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cultural tourism planners may use the study’s findings to create a strategy for minimizing the
adverse impacts to city services due to the increased flow of cultural tourists and maximizing
the economic gains to the entire community. This would have to include the management
of cultural attractions and the quality of new developments, the uses and activities the city’s
infrastructure sustains, and the integration of both these factors with the economic and social
needs of the city’s residents.
In conclusion, from the perspective of its residents, Indianapolis has the potential to succeed
as a cultural destination and maintain the current quality of life for its residents as along as
public and private tourism service providers work with the city planners to design, implement
and monitor an integrated quality management approach to cultural tourism that identifies
standards and quality labels, integrates the tourists’ and residents’ concerns into its core and
continues to improve the city’s appeal through individual and collective initiatives.
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