Tourism Theory of Change

Theory of Change in tourism is about understanding why and how change happens, so that development programs can make the most of the development potential of this sector. It is critically important that there is full understanding of the challenges...

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Main Authors: Twining-Ward, Louise, Messerli, Hannah, Sharma, Amit, Villascusa Cerezo, Jose Miguel
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/853301618897583767/Tourism-Theory-of-Change
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spelling okr-10986-354592021-06-14T10:08:26Z Tourism Theory of Change Twining-Ward, Louise Messerli, Hannah Sharma, Amit Villascusa Cerezo, Jose Miguel TOURISM THEORY OF CHANGE SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES COMPETITIVENESS PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT CAPACITY BUILDING Theory of Change in tourism is about understanding why and how change happens, so that development programs can make the most of the development potential of this sector. It is critically important that there is full understanding of the challenges, assumptions, solutions and indicators for tourism. The evidence behind tourism as a positive development change agent also needs to be regularly challenged and examined. To be successful, projects need to take the entire tourism landscape into consideration and leverage insights from past projects. Theory of Change (ToC) provides a framework for the planning, execution and evaluation of tourism projects and programs that connects to project goals and development objectives and helps maximize tourism’s potential. This report explains Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation (FCI) Global Practice’s Tourism ToC. It is written for World Bank Group Task Team Leaders (TTLs), Project Teams, and Tourism Specialists, as part of a suite of tools to help improve tourism project design. The report articulates the ‘why’ and ‘how’ of FCI’s approach to project design and implementation. It includes a step-by-step guide to using Theory of Change for tourism project and program design. 2021-04-20T17:12:59Z 2021-04-20T17:12:59Z 2018 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/853301618897583767/Tourism-Theory-of-Change http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35459 English Tourism for Development Knowledge Series; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Group World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Investment Climate Assessment
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topic TOURISM
THEORY OF CHANGE
SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES
COMPETITIVENESS
PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
CAPACITY BUILDING
spellingShingle TOURISM
THEORY OF CHANGE
SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES
COMPETITIVENESS
PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
CAPACITY BUILDING
Twining-Ward, Louise
Messerli, Hannah
Sharma, Amit
Villascusa Cerezo, Jose Miguel
Tourism Theory of Change
relation Tourism for Development Knowledge Series;
description Theory of Change in tourism is about understanding why and how change happens, so that development programs can make the most of the development potential of this sector. It is critically important that there is full understanding of the challenges, assumptions, solutions and indicators for tourism. The evidence behind tourism as a positive development change agent also needs to be regularly challenged and examined. To be successful, projects need to take the entire tourism landscape into consideration and leverage insights from past projects. Theory of Change (ToC) provides a framework for the planning, execution and evaluation of tourism projects and programs that connects to project goals and development objectives and helps maximize tourism’s potential. This report explains Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation (FCI) Global Practice’s Tourism ToC. It is written for World Bank Group Task Team Leaders (TTLs), Project Teams, and Tourism Specialists, as part of a suite of tools to help improve tourism project design. The report articulates the ‘why’ and ‘how’ of FCI’s approach to project design and implementation. It includes a step-by-step guide to using Theory of Change for tourism project and program design.
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author Twining-Ward, Louise
Messerli, Hannah
Sharma, Amit
Villascusa Cerezo, Jose Miguel
author_facet Twining-Ward, Louise
Messerli, Hannah
Sharma, Amit
Villascusa Cerezo, Jose Miguel
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title Tourism Theory of Change
title_short Tourism Theory of Change
title_full Tourism Theory of Change
title_fullStr Tourism Theory of Change
title_full_unstemmed Tourism Theory of Change
title_sort tourism theory of change
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2021
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/853301618897583767/Tourism-Theory-of-Change
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