Comments on: Quote of the Week http://civictourism.org/blog/index.php/2006/06/28/quote-of-the-week-4/ A blog regarding Civic Tourism Thu, 17 May 2012 22:00:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Dan Shilling http://civictourism.org/blog/index.php/2006/06/28/quote-of-the-week-4/#comment-22 Thu, 06 Jul 2006 06:51:45 +0000 http://civictourism.org/blog/index.php/2006/06/28/quote-of-the-week-4/#comment-22 Absolutely. We include culture in the social bottom line - the relationships between people and the ways they manifest themsevles: art, religion, economics, architecture, politics, etc. Absolutely. We include culture in the social bottom line – the relationships between people and the ways they manifest themsevles: art, religion, economics, architecture, politics, etc.

]]> by: Lyn LE http://civictourism.org/blog/index.php/2006/06/28/quote-of-the-week-4/#comment-21 Thu, 06 Jul 2006 02:06:39 +0000 http://civictourism.org/blog/index.php/2006/06/28/quote-of-the-week-4/#comment-21 The triple bottom line leaves out one important element of sustainability - the cultural. Tourism has enormous impacts on cultural practice, which vary in intensity and consequence with the nature of the host community. Interpreting cultural heritage (both tangible and intangible, historic and contemporary) requires cultural understanding and sensitivity. So does place (destination) marketing, as it creates expectations about the nature of 'experiences' that visitors to a place will find. Planning, development, marketing, management, interpretation - all require integration of the four elements of sustainability. The triple bottom line leaves out one important element of sustainability – the cultural. Tourism has enormous impacts on cultural practice, which vary in intensity and consequence with the nature of the host community.

Interpreting cultural heritage (both tangible and intangible, historic and contemporary) requires cultural understanding and sensitivity. So does place (destination) marketing, as it creates expectations about the nature of ‘experiences’ that visitors to a place will find.

Planning, development, marketing, management, interpretation – all require integration of the four elements of sustainability.

]]> by: Dan Shilling http://civictourism.org/blog/index.php/2006/06/28/quote-of-the-week-4/#comment-19 Tue, 04 Jul 2006 17:58:47 +0000 http://civictourism.org/blog/index.php/2006/06/28/quote-of-the-week-4/#comment-19 Ha, I fear the "hat trick" metaphor would be lost on our many non-cricket or non-hockey communities. That said, the challenge is to see the accountants as just ONE component of the triple bottom line, not the decisive voice. When we give our presentations, the economists sometimes complain that we're de-emphasizing the financial aspects of tourism. On the contrary, we're just trying to put things in balance. In that sense, Civic Tourism mirrors the tripartite model for democracy - government, business, civil society. When the three-legged stool gets out of balance (as it is today, with an over-emphasis on business and government), we lose. Regarding the quote from the book above, you are right: they still put too much stress on winning financially. Ha, I fear the “hat trick” metaphor would be lost on our many non-cricket or non-hockey communities. That said, the challenge is to see the accountants as just ONE component of the triple bottom line, not the decisive voice. When we give our presentations, the economists sometimes complain that we’re de-emphasizing the financial aspects of tourism. On the contrary, we’re just trying to put things in balance. In that sense, Civic Tourism mirrors the tripartite model for democracy – government, business, civil society. When the three-legged stool gets out of balance (as it is today, with an over-emphasis on business and government), we lose. Regarding the quote from the book above, you are right: they still put too much stress on winning financially.

]]> by: planeta http://civictourism.org/blog/index.php/2006/06/28/quote-of-the-week-4/#comment-18 Tue, 04 Jul 2006 17:36:09 +0000 http://civictourism.org/blog/index.php/2006/06/28/quote-of-the-week-4/#comment-18 Great quote and great thoughts. That said, 'triple bottom line' is all well and good, but it makes civic tourism a tool of the accountants, rather than that of entrepreneurs and innovators. Why not call it a hat trick? Great quote and great thoughts.

That said, ‘triple bottom line’ is all well and good, but it makes civic tourism a tool of the accountants, rather than that of entrepreneurs and innovators. Why not call it a hat trick?

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