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Sustainable Tourism Expertise Profile

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JE Austin Associates, Inc. (JAA)

Organization type: Contractor

Profile:

JE Austin Associates, Inc. (JAA) was founded in 1986 to assist businesses, governments, non-profit organizations, educational and financial institutions, and other development organizations around the world in improving productivity, enhancing competitiveness, strengthening management and strategy implementation, and facilitating economic development.

JAA’s practice areas have centered primarily on strategy and management consulting for the development of emerging and developing economies. The focus of this work is on increasing business competitiveness and growth; increasing and improving public-private dialogue processes; developing mechanisms in the public and private sectors to increase their competitive advantage; boosting trade and investment opportunities; fostering institutional and organizational improvement; intensifying the performance of small and micro-sized enterprise; and expanding social development capabilities of the economy.

Areas of Sustainable Tourism (ST) expertise:

  • Ecotourism
  • Adventure tourism
  • Cultural/heritage tourism
  • Agricultural and rural tourism

Particular tourism niches:

  • Tourism asset analysis
  • Tourism strategy development
  • Determining target markets
  • Creating marketing and advertising material, and creating market linkages with tour operators
  • Capacity-building of industry (including associations)
  • International standards and certificates
  • Tourism training
  • Product development

Regions worked:

  • Africa:
    • Uganda
    • Zambia
  • Asia and the Near East:
    • Mongolia
    • South East Asia
    • Sri Lanka
  • Europe and Eurasia:
    • Bosnia
    • Croatia
    • Kazakhstan
  • Latin America and the Caribbean:
    • Dominican Republic

Recent ST partnerships and collaborations:

  • Emerging Markets Group
  • MSI
  • Nathan Associates, Inc.
  • USAID
  • World Bank

Contact:

JE Austin Associates, Inc.
2101 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1100
Arlington, VA 22201 USA
Phone: (703) 841-9841
www.jeaustin.com

 
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