Length: 3000 words. Please see the requirements. 10 academic reference and 7 web sources, so total at least 17 references. In preparing this discussion paper you are to demonstrate your understanding of the tourism planning environment. You are also required to demonstrate a high level of professional report writing and communication skills, and critical thinking and analytical skills. As a way of demonstrating this, in your paper you are to include the following: clear headings and well-structured paragraphs, no spelling, grammatical or typographical errors, in-text referencing and a reference list in Harvard Style as per the library style guide. All data, information and sources are to be clearly acknowledged, all quotes are to be properly referenced including author, date and page number. Remember the quality of your paper will help to determine whether the proposed tourism plan or policy will receive government support!

Referencing: Please check the correct Harvard style referencing format for different sources (both in-text and in the list of references). Referencing guides are available online at SCU website or several Harvard guides can be found in Google. Page numbers only needed for direct quotes (in-text) The first time you use a reference you must list all authors. Thereafter you can use et al. (only for 3+ authors) At least 20 references were required- please refer to UIG- with a max. of 7 web sources and minimum of 10 journal academic references. No need for bullet points, simply list references. More references needed throughout this section to support the statements being made. Academic writing: Try to avoid writing in first and second person. Try to avoid abbreviations (e.g., i.e., etc). Try to reduce the use of long quotes, as it inhibits the fluidity of your writing. Break this section into smaller paragraphs to emphasis and clearly present the points being made.

Background context: The background section needed to provide more of a link with the problem/issue that the proposed policy is addressing. That is, how the issues/factors you presented influenced the emergence of/contributed to the problem/issue you are attempting to address with the new policy/plan. Statement of need: In this section you needed to highlight the benefits/outcomes of the proposed policy/plan. This can be from a stakeholder, industry or system (social, economic, environmental, etc) perspective- or even better if you can cover a few different groups that would benefit. In this section there needed to be more of a discussion for the rationale of the new policy being proposed. You need to move the argument forward from discussion what the impacts are, towards a discussion of how this policy/plan will address these issues and/or the benefits/outcomes.

Scope: In this section you needed to draw on the key policy planning approaches and discuss what could be appropriate for the new policy (e.g. boosterism/industry development. Marketing demand stimulation, spatial approach, conflict management, communicative planning, crisis response, etc). Also needed to discuss the instruments that might be appropriate (e.g. monetary, legislation, gov action, advocacy) and how they could be used. What are some of the resources that may be required for this policy/plan and how can they be sourced? What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of this policy/plan?

Proposed process: Need to outline details about the planning process for a new policy, especially focusing on the consultation, implementation and review stages. E.g. who will/should be consulted, how could it be implemented, how will it be reviewed and what will determine its success? More specific detail for your policy/plan is needed in this section. You have outlined and explained the stages, however you need to link these stages with specific processes for your proposed policy (e.g. who are the stakeholders that will be consulted; suggestions on how to implement the policy; are there any indicators to determine the success of the policy, etc).