Diverting the tourists : A spatial decision-support system for tourism planning on a developing island

Beedasy, Jaishree and Whyatt, Duncan (1999) Diverting the tourists : A spatial decision-support system for tourism planning on a developing island. ITC Journal, 1 (3-4). pp. 163-174. ISSN 0303-2434

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Abstract

Mauritius is a small island (1865 km2) in the Indian Ocean. Tourism is the third largest economic sector of the country, after manufacturing and agriculture. A limitation of space and the island's vulnerable ecosystem warrants a rational approach to tourism development. The main problems so far have been to manipulate and integrate all the factors affecting tourism planning and to match spatial data with their relevant attributes. A Spatial Decision Support System (SDSS) for sustainable tourism planning is therefore proposed. The proposed SDSS design would include a GIS as its core component. A first GIS model has already been constructed with available data. Supporting decision-making in a spatial context is implicit in the use of GIS. However the analytical capability of the GIS has to be enhanced to solve semi-structured problems, where subjective judgements come into play. The second part of the paper deals with the choice, implementation and customisation of a relevant model to develop a specialised SDSS. Different types of models and techniques are discussed, in particular a comparison of compensatory and non-compensatory approaches to multicriteria evaluation (MCE). It is concluded that compensatory multicriteria evaluation techniques increase the scope of the present GIS model as a decision-support tool. This approach gives the user or decision-maker the flexibility to change the importance of each criterion depending on relevant objectives.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
ITC Journal
Uncontrolled Keywords:
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Subjects:
?? gismauritiusmcesdsstourism planningglobal and planetary changeearth-surface processescomputers in earth sciencesmanagement, monitoring, policy and law ??
ID Code:
135017
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Deposited On:
01 Jul 2019 13:35
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Yes
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Published
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15 Jul 2024 19:34