I have spent
much of my life enjoying some of the most beautiful and popular Beach Resort
Destinations around the world, in Southern California, Hawaii, Bali, Phuket, Koh
Samui, Lombok, Nice, Greece, Bintan, Hainan, etc. In addition for the last almost 30 years I
have been working on the design and master planning of individual buildings and
large land areas associated with Beach Resort Destinations. Having looked at it from the perspective of a
designer, a consultant and an investor, I decided it was time to compile my shopping list of the components to make
the Ideal Master Planned Beach Resort
Destination.
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| Hawaii Ala Moana beach to Waikiki and Diamond Head |
This list
started off as a master list then became more detailed in the 5 main subjects, Natural Environment, Access/Proximity, Development Products, Supporting
Infrastructure and Services and Destination
Management as shown in the table below.
This master list and subsequent subject lists are by no means
detailed, but more like a shopping list with brief explanations as
reminders. I am sure somewhere on the
net there is probably a similar exercise done by someone else but perhaps done
in a different order?
I think
these check lists are useful for government planning departments or large
private developers who understand tourism can be a real profitable business and a plus to any community,
but recognizes it is a double edged sword and a careful comprehensive approach
needs to be taken. This series actually
goes hand in hand with an earlier series I posted on Integrated
Master Planning for Destination Development. This check list would actually be similar to
some of the outlines for the phases of Environmental
/ Site Analysis, Market
Analysis and Product
Development in the Integrated Master
Planning methodology.
In going
through the series and check lists, probably about 80% you might say are just
common sense and anyone who visits any Beach Resort Destination can see these
and you are probably correct. But then
again the other 20% are not so apparent and in fact that 20% may in fact cause
much more problems and hold back a Destination from becoming truly
successful. I hope at the very least
this series helps those tasked with planning and or improving a new or existing
Beach Resort Destination can appreciate the complexity and choose to follow a
sound methodology
and put together a proper team of the appropriate expertise and find a way to Orchestrate
the expertise, people and process.
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| Boardwalk, Venice Beach California |
MASTER CHECK LIST - COMPONENTS OF THE IDEAL
MASTER PLANNED BEACH RESORT DESTINATION
No.
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Subject
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Aspects
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Remarks
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A.
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Natural Environment
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Climate
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Ideal environmental conditions for the making of a Beach Resort
Destination.
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Coastal Environment
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Marine Environment
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Inland Environment
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B.
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Access / Proximity
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Local
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The requirement for connections and implications of accessibility.
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Regional
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International
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C.
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Development Products
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Accommodations
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Main investments required by primarily private sector to make the
complete Integrated Beach Resort Destination.
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Food and Beverage
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Retail
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Other Attractions
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D.
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Supporting Infrastructure and
Services
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Infrastructure
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Infrastructure and services necessary to serve a sustainable Beach
Resort Destination.
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Civil Services
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Support Services
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E.
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Destination Management
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Environmental
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The integrated management necessary to overall manage a sustainable
Beach Resort Destination.
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Infrastructure
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Marketing / Information
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Master Planning
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Link to other
parts of the series:
Master Planned Beach Resort Destination
Checklist
Part 1 – Overview
Part 2 –
Natural EnvironmentPart 3 – Access / Proximity
Part 4 – Development Products
Part 5 – Supporting Infrastructure and Services
Part 6 – Destination Management
Jiwa Studio, Singapore
April
2012
Actually for an integrated Beach Resort Destination, has a lot to deal with looking at it individually or holistically, it's beauty, space, nature, etc. After, looking at the individual difference, their distance based on location, and functionally linking them properly so as to effectively integrate them. This entail a great deal of Planning work, Architectural design, civil, and electrical implications. So as to bring the beauty at both day and night time.
ReplyDeleteMathias Maisamari
(from Linkedin Urban Planning Group discussion)
• Thanks, Bertram! On the subject of project checklists and templates, I'd like to encourage members to post anything they have found useful in other sectors as well - water, sanitation, transportation... it would be interesting to compare these.
ReplyDeleteJoseph Lufkin
(from Linkedin ADB Consultants Group discussion)
• It's a bit off topic but the coastal resort of Rimini in Italy appears to be an example of a masterplanned settlement and beach resort, including airport and railway station. It's of interest to me as it's a linear settlement with good public transport.
ReplyDeleteJames Jenkison
(from Linkedin Intl. Urban Planning and Regional Planning Group discussion)
James,
DeleteThanks for the reference to Rimini, Italy. It is a very long development! Any other interesting insights about it you can provide?
• Bertram, it's a while since I visited Rimini and it wasn't toursit season. Too much of the beach is private lease in my view and I don't think having a wide traffic road next to the beach is very beneficial. But the resort area has been attached to the historic town rather than imposed over it and is easy to understand as it basically extends along the beach and only extends back a few blocks. The railway corridor extends it's entire length at the rear of the area so there is potential for using it flexibly as a transport corridor. The airport is near to the rail line and the city has a separate industrial estate so you don't see big trucks all over city streets. It doesn't seem so great at street level along the resort strip, but that can all be worked on. Rimini just seems to have a very adaptable layout that can accommodate change.
DeleteI think what you and Edgar have been talking about is interesting. I visited Stari Grad in Hvar, Croatia many years ago aqs well. It's only a small resort attached to an historic village around a picturesque bay but it seems as if the resort development was used to bring infrastructure improvements to the whole village, including a great harbour. People could debate if the big hotel contributes to landscape views or not, but the overall idea
James Jenkison
(from Linkedin Intl. Urban Planning and Regional Planning Group discussion)
James,
DeleteI think resorts and tourism in general are great complements to historic locations, villages, towns. It is a matter of scale and when built near a historic locations, certainly scale of development and massing is an important part of the guidelines. The economic beneifts should be used to partially maintain those towns and villages.
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DeleteFound the blog really uplifting ans was good to see so many beaches, I live in a built up area, which is very enclosed, so it was like a breathe of fresh air to see the beaches and sea, not sure that can comment any further...
ReplyDeleteSophie Christopher Bowes
(from Linkedin The Urban Vision discussion)
Sophie the natural environment is a wonderful thing and provides a richness to our life. Like wise the good built environment further adds variety and a different kind of richness mostly in social aspects. I certainly enjoy and appreciate both!
Delete• agree that Living in UK try and spend as much time as possible outside which gives me inspiration and time in nature, and also good for clearing head space. Some beaches captures the beach but also the people on the beach, but also some beaches are vey commercial, and overcrowded with people and buildings and roads. So rather than focuses on the beach and sky, you focus on people things that surrounded you.
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