Sustainable Destination Management
Strategies in the OIC Member Countries
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Area Lessons Learned
Corridor
Development
 To support concrete product development, based on the
knowledge and skills of the private sector
 To advocate for open borders in terms of visas, border
crossing, etc.
 To support the infrastructure for secondary destinations
and to drive domestic and regional tourism
 To encourage further efforts towards infrastructure
development in secondary destinations by simultaneously
supporting decentralized planning
Funding Sources
 To seek more than one financial resource
 To encourage governments to support such multi-country
promotional initiatives, such as by collecting more
(indirect/invisible) taxes from tourists, which when
earmarked could also be a source of income for the
coordination office of such a tourism corridor
 To create an institutional structure for the secretariat to
obtain its own funding sources
Governance
 To create more opportunities for representatives of the
tourism industry, private sector, and local NGOs/CSOs
both in an advisory capacity and in decision-making
procedures
 To create opportunities for direct communication among
public stakeholders at the secondary level to achieve
faster and more concrete results
Management  To create an institutional structure that does not depend
solely on the drive and determination of the Director of
MTCO