ABSTRACT
Past examples have been the great Languedoc Roussillon regional project in France, the Cancún resort in the Mexican Caribbean and the Petite Côte resort strip in Senegal, West Africa. Current illustrations are the development of tourism in new, hitherto virtually unvisited National Parks in Africa, for example, in Tanzania and Zambia. An illustration of what is involved is in D.J. Jeffries ‘Terms of Reference for a Project in Tanzania’ (1993), prepared for the European Commission. These provided for development to begin with massive investment in infrastructure to underpin transport, utilities and telecommunications and on site preparation. This phase was to be followed by investment in superstructure, especially hotels and other forms of tourist accommodation and in other fixed installations requiring substantial capital. These would be supplemented by investment in equipment such as vehicles and sports equipment. Finally a workforce to manage and operate hotels and other installations and equipment would have to be put in place before a full product, or series of products, could be made available to tourists. In well-established destinations, the range and extent of actions required under the development heading can of course be much reduced when, for example, the infrastructure and superstructure are already in place.
