Investigating scenario planning – a European tourism perspective

Scenario Planning of the Future of Sports Tourism Industry in Mashhad

Background. The concept of sport tourism has become very popular in recent years as a field of study and a tourism product and has attracted the attention of many researchers. Objectives. This study aimed at future scenario planning of the Mashhad metropolitan sports tourism industry. Methods. It was applied future analytical exploratory research. The information was collected through in-dept...

A Scenario-based Approach to Strategic Planning – Integrating Planning and Process Perspective of Strategy

For 20 years the conflict between the planning school and the process school of strategy has shaped the debate on strategy creation. In our paper, we argue that a scenario-based approach to strategic planning can serve as a management innovation in the field, thus having the potential to overcome the discrepancies between the two opposing schools of strategy. The scenario-based approach to stra...

Counter-factual scenario planning for long-range sustainable local-level tourism transformation

Many traditionally agricultural dependent economies have transformed towards service industries, such as tourism. This transformation resulted in significant impacts upon economies, communities and the environment. However, existing indicators to measure the impacts of tourism on regions have not been examined across the transformation process, leaving a gap in the understanding of long-range p...

Introduction to Scenario Planning

National and Regional Tourism Planning