22-08-30 to 09-02 HR Corregidor Visit with 4 Friends
Sept 14, 2022 17:00:34 GMT 8
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Post by EXO on Sept 14, 2022 17:00:34 GMT 8
Essentially, this is a reply both to FOTS and to OOZELFINCH
Gentlemen, you are both correct and accurate. It would be too easy for me to have taken photos of the rundown Corregidor, and somewhat unfair because that was the fault of Covid, and the system which the authorities built which was not able to deal with any form of crisis.
But there is another crisis afoot - a tyranny of ignorance and inexperience. Simply put, CLUELESSNESS.
In a few weeks, there will be a meeting with Corregidor's owners. My concern is that the Administrator who represents this party, being newly appointed, does not know what he does not know, and may not feel he needs to listen to outsiders not of his rank.
Here is what I wrote to one of the persons representing the tourism side of the stakeholders:
Corregidor, once again, faces an existential threat. I am not persuaded that its governance are aware of this.
Gentlemen, you are both correct and accurate. It would be too easy for me to have taken photos of the rundown Corregidor, and somewhat unfair because that was the fault of Covid, and the system which the authorities built which was not able to deal with any form of crisis.
But there is another crisis afoot - a tyranny of ignorance and inexperience. Simply put, CLUELESSNESS.
In a few weeks, there will be a meeting with Corregidor's owners. My concern is that the Administrator who represents this party, being newly appointed, does not know what he does not know, and may not feel he needs to listen to outsiders not of his rank.
Here is what I wrote to one of the persons representing the tourism side of the stakeholders:
What will surely be served up again, in justification of all things inadequate, is the "force of circumstance" approach - "We have no budget," and "Oh, there can be no long-term investments made because all income is set by the number of day trips."
Do we get long term capital improvement, or fresh coat of paint over the cracks tourism? Sooner or later, the word gets around.
Tourist resorts/attractions have a life cycle.
In 1980 a tourism researcher Richard Butler developed a well regarded model called the Tourism Area Life Cycle that describes the evolution of the economy of resort regions. Here are the stages"
1. Exploration: A secret spot is disovered, no amenities, must "go feral".
2. Involvement: A few locally-run concessions are established
3. Development: A well defined tourism industry is developed via advertising the destination
4. Consolidation: Tourism becomes the dominant feature of the local economy
5. Stagnation: Tourism growth slows and carrying capacity is reached, the area is no longer a new hotspot, maybe its overbuilt or loses its charm.
6. Decline or rejuvenation: Decline results as tourists choose other destinations, rejuvenation typically requires attracting a different kind of tourist.
(Source: Prof. Richard Butler, University of Strathclyde Business School.)
Simply put, the more one makes excuses for the inability to manage inherited problems, the closer comes the day when the resort loses its charm and rejuvenation becomes impossible.
At which point, someone will come along and say, as before, "This is not a problem I caused, I inherited it from the other fellow."
Do we get long term capital improvement, or fresh coat of paint over the cracks tourism? Sooner or later, the word gets around.
Tourist resorts/attractions have a life cycle.
In 1980 a tourism researcher Richard Butler developed a well regarded model called the Tourism Area Life Cycle that describes the evolution of the economy of resort regions. Here are the stages"
1. Exploration: A secret spot is disovered, no amenities, must "go feral".
2. Involvement: A few locally-run concessions are established
3. Development: A well defined tourism industry is developed via advertising the destination
4. Consolidation: Tourism becomes the dominant feature of the local economy
5. Stagnation: Tourism growth slows and carrying capacity is reached, the area is no longer a new hotspot, maybe its overbuilt or loses its charm.
6. Decline or rejuvenation: Decline results as tourists choose other destinations, rejuvenation typically requires attracting a different kind of tourist.
(Source: Prof. Richard Butler, University of Strathclyde Business School.)
Simply put, the more one makes excuses for the inability to manage inherited problems, the closer comes the day when the resort loses its charm and rejuvenation becomes impossible.
At which point, someone will come along and say, as before, "This is not a problem I caused, I inherited it from the other fellow."
Corregidor, once again, faces an existential threat. I am not persuaded that its governance are aware of this.