Analysis and modeling of a participative process for a sustainable development of tourism in the municipality of Saint-Maurice
«Future & Tourism» is a global concept in order for a municipality:
The main reasons are:
Participatory approach with workshops and questionnaires
Setup of a tourism strategy and an action plan in order to develop the tourism activities in Saint-Maurice
No
Setup of a tourism strategy and an action plan in order to develop the tourism activities in Saint-Maurice
Reinforcement of the community by developing a project (development of tourism activities) which can give a new dynamism to St-Maurice which is currently suffering from a kind of "looser" syndrome.
Setup of a tourism policy (strategy and action plan)
The impacts of the pilot case St-Maurice will only be measurable after the end of the AlpCity project.
St-Maurice
As already mentioned traditional employers such as the army or the Swiss railway company have suppressed a lot of jobs this last decade and the municipality want to attract small and middle enterprises and to develop tourist activities.
What do you mean with "mountain resource"?
With the realization of the process Future & Tourism, the municipality of St-Maurice hope to give a great impulse to the development of tourism on its territory. That's mean more revenues for the local economy but also a better quality of life for the inhabitants (better urbanization and more animation).
The Institute of Economy & Tourism of the Haute école valaisanne (HEVs) is the scientific partner responsible for the process Future & Tourism in St-Maurice.
No sub-contract
The canton of Valais finance one part of the pilot case
No
Isolated case
July 2004 - Nov. 2004: contacts and preparation of the process with the Department of Economy & Tourism of St-Maurice and the "Société de développement de St-Maurice"
Dez. 2004 - March 2005: interviews with the political and the tourist leaders
April 2005 - Sept. 2005: questionnaires to the visitors (tourists)
Oct. 2005 - Dez. 2005: workshops with all the stakeholders to carry out a tourism strategy and an action plan
January 2006 - May 2006: validation of the strategy and the action plan, publication of a final report
Yes, experts from the Institute Economy & Tourism of the HEVs. As already mentioned, they follow all the process in St-Maurice