Can anyone recommend some good research papers on the challenges faced in implementing tourism indicator systems in tourism planning and development, particularly at local level?
Although it is not exactly on your topic, the paper below might offer you some insight into tourism planning challenges:
‘Drivers of Success in Implementing Sustainable Tourism Policies in Urban Areas’, Tourism Planning and Development, Vol. 12 (1), pp. 37-47; DOI: 10.1080/21568316.2014.960599
1. Implementing STD on a Small Island: Development and Use of Sustainable Tourism Development Indicators in Samoa, http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09669580208667174;
2.Sustainability indicators for managing community tourism, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0261517705000737