Final Part 2

Question 1

Authenticity

Answer 1

Build tourism based on innate cultural, natural, economic, and historic assets
Good Ex: San Luis uses historic arts and foods
Bad Ex: Dahlonega tourism sort of ignores Creek/Cherokee culture

Question 2

Complementarity

Answer 2

Tourism alongside traditional industries and enhances them
Good Ex: Dahlonega- wine agrotourism
Bad Ex: Milagro- resort would have superimposed ag and taken water resources

Question 3

Diversification

Answer 3

Tourism is not the only business in town
Good Ex: San Luis- woodworking factory
Bad Ex: Dahlonega- Sam Norton really couldn’t list any other industries (but they do have university, etc)

Question 4

Embeddedness

Answer 4

Tourism attractions/activities part of local social and rec. life based on existing natural, built, cultural heritage of region
Good Ex: Dahlonega- gold mine museum, waterfalls
Bad Ex: Milagro resort doing things like skiing, golfing

Question 5

Empowerment

Answer 5

Tourism dev undertaken by community for community with community voice included in process
Economic- lasting econ gains to community
Psychological- Increases self esteem because recognizes uniqueness and value of culture and resources
Political- Forum where all groups can raise questions
Social- maintain/enhance cohesion
Good ex: San Luis locals create econ council to guide tourism
Bad ex: Kaya family in Turkey looking down on neighbors

Question 6

Endogeneity

Answer 6

Bottom-up tourism development structured to retain max benefits by using local resources
Good Ex: San Luis commissioning local artists
Bad Ex: Milagro bringing in outside labor to build the resort

Question 7

Networks

Answer 7

Formal or informal relationship between tourism business/orgs capable of bringing people from different backgrounds together to work towards a similar goal; Vertical- outside community; Horizontal- within community
Good Ex: San Luis gathering media coverage for trail building
Bad Ex: Dahlonega wineries not working with White Co.

Question 8

Scale

Answer 8

Appropriate size of tourism based on existing natural and human-made infrastructure
Good Ex: Dahlonega- healthy but competitive parking downtown
Bad Ex: Milagro almost saw boomtown tourism with that resort

Question 9

Quality

Answer 9

Made with uniqueness, minimal environmental harm; differentiation in tourism market
Good Ex: San Luis- old church as the inn
Bad Ex: Milagro- resort probably only good for psychocentric tourists