SW Associates, LLC - Sustainable Destination Development

About us SW Associates is a Washington, DC-based international consulting practice that specializes in sustainable solutions to tourism and destination development. We focus on: • Infrastructure Development • Marketing, Product Development and Market Research • Human Resource Development • Investment Climate and Policy Reform SW Associates and partners have managed and participated in tourism and related destination development programs and projects around the world. These include tourism strategy and planning, economic and market development through tourism, environmental management, investment promotion, public-private partnerships, communications and organizational strategy, issues management, and coalition-building. Sample projects and activities include: • Tourism Diagnostic in Cook Islands, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa and the Solomon Islands, Asian Development Bank • Economic Analysis of Cultural Heritage in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia • Strategy for development of Northern Corridor, Azerbaijan • Strategy for development of Southern Corridor, Armenia • Competitiveness Assessment and Strategy for tourism, Senegal • Competitiveness Assessment and Strategy for tourism, Cote d’Ivoire • Competitiveness Analysis, Macedonia • Hospitality training and development, West Bank, Palestine Authority • Tourism development strategy for Lumbini, birthplace of Buddha in Nepal. • Hotel classification system plan for Azerbaijan • Increasing tourism competitiveness in St Lucia • Tourism investment assessment and policy review for Odisha, India • Market concepts and positioning for a new major resort development on Hainan Island, China. 中国海南岛— 市场定位和主要的度假地开发经营商 • Advising on new National Tourism Policy for Zambia. • Strategic recommendations for a new national tourism strategy for Lebanon. • Reform recommendations for the Ministry of Regional Development and Tourism in Romania. • Marketing and promotion for the Nyungwe Nziza Project — Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda.