The new planning framework for tourism is a positive, institutional step that fills a decades-old gap, but has prompted a reaction from the tourism industry.
It says the plan functions more as a strict, regulatory text of urban planning rules than as the specification of a comprehensive national strategy.
It notes the absence of quantitative goals and a clear vision for the tourism model the country desires, and contends the framework focuses too much on building and too little on the substantive management of destinations, infrastructure and visitor management.
Capacity is not static, but a dynamic management tool linked to infrastructure and networks, it adds.
