THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, REGIONAL TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT : PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS
HEDDEBAUT
Type de document
COMMUNICATION AVEC ACTES INTERNATIONAL (ACTI)
Langue
anglais
Auteur
HEDDEBAUT
Résumé / Abstract
THE NORD PAS-DE-CALAIS REGION,LOCATED IN THE NORTHERN PART OF FRANCE HAVE LAUNCHED A SPECIFIC REGIONAL TOURISM POLICY BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CHANNEL TUNNEL. THIS ACCASION HAS INITIATED A NEW WAY OF PLANNING FOR DEVELOPPING TOURISM ACTIVITIES ON THE REGIONAL TERRITORY. POLICY MAKERS HAVE REORGANISED THE TOURISM POLICY LAYING THE NEW 'IMAGE' GIVEN BY THE CHANNEL TUNNEL AND THE HIGH SPEED TRAIN NORTH EUROPEAN NETWORK. THEY MADE A LIST OF PRIORITIES AND SPECIFIC ACTIONS IN THE WHOLE FRAMEWORK OF SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THIS PLAN HAS BEEN ENFORCED WHEN A NEW TEAM OF 'GREEN WING PARTY' ARRIVED AT THE HEAD OF THE REGIONAL INSTITUTION IN MARCH 1992. FIRSTLY, THE COMMUNICATION DEALS WITH THE THEORETICAL PROBLEM OF STRUCTURING IMPACTS OF TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE. IT SHOWS THE EVOLUTION OF THE THEORETICAL CONTEXT WHICH HAS LED TO CONDITIONAL IMPACTS DEPENDING ON BACK-UP STRATEGIES OR SUPPORT POLICY. SECUNDLY, THE PAPER DESCRIBES THE REGIONAL CROSS-CHANNEL SUPPORT POLICY. TOURIST ACTIVITY IS PROPOSED AS AN ESSENTIAL INGREDIENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THIRDLY, IT WILL GIVE SOME RESULTS OF THE TOURISM ECONOMIC ACTIVITY DEVELOPMENT ON A LONG TERM PERIOD OBSERVATION FROM 1988 TO 1996. IT WILL FOCUSS ON A SPECIAL ZONE NAMED THE 'TRANSMANCHE AREA' LOCATED ON THE FRENCH COAST BESIDE THE ENGLISH CHANNEL. FINALLY, THE COMMUNICATION PRESENTS NEW RESEARCH AND FIRST RESULTS EXAMING TOURIST DEMAND SIDE USING FACTORIAL ANALYSIS AS AN ATTEMPT TO ATTRIBUTING IMPACTS TO THE TOURIST SUPPORT POLICY.
