Community-Based Tourism in the Developing World: Community Learning, Development & Enterprise Contributor(s): Wiltshier, Peter (Author), Clarke, Alan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138494305 ISBN-13: 9781138494305 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Industries - Hospitality, Travel & Tourism |
Dewey: 338.479 |
LCCN: 2019027847 |
Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.1" W x 9.4" (1.05 lbs) 220 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This book analyses community-based approaches to developing and regenerating tourism destinations in the developing world, addressing this central issue in sustainable tourism practices. It reviews a variety of systems useful for analysing and understanding management issues to offer new insight into the skills and resources that are needed for implementation, ongoing monitoring and review of community-based tourism. Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, this book explores alternatives to the dominant interpretation which argues against tourism as a benefit for community development. International case studies throughout the book illustrate and vouch for tourism as a transformative force while clarifying the need to manage expectations in sustainable tourism for community development, rejuvenation and regeneration. Emphasis is placed on accruing relevant decision-support material, and creating services, products and management approaches that will endure and adapt as change necessitates. This will be of great interest to upper-level students, researchers and academics in the fields of tourism impacts, sustainability, ethics and development as well as the broader field of geography. |