Tourism By Numbers Part III: The Tourism Infrastructure

Tourism Infrastructure is made up of places and things that are the components of accommodation. It may be something that the visitor does not notice or see, unless it is missing --the same things that attract industrial prospects, such as adequate utilities or good roads. Infrastructure is what visitors sense as they make the decision to stay or go. Or ever return. Security and hospitality are two critical infrastructure components that someone passing through a community must sense before he will consider conversion to tourist.

This infrastructure, just like any other infrastructure, is built from the bottom up. The more components that are in place, the more tourism it can support. In the following post, I'll attempt to explain the First of 15 Key Elements of a strong and successful tourism infrastructure.