رؤية تحليلية لمحاور التخطيط الإقليمي للتنمية السياحية في مصر (بالتطبيق على مدينة الإسكندرية(

Abstract EN

The role of local authorities as facilitators in the development process is reinforced through regional international cooperation.

With globalization, the governance challenges facing local authorities in different parts of the world have increased in their similarities, transcending the national political and economic systems upon which different communities rely.

Even prior to the UN Conference on Environment and Development, but particularly since the adoption of Agenda 21,the most common terms used in discussions about tourism are integrated planning, sustainable development and tourism.

These terms often do not have common agreement about the meaning, mostly because each term means something different to each user.

However, the general interpretation of sustainable development as linked to tourism and regional planning has been established by the World Conservation Strategy (1980).

The main point to keep in mind is the inter-relationship of sustainability, planning, development and tourism.

From there , it is possible to consider how these may be integrated in order to achieve efficient practices of planning which can lead to sustainable tourism development.

Planning is an activity of both government and business and creates challenges from the complex interaction of many variables.

Integrated planning is one of several management approaches used to address the increasing complexity.

There are two dimensions of integrated planning: one is horizontal, across decision areas and programs and the second is vertical, through the components of decision-making and planning.

Including these linkages in the planning process will help to achieve balance among the important components of tourism activity and development in order to have a rational, consecutive progression for decision-making.

Integrated tourism planning means integration of goals, objectives, programs, projects, investment, and resource use .

Resource use is of central importance, particularly for sustainable development, because it involves the relationship between economic development and the conservation of nature.

This study is concerned with the possibility of development in Alexandria, being an important area in Egypt .