Developing a Typology of Sustainable Tourism Partnerships

Selin, Steve

doi:10.1080/09669589908667339

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“…Although perhaps recognizing that stakeholders may have varying amounts of power -which will in turn have a disproportionate influence on tourism policy outcomes -the extent to which some groups may have systemically derived power that may result in favourable policy outcomes most of the time, is not considered. Other commentators (for example, Selin, 1999;Godfrey, 1998) provide assessments that rest on similar premises.…”

Section: Underdeveloped Political Resourcesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Tourism Partnerships and Small Firms

Thomas¹

2007

The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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Partnerships have been a central feature of the tourism public policy landscape in advanced capitalist countries for some time. The intuitively appealing argument is that, by sharing expertise and decision making, commitment to the local tourism project is ensured. By participating in partnership working, small firms – which are almost universally characteristic of the sector – are said to contribute to the form and competitiveness of the tourism offer. Drawing on a variety of sources, this paper argues that in most cases such assertions are misplaced because ‘partnerships’ organized by the public sector are often predicated on an inadequate conceptualization of small firms in tourism, fail to appreciate the importance and complexity of informal economic relations, and usually ignore the particular power relations at play in local tourism policy formation and change.

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Section: Underdeveloped Political Resourcesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Tourism Partnerships and Small Firms

Thomas¹

2007

The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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“…Additionally, it is argued that the community approach constitutes a necessary link between the economic growth and environmental protection approaches to sustainable tourism. That is simply due to the fact that relevant stakeholders have to represent and act in the interest of these perspectives in order to make "things happen" (Selin, 1999;Saarinen, 2006). Furthermore, community participation underpins meaningful interaction between "hosts and guests" in the process of tourism development (Beeton, 2006).…”

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confidence: 99%

Community-based tourism in practice: evidence from three coastal communities in Bohuslän, Sweden

Lindström

Larson

2016

Bulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series

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Abstract. Local involvement in tourism development is defined as a key issue for sustainable tourism, however it is often questioned and less seldom implemented in reality. Reasons behind this condition are lack of knowledge and practical experience on community-based tourism as a bottom-up approach. In this paper it is argued that local involvement in tourism development is both a democratic right and a strategic destination management tool. The paper scrutinizes a process of collaboration and local participation in a tourism development project within three coastal communities on the Swedish West Coast. A mixed-methods approach was employed in the project with the specific aim of investigating attitudes to the community and tourism development and of involving community stakeholders in exploring alternative avenues of tourism development. The article describes four phases of the process of local involvement in a tourism development project: step 1, formation of a representative project group and negotiation of community-based approach; step 2, consulting local stakeholders and employing a mixed-methods approach; step 3, elaborating results with local stakeholders; step 4, increased community collaboration.

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“…Defined as "a process of joint decision making among key stakeholders of a problem domain about the future of that domain" (Gray, cited in Jamal and Getz 1995, p. 188), collaboration has become an important element in tourism development despite insufficient understanding of the mechanisms of its implementation (Selin 1999). Collaboration is often 'forced', due to various circumstances such as disaster mitigation at the destination (Faulkner 2001).…”

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“…Gray (cited in Selin 1999) suggests that the characteristics of stakeholder collaboration be carefully verified. He puts forward the need to identify five important characteristics of stakeholder collaboration, namely a) the stakeholders are independent, b) differences are mutually accepted in a positive-constructive way, c) stakeholders have equal involvement in decisionmaking, d) collective responsibility is 'future-oriented', and e) collaboration is a process that can be initiated in situations of emergency.…”

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Lack of Stakeholder Partnerships in Destination Management: Lessons Learned from Labuan Bajo, Eastern Indonesia

Damanik¹

2016

AJTR

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Tourism development always involves many actors with different sectoral interests, and thus requires strong management. Efficient partnerships among the stakeholders are the prerequisites for this. This paper gives a case study of Labuan Bajo, Flores, Indonesia that demonstrates its lack of strong stakeholder partnerships. The location's problems include difficulty to access information about the destination's development, insufficient financing cooperation, unhealthy sectoral ego and less than professional management of tourist attractions, all of which have resulted in increased conflicts of vision among the stakeholders. The findings suggest that collaborative management is necessary. This type of management works on the basis of collective work among the stakeholders to manage their various differences in the same direction, and to explore mutual and productive strengths. To materialize collective management, the stakeholders should be encouraged to get fully involved in the decision-making process regarding objectives and strategies of destination management.

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Developing a Typology of Sustainable Tourism Partnerships

Cited by 136 publications

References 12 publications

Tourism Partnerships and Small Firms

Tourism Partnerships and Small Firms

Community-based tourism in practice: evidence from three coastal communities in Bohuslän, Sweden

Lack of Stakeholder Partnerships in Destination Management: Lessons Learned from Labuan Bajo, Eastern Indonesia

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