decades, the growth of tourism has been majorly affected by two forces: increasing awareness of the concept of sustainable development, and the public attention on the potentially negative impacts of growing development in tourism. The impact of tourism is related to the degree of development and its increased rate with the involvement and control of the community over major decisions. As an outcome of tourism growth, many destinations are finding themselves struggling to cope with the influence of a rise in the visitor population. It has been recently identified that most South East Asian cities (emerging performers) are growing to become destinations where infrastructure and tourism momentum may outperform European cities (mature performers) with the association of increased pressure from tourists. This paper elaborates on the need to manage tourism in cities which have been labelled as emerging performers, with the help of a comprehensive triple axis model, comprising the following major components–Tourism, Urban Planning, and Mobility.