ABSTRACT
This study has shown that tourism could not survive without public sector management (PSM). What form that management will take will depend upon the political and administrative system, the political culture and ideology and where power lies. Politics is found as much in administrative systems as in political systems. Therefore management, as it works to put principles into practice, must operate within a political environment and in situations of power and conflict. This book suggests that there are certain principles, which PSM in particular, should aim to follow. Whether these principles, or others, are acceptable, or how they are followed in practice will vary according to how they are evaluated by governments, as seen in the United Kingdom, the United States and Thailand.
