Empowering rural communities: a theoretical approach to sustainable tourism through community-based development
Autor
Restrepo Rico, Susana
Peterek, Michael
Opublikowane w
Technical Transactions
Numeracja
Vol. 121, iss. 1
Data wydania
2024
Miejsce wydania
Warsaw
Wydawca
Sciendo
Sekcja czasopisma
Architecture and Urban Planning
Język
angielski
eISSN
2353-737X
DOI
1https://doi.org/10.37705/TechTrans/e2024005
Słowa kluczowe
sustainable tourism, community-based tourism development, rural communities, community development, capacity development
Abstrakt
Sustainable tourism is an important element in the policies of many developingcountries today. In contrast to mass tourism, it provides a holistic perspective,recognising the synergies between economic, social, and environmentaldevelopment and protecting the existing natural, human and organisationalresources upon which tourism depends. Community-based tourism (CBT)is a participatory approach to implementing sustainable tourism that alsopromotes community development from a bottom-up perspective and witha focus on local knowledge and existing resources. Based on comprehensiveresearch and analysis of the existing body of literature, the aim of this paperis to research the transition from sustainable tourism towards communitybased-tourism, to identify the relevant actors that should be involved in theplanning, implementation and management of such projects and to proposea capacity development approach that facilitates community developmentthrough a community-based tourism approach.
