This chapter reviews existing theoretical frameworks for involving stakeholders in planning processes (especially those intersecting with integrated tourism planning in urban-rural tourism development), and provides an extension to thinking about the role of stakeholders by reviewing factors that influence participation and the dispersion of tourism impacts. Furthermore, this chapter examines the utility of focusing on the construct of power in order to emphasize the importance of equity, justice, voice and participation among stakeholders within the process and provides recommendations for increasing inclusion and equity of voice among them.
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