Indigenous and democratic decision-making: issues from community-based ecotourism in the Boumā National Heritage Park, Fiji

Farrelly, Trisia

doi:10.1080/09669582.2011.553390

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“…Much of this criticism pays special attention to the unequal relationships of power that hide behind participation mechanisms (Addison, 1996;Butcher, 2007Butcher, , 2011Jamal & Getz, 1999;Joppe, 1996;Liu, 2003;Lyall, 2011;Salazar, 2011;Scheyvens, 1999;Telfer & Sharpley, 2008;Tosun, 2000Tosun, , 2006Vargas del Río, 2010). Also, the application of western models of participation to non-western societies has been branded ethnocentric (Farrelly, 2011;Nault & Stapleton, 2011). In recent years, there has even been debate over the direct relationship between participatory processes and a proper distribution of benefits: a link that had, until recently, been deemed irrefutable (Li, 2006;Simpson, 2008;Wang, Yang, Chen, Yang, & Li, 2010;Ying & Zhou, 2007).…”

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confidence: 98%

The limitations of community-based tourism as an instrument of development cooperation: the value of the Social Vocation of the Territory concept

Gascón

2013

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

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Section: Local Participation In Decision-makingmentioning

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The limitations of community-based tourism as an instrument of development cooperation: the value of the Social Vocation of the Territory concept

Gascón

2013

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

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“…Protected Areas (PAs) are mentioned in 537 articles, national parks in 513 and World Heritage Areas are discussed in 388 papers. The focus of research has always been diverse, including, for example, visitor perceptions and values (Winter, 2007), market segmentation , monitoring of visitors and their impacts (Obua, 1997), issues of access (McIntyre, Jenkins, & Booth, 2001), governance and planning (Eagles, 2009), community-based tourism and indigenous interests (Farrelly, 2011), and park management (Buckley, 2003).…”

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Protected Areas in an era of global–local change

Becken

Job

2014

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

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This review article advances debate and research on the global-local nexus that shapes, and increasingly determines, the existence of Protected Areas (PAs) and their function as areas of high conservation value as well as tourism destinations. The demands on PAs have grown from an initial focus on facilitating recreation experiences and species and habitat protection, to more inclusive and participatory approaches that seek to safeguard ecological services whilst also supporting regional and national livelihoods. We propose that the simultaneous analysis of global and local drivers of change will generate a deeper understanding of impact processes and response implications. To this end, a draft framework for better understanding the global-local nexus of PAs is developed and tested through a Delphi sketching approach to 20 experts in least developed, newly industrialised and developed countries. Key challenges, implications and opportunities for PA management and governance, and for tourism development at local and global levels (and their interactions), are discussed in follow-up papers to this review, including research priority areas, the measurement of tourism numbers, economic impact modelling, private PAs, the changing roles of zoning, the need for flexible, inclusive and accountable governance structures, and for better understanding of tourist behavioural change mechanisms.

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“…Other investigations into empowerment have included local decision-making practices and issues of community members living in a Heritage Park in Fiji (Farrelly, 2011) and the challenges that are associated with the transformation of contemporary tourism economy and ownership in South Africa (Rogerson, 2004). Farrelly's (2011) paper identified a lack of formal education and perceptions of weak leadership from locals which contributed to an inability for community members to make fully informed decisions in community-based ecotourism leaving them politically disempowered.…”

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Indigenous ecotourism in the Mayan rainforest of Palenque: empowerment issues in sustainable development

Ramos

Prideaux

2013

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

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Indigenous ecotourism in the Mayan rainforest has received little research attention. This study examines issues related to the level of empowerment in a Mayan village located near the Palenque World Heritage Site in southern Mexico. An adapted empowerment framework was used to assess community empowerment and its relationship with stakeholders' participation by collecting the views of internal and external stakeholders in indigenous ecotourism. Using a checklist of 60 empowerment indicators, the study developed a wheel of empowerment tool that graphically illustrates and compares levels of empowerment/disempowerment in local communities. Results indicate that although there is a will from many villagers to participate in tourism, lack of knowledge, limited economic resources and the poor negotiation skills of local leaders have disempowered the community from undertaking ecotourism ventures. Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) have not supported the community until recently, the private sector has played little part, and while the Mexican government is shaping the course of indigenous ecotourism with support programmes, state agencies have resisted local ecotourism development. Overall, the community fell below the midpoint on the Wheel of Empowerment Scale. These findings show a need for more effective empowerment strategies to maximise community involvement in managing cultural and natural resources for tourism development.

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Indigenous and democratic decision-making: issues from community-based ecotourism in the Boumā National Heritage Park, Fiji

Cited by 77 publications

References 21 publications

The limitations of community-based tourism as an instrument of development cooperation: the value of the Social Vocation of the Territory concept

The limitations of community-based tourism as an instrument of development cooperation: the value of the Social Vocation of the Territory concept

Protected Areas in an era of global–local change

Indigenous ecotourism in the Mayan rainforest of Palenque: empowerment issues in sustainable development

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