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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Community-based Tourism"”.
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Community-based tourism in Timor-Leste: a collaborative network approach
This thesis discusses the concept of community-based tourism (CBT), as an alternative approach to tourism development. CBT emphasises the central role of local communities in relation to tourism and places a stronger emphasis on the role of community development than is evident in other forms of …
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Producer–market orientation of community-based tourism (CBT) products: A case study in Bali, Indonesia
Community-based tourism (CBT) provides an attractive alternative to mass tourism. In Bali, Indonesia, it is a potentially significant contributor to tourism development. The aim of this research was to obtain a greater understanding of CBT through an examination of relevant issues, and the …
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Community based tourism within uMhlathuze Municipality: involvement and participation of the local residents in tourism
The study was based on community based tourism and was conducted to find out whether the local residents are involved and participate in community based tourism within the study area of uMhlathuze Municipality. Community based tourism provides job opportunities to those who participate and should, …
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Challenges facing Community Based Tourism in Tanzania: A case study of Arumeru District in Arusha Region
Community Based Tourism (CBT) is increasingly being developed and promoted as a means of reducing poverty in developing countries. Some of the needs of the local community are met through offering tourism services. CBT is an initiation of local people in Arumeru District to use tourist attractions …
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Community based tourism in Cambodia : exploring the role of community for successful implementation in least developed countries
Sustainable tourism has been identified as a potential tool for development in Least Developed Countries (LDCs). Specifically, at the community level, Community Based Tourism (CBT) has emerged as an effective model to promote the development of sustainable tourism which produces meaningful benefits …
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A Comparative analysis of international and domestic tourists' perceptions of community-based tourism: the case of Pai, Thailand
Community Based Tourism (CBT) emerged during the 1980s as a result of the increasing need to define and implement ways of addressing the challenges of tourism development in the destination through a ‘community approach’. It has since become a popular approach to tourism development that seeks to …
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Development of a conceptual model for a rapid skills development in the community-based tourism industry in Botswana
The research explored the training needs of Community-Based Tourism (CBT) structures, specifically for Tsodilo Hills, as well as the learning methods that best suit community members and how training can be used to strengthen Social Capital. Tourism is a means to alleviate poverty and empower …
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The Process of Research in Developing an Effective Local Tourism Planning Strategy and Policy - A Community Based Tourism Model from Malta
… way of understanding, interpreting and managing tourism activity as a broad socio-cultural activity rather than a socio-economic industry. The catalyst for these projects was the frustration of reading a number of literary works and following intricate theoretical frameworks for tourism …
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Healing the crippled hand: tourism and community-based tourism as sustainable forms of land use and development in Eastern Tsumkwe, Namibia
… diversification is perceived as necessary, with tourism proposed as a development and land use option. However., as any development needs to be particularly sensitive and well planned in the area, an environmental, including social, impact study of the effects of development plans or project, …
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Wildlife-human relations and education in community-based marine tourism: a case study of coastal Oregon, U.S.A.
The tourism industry has witnessed an increased use of non-human animals, both within various attractions as well as in advertisements. This increased interaction and reliance can generate significant hazards which threaten the well-being of these non-human animals and require ongoing study. …
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Travessias: Centro de formação e referências culturais de Santo Amaro do Sul / RS
… for Training and Cultural References, focused on community-based tourism, with the goal of promoting social transformation and enhancing the value of cultural heritage.
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Geotourism in the Crown of the Continent: Developing and Testing the Geotourism Survey Instrument
… M.S., Spring 2009 Recreation Management Geotourism in the Crown of the Continent: Developing and Testing the Geotourism Survey Instrument (GSI) Co-Chairperson: Norma P. Nickerson Co-Chairperson: Keith Bosak The perceived failures of mass tourism to holistically benefit a destination’s …
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Geotourism in the Crown of the Continent: Developing and Testing the Geotourism Survey Instrument
… M.S., Spring 2009 Recreation Management Geotourism in the Crown of the Continent: Developing and Testing the Geotourism Survey Instrument (GSI) Co-Chairperson: Norma P. Nickerson Co-Chairperson: Keith Bosak The perceived failures of mass tourism to holistically benefit a destination’s …
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Prevalence of bacterial zoonoses in selected trophy hunted species, and the potential of human health risk in Bwabwata National park, Namibia
… for wildlife conservation and controlled tourism namely: Kwando, Buffalo and Mahango core area and a large Multiple Use Area zoned for community-based tourism, trophy hunting, human settlement and development by the resident community. Forty-four tissue samples (kidney, heart, liver, …
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Local communities as sustainable tourism development partners
The Egyptian Strategic Tourism Development Plans are trying to play an increasingly important role in supporting the hoped-for transformation of Egypt’s undeveloped areas into world-class tourism destinations. The plans aim to add a considerable number of hotel rooms in the Red Sea region within …
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Exploring the Connections between Community Cultural Development and Sustainable Tourism in Central Appalachia
… way of life are deeply entangled with community identity and culture due to the historical hegemonic role and power of coal mining and other extractive industries and their critical role in forming residents' identities. Many of the small communities in this region are pursuing …
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Political ecology of inequality in tourism development in rural Mongolia.
Tourism is often advocated as a means of poverty reduction in the developing world, despite limited evidence about its effectiveness. There is even less research on tourism's wider effects on standards of living and general inequality in developing countries. This study explores the views of …
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Relationships between local communities and protected areas in KwaZulu-Natal: during the apartheid to the post- apartheid era
… also indicated that there are limited to no tourism business ventures that have resulted for the community's beneficiation from the protected area. Eventually, it may be concluded that the respondents perceived that there were no business opportunities brought by the practice of tourism and …
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Indigenous culture and nascent tourism in Muanenguba, Cameroon
… study is an ethnography of the early stages of tourism development (nascent tourism) in Muanenguba - especially in Mwaam, the tourist destination in the Bakossiland - one of the most celebrated mountain regions of Cameroon. It is a narrative on the emerging relationship between local culture and …