Citation
Siow, May Ling and Ramachandran, Sridar and Mohammad Afandi, Syamsul Herman
(2022)
Policy, government strata and sustainable tourism of a rural destination: an analytical network policy perspective.
Asia-Pacific Journal of Innovation in Hospitality and Tourism (APJIHT), 11 (2).
pp. 25-51.
ISSN 2710–6519
Abstract
Sustainable tourism policies in rural destinations are often complex. Governments
strive to ensure that the objectives of sustainable tourism are met through various strata of
agencies. As a result, institutional fragmentation has become the undesirable outcome of this
approach. The policy Delphi technique was employed in this study to align decision-making
divergence between local, state and federal governments for sustainable tourism aspirations
in Sabah, Malaysia. The results reveal vastly divergent perspectives from actors representing
the triple-tier governmental system. The findings indicate that the curtailment of the policy
cycle is due to knowledge gaps coupled with on-site complexities. The paper suggests that the
administration of policies could be based on a system that allows timely rectification, indicating
the need for a dynamic policy cycle for multi-stage amendments when on-site complexities are
identified. The perspective of this paper is that of the policy-analyst, proposing an analytical
network policy process that allows timely rectification of policies.
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