Coordinated tourism planning and promotional programs among neighboring areas can be highly effective in attracting both the traveler and the travel trade and therefore visitor destinations located far from major market sources, or those areas that face strong competition from nearby locations often find that multi-destination planning can be highly successful. Visitor arrivals increase, while tour costs decrease as both airlines and tour operators alike respond to the cooperative marketing strategies among otherwise competing destinations in the geographic location. Challenges Five Hospitality has the ability to assist both the private and public sectors in creating effective tourism and development programs.

Assessment of resources of a tourism destination location which creates a viable visitor market including:

• Potential visitor market sources
• Human resource availability
• Manpower needs and training programs and coordination
• Food, beverage and entertainment profiles and facilities
• Hotels, resorts and other accommodation
• Scenic and other physical attractions
• Cultural and man-made attractions
• Infrastructure and availability and facilities planning
• Hospitality product potential
• Meetings and convention facilities
• Golf courses, marinas and other sport related facilities