boosterist
adjEtymology From booster + -ist.
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Of or pertaining to boosterism.
- Tourism planning under a boosterist tradition is more concerned with how to attract more tourists to a specific destination and it assumes a simplistic assumption that tourism development is generally 'good' and beneficial for a destination and its inhabitants. A boosterist approach emphasizes the ability to forecast the demand mainly for the purposes of tourism development and promotion (Hall, 2008).2015, Nigel D Morpeth, Hongliang Yan, Planning for Tourism: Towards a Sustainable Future: