Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Analysis of community based tourism

Analysis of community based tourism
The notion of community based tourism development might be extremely romanticized taking in mind the basic inequalities which are found among societies. (Taylor 1995) As tourism grows in within a local area, the already diverse local community may find its structures developing in new manners, with different groups of the community showing varied responses against the tourism development in the location. The tourist destination area is therefore showing an “open-structure” of co-dependent, numerous stakeholders, whereby the acts of one stakeholder effects the rest players in the local community. In addition, no particular institute or person can apply exclusive management over the tourist destination’s growth and development course (Acott et al, 1998)

Instead of relying on disagreement to work within this different range of interests many analysts suggest that stakeholders take on a mutual approach (Acott et al, 1998). This compromise-based tourism activity planning leads to a shared planned vision and needs the community, the industry and the environmental interest groups to be aware of their own interdependence and also to appreciate each one’s perspectives.

A lot of community tourism literature has mainly ignored the level to which the community perceptions entwine with and how they can be passed on both public and private sectors. Community tourism needs to be focused on the inter-related character of the community, the business and also government in a community setting. In addition it is essential to develop suitable and innovative instruments to help in facilitation of communication of appropriate information in and among communities, as well as to the industry developers and planners who determines the course of sustainable tourism industry growth and development. (Shackley, 1998)

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