Many of the members of the APA Economic Development Division work in the area of physical and land use planning in tourist destination or resort communities, or in the promotion of tourism as a form of economic development. Tourism can be a major source of an infusion of dollars from outside of any community and is an important element of fiscal sustainability in many communities.
If in your practice of planning you have been called on to create a heritage or cultural tourism plan, plan for the specific transit needs for tourists, develop a convention center or other major attraction, or perhaps even to handle the logistics of special events, you may find specific articles of interest on this page. If you have articles or plans on resort and tourism development that you may like to share with others, please contact the webmaster, so they might be included here, or in our newsletter News & Views.
J.T. Lockman, AICP
RT Section Chair, Economic Development Division
jlockman@smrpc.org
Fall 2009
Yikes, There's a Tourist in Town
Winter 2009
How Commemoration Supports Community Planning Goals
Fall 2008
Lombard, Illinois, Uses an Innovative Financing Model to Facilitate a New Conference Center
Summer 2008
Energizing Niagara's Wine Country Communities
Spring 2008
Tourism as Economic Development
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