Facility standards and service quality largely determine the competitiveness of a tourism destination or country.
TOURISMRESULTS can assist in enhancing tourism standards by offering the following services:
- Participatory development of quality criteria and measurable indicators for different types of tourism establishments.
- System design: institutional set-up, mandatory vs. voluntary certification, grading schemes for tourism establishments and tour guides.
- Design of an independent certification process, i.e. type and methodology of assessment, audit fees, frequency, etc.
- Training and supervision of assessors.
- Mystery shopping to double-check quality standards
