Introduction, definition, Importance of Tourism Planning, Planning Process, Environmental & Socio-cultural Considerations in planning.

Economic & political consideration in planning: Tourism Development and Economic Planning, Planning to Enhance Economic Benefits, Role of Government. Passive Role & Active Role, Political Stability and Other Considerations. Public Participation Issues.

Approaches to tourism planning: Introduction, Levels and Types of Tourism Planning, Public and Private Sector, WTO Guidelines for planning approaches.

Developing Tourism Plans: Introduction, The Planning Process, Goals for Development, Components of Tourism Development, Plan Preparation, Supply-Side Planning Technique, Plan Formulation by Checklist Techniques, Approach to Implementation, Elements of Plan Implementation & monitoring.

Strategic and tactical perspective of planning: Introduction, Defining Strategy, Importance of Strategic Management, Strategy Formulation, Strategic Planning Conventional Planning vs. Strategic Planning, Corporate Strategic Planning