Assessor Resource
SITTPPD009A
Assess tourism opportunities for local communities
Assessment tool
Version 1.0
Issue Date: May 2024
Assessing strategic tourism opportunities for local communities focuses on the overall and long-term operation of tourism as an activity or industry for the community. The assessment might focus on potential tourism developments or on the expansion of current activities.
An assessment would normally be conducted for a particular tourism venue or individual tourism product. However, it could be conducted for a whole region or local area that wants to develop tourism as a new or complementary industry to expand its economic base.
The local community wishing to operate a commercial tourism venture would normally make a request for the assessment. However, the assessment process could be instigated by local and regional tourism or industry organisations. In either case, the assessment is based on a need for communities to make informed decisions about their potential involvement in tourism and the potential for success.
This unit applies to senior tourism industry personnel from local, regional or state and territory tourism organisations, to senior community members and to tourism business management consultants who operate autonomously and have a strategic tourism planning role.
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to assess the general costs and benefits of tourism development with or on behalf of local communities. It requires the ability to seek all relevant information about potential tourism developments, critically analyse that information and make it available for community consensus and decision.
No licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of endorsement.
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