Tourism Development Strategies

To achieve the TDA objectives ,it adopts specific strategy based on the following factors :-

- Limiting the role of the public sector and increasing the role of the private sector

This means transforming the role of the public sector from being the owner and operator into being the planner, the supporter and the facilitator by applying the following :-
1- Introducing modern facilities to steer cooperation between the government and the public sector.
2- Defining the priorities of investment .
3- Offering technical assistance for the private sector.
4- Assessing recommendations according to the master plan.

- Developing the legal and the institutional framework

1- Reviewing and simplifying the legislations, the investment procedures of allocations, contacts and approvals.
2- Setting up the environmental and technical standards of services( water supply, sewage treatment and solid waste disposal).
3- Updating the legislations of tourism development including the administration, the economic, the technical and the environmental aspects.

- Supplying infrastructure in the development areas

One of the main objectives of TDA is to decrease burdens on the State budget of supplying infrastructure in new development areas. Thus, TDA is practically applying the true concept of tourist center where the parent company has to supply infrastructure in all the tourist center and to realize the economic feasibility of such projects.

- Safeguarding the environment

Attaining sustainable development based on environment planning and protecting the natural resources -as the main asset of tourism development- is an important target in the strategy, by applying the following :-
- Providing land use layouts for priority zones to create various tourist patterns in development areas.
- Formulating monitoring and environment assessment programs.

- Defining the priorities of comprehensive development

Priority zones are selected according to the natural characteristics ,the current situation and the possibility of sustainable development in order to achieve the following :-
1- Forecasting a future outlook of tourism development based on analyses of world tourism market , supply and demand, and investment opportunities.
2- Formulating a rational development vision based on selecting priority zones and sites with distinguished nature.
3- Setting the priorities of carrying out including the organizational procedures .
4- Preparing a plan for priority zones based on the investment requirements of infrastructure to push forward investment in these areas.