ABSTRACT
After reading this chapter, you will be able to:
Comprehend and analyse the role of government in the tourism sector;
Identify the main reasons for public sector involvement in the tourism industry and its contribution to tourism development;
Identify and explain an institutional structure at a range of geographical scales ranging from the local to regional, national and international level and how these might be directly or indirectly related to the tourism industry;
Understand the complexity of the tourism policy system;
Understand and illustrate the embeddedness of tourism entrepreneurs and firms within institutional structures in which the activities of government and the state are dominant.
