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Visitor friendly Alberta : a guide to welcoming tourists to your community [2018]

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This guide has been designed to help communities see themselves from the eyes of a visitor and to help strengthen their visitor friendliness. A step-by-step approach is used to guide the... More ≫

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This guide has been designed to help communities see themselves from the eyes of a visitor and to help strengthen their visitor friendliness. A step-by-step approach is used to guide the community's working group through understanding and assessing their current tourism situation, establishing a guiding vision, and creating an action plan with clear priorities to address areas needing improvement.

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Tourism business startup workbook

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This workbook is intended for Alberta entrepreneurs considering joining the province's tourism industry. Completing this workbook will help them explore opportunities in the tourism sector,... More ≫

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This workbook is intended for Alberta entrepreneurs considering joining the province's tourism industry. Completing this workbook will help them explore opportunities in the tourism sector, understand what it takes to be a tourism entrepreneur, and know what they need to have ready prior to starting a tourism business. The workbook can also be useful for those who already have a tourism business, but want to explore new ideas.

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Tourism development guide : a guide to developing a tourism business, including obtaining the required government approvals and licences

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The Tourism Development Guide is intended to help those interested in starting or expanding a land-based tourism development. Such developments might involve either Crown lands of the provincial... More ≫

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The Tourism Development Guide is intended to help those interested in starting or expanding a land-based tourism development. Such developments might involve either Crown lands of the provincial or federal government or land within the jurisdiction of a municipality or a First Nation. Proponents of these developments should expect to seek approvals through several levels of government. They should also expect to integrate their own development plans with provincial legislation, regional and sub-regional plans, and municipal plans, as well as First Nation uses. This document presents the steps to be taken, the time frames to be expected for reviews, and the places to go for development assistance.

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Tourism business planning guide : a guide to assist new and experienced entrepreneurs to develop a business concept

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The Tourism Business Planning Guide is designed to assist both prospective and current tourism entrepreneurs in developing a business concept that will lead to the launch or maintenance of a... More ≫

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The Tourism Business Planning Guide is designed to assist both prospective and current tourism entrepreneurs in developing a business concept that will lead to the launch or maintenance of a successful business. It outlines the fundamentals of establishing a solid business plan, including an understanding of: the business opportunity, the potential market, the sources of revenue and associated costs, how to reach different visitor segments, management and operations of a successful business, and development of a financial plan.

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Minimizing risk and liability : best practices guide for trail stewards, operators, managers and owners

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This document is a best practices manual intended to give guidance and direction on minimizing risk and liability for persons with an interest in operating and maintaining trails. Specifi cally,... More ≫

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This document is a best practices manual intended to give guidance and direction on minimizing risk and liability for persons with an interest in operating and maintaining trails. Specifi cally, it seeks to help trail operators, managers and owners, mitigate risk and reduce liability, that can arise from trail design, trail use and maintenance operations. The techniques discussed here are intended to be applied with prudence and due consideration of the particular circumstances of each trail.

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Visitor friendly Alberta : a guide to welcoming tourists to your community [2013]

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This guide is aimed at small communities and is intended to act as a starting point to think about and strengthen their “visitor friendliness”. Visitor friendliness contributes to creating... More ≫

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This guide is aimed at small communities and is intended to act as a starting point to think about and strengthen their “visitor friendliness”. Visitor friendliness contributes to creating positive memorable experiences for visitors, and can also help enhance the quality of life for residents and encourage community pride. A step-by-step approach is used to guide a working group through understanding and assessing the current tourism situation, establishing a guiding vision, and creating an action plan with clear priorities to address areas needing improvement. It includes agendas, activities and guidelines, and worksheets to help complete the assessment process.

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Tourism business planning guide : a guide to assist with the preparation of a business plan

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This guide is designed as an aid to writing a business plan for an existing or prospective tourism project. This guide is not meant to stand on its own as a complete guide to writing a business... More ≫

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This guide is designed as an aid to writing a business plan for an existing or prospective tourism project. This guide is not meant to stand on its own as a complete guide to writing a business plan but, rather, is meant to be used in conjunction with other information sources including those available through Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation (ATPR).

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Standards for consultant deliverables

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This document establishes standards for consultant deliverables related to Alberta Parks and Protected Areas design and construction programs. Consultant agreements for architectural, engineering... More ≫

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This document establishes standards for consultant deliverables related to Alberta Parks and Protected Areas design and construction programs. Consultant agreements for architectural, engineering and related services typically require the production and submission to Alberta Parks and Protected Areas of 'deliverables' in the form of drawings, specifications, reports, schedules, etc. To take advantage of the significant efficiencies afforded through the distribution, use, and storage of these documents in electronic form, by multiple users, and throughout the project life cycle, it has become necessary to establish standards for these documents. As a prime example, making bid documents (drawings, specifications and addenda) available to bidders electronically in a consistent format would be extremely difficult to accomplish without standards for consultant deliverables.

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Guidelines : survey procedures for tourism economic impact assessments of ungated or open access events and festivals [2007]

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These guidelines are designed to enable organizers of small and medium sized fairs, festivals and events across North America to produce more credible and consistent inputs for estimating their... More ≫

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These guidelines are designed to enable organizers of small and medium sized fairs, festivals and events across North America to produce more credible and consistent inputs for estimating their tourism economic impact. A new level of consistency and professionalism will be brought to this important measurement task as event organizers adopt the guidelines as minimum standards.

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Guidelines : survey procedures for assessment of on-site spending at gated events and festivals

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These documents include guidelines and sample forms and questionnaires. The guidelines are designed to allow organizers of small and medium sized fairs, festivals, and events across North... More ≫

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These documents include guidelines and sample forms and questionnaires. The guidelines are designed to allow organizers of small and medium sized fairs, festivals, and events across North America to produce credible and consistent inputs for estimating their tourism economic impact and/or estimates of on-site spending, with limited assistance from professional consultants. These guidelines are most appropriate for events and festivals with 50,000 or fewer "net" attendees.

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