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This chapter presents the Integral Tourism Destination Planning methodology (hereinafter known as ITDP), including the key elements of the responsible tourism approach, aimed at enhancing the effective planning of heritage tourism destinations. Firstly, the chapter revisits the theoretical concepts of:(i) destination planning, to present the evolution towards (ii) sustainable development management, to stress the need of long-term strategies underpinning destination planning and responsible tourism as the approach to achieve sustainable development by involving the key stakeholders of a destination and calling on their responsibility; and (iii) stakeholder theory as a key element of destination planning. Then, the chapter details the ITDP methodology, explaining its generic steps. A case study of the Quispicanchi Province in Peru exemplifies the tourism planning process and its consequences in the planning of a heritage site, such as the Andean Baroque Route.