The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the need for the effective implementation of tourism marketing strategy which is often lacking, especially in small towns. Tourism strategy should be analyzed at the action, program, system and policy levels to determine its effectiveness. Effective strategy implementation is achieved by appropriately managing the interaction, allocation, organization, and monitoring of tourism processes on each level. Alberta Tourism's Community Tourism Action Plan program is used to exemplify and support issues brought forward in this article.
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