Collaboration and Partnership Development for Sustainable Tourism

Graci, Sonya

doi:10.1080/14616688.2012.675513

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“…Tourism has been perceived as a meaningful diversification of the economy. More importantly, tourism is professed as being able to alleviate poverty among the poor, the majority of whom live in tourism resource-rich areas [3][4][5]. Therefore, tourism becomes an ideal candidate for poverty alleviation in Botswana, due to its labour-intensive nature, which enables it to employ disadvantaged members of the community with very little formal training, e.g., women and youth.…”

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Poverty Alleviation through Pro-Poor Tourism: The Role of Botswana Forest Reserves

Manwa

2014

Sustainability

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Both government and international donor agencies now promote the use of tourism to alleviate poverty. The Botswana government has embraced tourism as a meaningful and sustainable economic activity and diversification opportunity, which now ranks second after mining in its contribution to the country's gross domestic product.The study reported in this paper investigates perceptions of stakeholders on the opportunities that would be created for the poor by opening up Botswana's forest reserves for ecotourism. Data was collected through mixed methods involving in-depth interviews with government departments, traditional leaders, quasi-government organisations and the Hospitality and Tourism Association of Botswana. Focus group discussions were also held with village development committees, Chobe Enclave Conservation Trust (CECT) and Kasane, Lesoma and Pandematenga Trust (KALEPA) members, and a consultative national workshop of stakeholders was also held. The findings indicate that opening up forest reserves for ecotourism has the potential to alleviate poverty among the disadvantaged groups living adjacent to forest reserves through direct (employment, small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)), secondary (linkages/partnerships) and dynamic effects (sustainable livelihoods). The study concludes by cautioning that whilst pro-poor tourism may yield short-and medium-term benefits, in keeping with sustainability objectives, participants in the programme need to be mindful of forestry encroachment and come up with strategies to ensure the sustainability of the Botswana forest reserves. OPEN ACCESSSustainability 2014, 6 5698

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Poverty Alleviation through Pro-Poor Tourism: The Role of Botswana Forest Reserves

Manwa

2014

Sustainability

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“…Aunque todos los modelos de forma unánime afirman que la cooperación y/o asociación formal entre los distintos stakeholders del destino es imprescindible para la búsqueda y consecución de la sostenibilidad del mismo (Albrecht, 2013;Garcia-Rosell y Makinen, 2013;Graci, 2013), la realidad es que poca investigación muestra cómo identificar, envolver y trabajar con los stakeholders más allá de los grandes stakeholders como los gobiernos, las grandes empresas o las asociaciones sectoriales o locales. Así, parece que es necesario profundizar en los procedimientos y procesos necesarios para incorporar a los stakeholders en la planificación y toma de decisiones del destino (Mustika et al, 2012), especialmente en lo que tiene que ver con los stakeholders de manera individual y colectiva, en lo que se denomina, como se ha mencionado previamente, "Community based action".…”

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“…En los cuatro destinos turísticos analizados en este estudio se pone de manifiesto la importancia de los stakeholders como elemento clave para el desarrollo de la sostenibilidad. Aunque en los modelos de medición de sostenibilidad sí que aparece la cooperación y/o asociación formal entre los distintos stakeholders (Albrecht 2013;Garcia-Rosell y Makinen 2013;Graci, 2013), hay que seguir en la línea de Mustika et al (2012), que señala que hay que profundizar en los procedimientos y procesos necesarios para incorporar a los stakeholders en la planificación y toma de decisiones.…”

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Competitiveness and sustainability of tourist destinations

Alonso‐Almeida¹,

Celemín-Pedroche²

2016

ESIC Market

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ResumenLa investigación de los últimos años ha puesto de manifiesto que para que un destino turístico sea competitivo tiene que ser sostenible en sentido económico, medioambiental y social. En la actualidad, en los modelos que analizan la competitividad de los destinos turísticos se hace hincapié en la importancia de los dos últimos aspectos. Este estudio tiene como objetivo el análisis de los principales modelos que se han desarrollado para la medición de la sostenibilidad en el sector turismo. El análisis de estos modelos pone de manifiesto una serie de carencias en las que se profundiza en este estudio. Adicionalmente se analizan las iniciativas que se están desarrollando en destinos tanto maduros como emergentes en términos de sostenibilidad para ser competitivos. Finalmente, en este estudio se concluye que los modelos tienen que ser aplicables en cualquier destino turístico; se destaca la importancia de los intangibles y de las redes sociales como factores potenciales de la sostenibilidad y la necesidad de la integración de los stakeholders y de la Administración pública en la planificación de la sostenibilidad.Palabras clave: Destino sostenible, turismo sostenible, competitividad, modelos sostenibles, factores de sostenibilidad.Códigos JEL: Z32. Esic Market Economics and Business Journal IntroducciónEl turismo ha experimentado un continuo crecimiento y una gran diversificación durante décadas, representando una de las mayores fuentes de ingresos en un amplio número de países. En la actualidad, el turismo se relaciona estrechamente

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“…"In addition, their close partnership with investors of tourism destinations through provision of environmental training and informing tourists about sustainability and mitigation of negative effects of tourism can also play a pivotal role in this regard" [9]- [11]. "Hence, tourism sustainability at local and regional levels can be achieved through prioritizing key objectives and participation of all agents for provision of tourism products" [12]. "Further, strengthening and developing relations with private sector investors and local organizations in tourist destinations can boost the productivity of these destinations and guarantee the sustainability of tourism in those areas" [13], [14].…”

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Impact of Empowering Local Stakeholders in Tourism Development and Sustainability of Marginal Rural Settlements in Iran

Naser¹,

Haratifard²

2017

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

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The involvement and cooperation of local stakeholders in tourism activities in rural settlements and tourism destinations not only attracts more tourists, but also develops infrastructure, income distribution, and wealth generation, and consequently the sustainability of these marginal rural settlements. In Iran, however, the role of local stakeholders in policy making for the development of tourism has not been clearly defined. Thus, scant attention has been paid to the empowering of local stakeholders of tourism in policymaking. Against this backdrop, this study adopts a descriptiveanalytical method to explore the impacts of empowering local stakeholders of tourism on the development and sustainability of rural settlements and tourist destinations in the marginal areas of Tehran and Alborz. To assess sustainability and development of marginal rural settlements, rural development factors in areas such as environmental, ecological, social, economic and physicalinfrastructural dimensions were analysed. Also, the variable of empowering local stakeholders of tourism was measured in terms of 10 indicators, including education and awareness-raising, knowledge, skills and human resource development, access to financial resources, competence, and meaningfulness, self-determination, confidence, effectiveness, institutionalization, cooperation and collaboration and their subscales. The results revealed that the empowerment of local stakeholders affected tourism development and sustainability of rural settlements and tourist destination in marginal areas under study. However, 5 indicators of knowledge, skills and human resource development, competence, and meaningfulness, self-determination, and effectiveness were unable to explain sustainability and development in rural settlements. Thus, focus on these 5 indicators and their reinforcement along with other indicators among local stakeholders of tourism will increase their role in the development of rural settlements.

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Collaboration and Partnership Development for Sustainable Tourism

Cited by 178 publications

References 24 publications

Poverty Alleviation through Pro-Poor Tourism: The Role of Botswana Forest Reserves

Poverty Alleviation through Pro-Poor Tourism: The Role of Botswana Forest Reserves

Competitiveness and sustainability of tourist destinations

Impact of Empowering Local Stakeholders in Tourism Development and Sustainability of Marginal Rural Settlements in Iran

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