Nomadic by nature? Contradictions and precarious work in Mongolian tourism

Shircliff, Jesse E.

doi:10.1080/02634937.2020.1736001

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“…To reap the eloquent outcome from the community participation initiative for inclusive growth, the challenges in power relations, finance, and cultural precepts shall be prioritized during planning and execution (Imbaya et al, 2019). A very unique study on integrating pastoralists (herding community) of Mongolia in tourism products by Shircliff (2020) reported that although tourism uses nomadism as a significant resource and has the potential to stipulate benefits and inclusive growth, the existing policies reflect precarious nature toward pastoralists. The study recommended greater cooperation of tourism businesses with pastoralists to foster sustainability and fairer inclusion.…”

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“…To achieve equitable and sustainable growth, the tourism industry needs to foster inclusive growth by tackling the issue of social injustice (Cahyadi et al, 2018). Promoting social justice, equity, and sustainability is a must to ensure a more just and responsible future for everyone concerned (Shircliff, 2020). Being efficiently managed and regulated by inclusive policies, tourism can promote social justice, reduce poverty, and strive for sustainable development (Bakker et al, 2020).…”

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Tourism-Led Inclusive Growth in Emerging and Developing Economies: A Systematic Literature Review

Bhatt,

Seabra,

Kumar

et al. 2024

Sage Open

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The focus of governments around the globe to accelerate economic growth through market-driven policies has resulted merely in increasing GDP while deterring certain groups from becoming a part of their development agenda. This turned the focus of leading international developmental communities toward the concept of inclusive growth that strives to reduce poverty and inequality by creating equitable and productive opportunities for all sections of society, including the often-excluded ones. Considering its profound and wide-ranging impacts on the destination’s economy, the tourism industry has been identified as a harbinger of inclusive growth. The conception of tourism-led inclusive growth remains contended in the academic literature. Therefore, as an attempt to contribute to the existing debate, the present study has been undertaken to explore the rapport between tourism and inclusive growth by systematically reviewing the scientific literature and the evolutionary nuances of this research field. The literature for this purpose was derived from the two most renowned databases viz. Scopus and Web of Science. The content analysis of 27 systematically selected articles performed in the present study highlighted a set of seven noteworthy research areas/themes and a variety of topics under each theme that shape the knowledge structure of the underlying research field. The overall analysis calls for further investigations in the tourism sectors of low-income nations to find significant empirical evidence that may validate the hypothesis of tourism-led inclusive growth and signals a need for evidence-based frameworks to harness inclusive growth through tourism development.

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Tourism-Led Inclusive Growth in Emerging and Developing Economies: A Systematic Literature Review

Bhatt,

Seabra,

Kumar

et al. 2024

Sage Open

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“…Furthermore, the precarity concept has also been applied within the tourism field to understand the precarious working conditions of workers (Baum et al, 2020; Cañada, 2018; Edralin, 2019; Lee et al, 2015; Shircliff, 2020). For instance, Lee et al writing specifically for Seychelles, point out that the international tourism industry in the country – even in a situation of high or growing demand – creates structurally driven precarity for tourism workers who are predominantly low-paid, low-skilled and increasingly recruited from overseas (Lee et al, 2015: 194).…”

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COVID-19, Politico-Economic Crises and the Precarity of Actors in the Tourism Industry in Kariba Resort Town, C 2000–2021

Matanzima

Nhiwatiwa

2022

Journal of Asian and African Studies

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The tourism industry sustains the economies of many nations across the globe through contributing to the Gross Domestic Products (GDP); creation of employment and infrastructure development. However, its sustainability is vulnerable to various temporal and spatial environmental, socio-economic and political events. In the Zimbabwe case, the politico-economic crises of the 2000s and the COVID-19 pandemic have variedly impacted on the prevalence of tourism with the actors (such as employees, tourists and recreational facility owners) involved in this industry having been seriously impacted. Using the precarity conceptual framework, this article critically analyses the impact of the politico-economic crises induced by the Fast Track Land Reform Programme of the early 2000s and the COVID-19 pandemic on the actors involved in tourism. Information regarding the impact of the political crises and COVID-19 pandemic on tourism in Kariba town is missing in the literature, yet Kariba is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Zimbabwe and Southern Africa. The article discusses the precarity of these tourism actors in the context of the politico-economic crises as well as the COVID-19 pandemic. We define ‘precarity’ as a condition of vulnerability and uncertainty. Our results indicate that for employees, these factors have resulted in uncertainty in the tourism business with some shutting down and others scaling down their operations resulting in redundancy and vulnerability of the workers. For tourists, the successive lockdowns and surge in COVID-19 cases in Zimbabwe resulted in (re)booking and (re)cancellation of bookings; the politico-economic crises resulted in fear among the potential clients and a drop in the number of international tourists. The recreational and accommodation service operators have had the challenge of making food (and other resources) orders for trips that are eventually cancelled due to the surge in the COVID-19 cases. The article draws from data gathered in 2021 through face-to-face interviews with different stakeholders in the tourism industry including employees, hotel and boat owners, Zimbabwe Tourism Authority officials and local politicians in Kariba resort town.

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From anatomic analogies to arrhythmic timescapes: roads and development in northern Mongolia

Reichhardt

2021

Central Asian Survey

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Nomadic by nature? Contradictions and precarious work in Mongolian tourism

Cited by 6 publications

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Tourism-Led Inclusive Growth in Emerging and Developing Economies: A Systematic Literature Review

Tourism-Led Inclusive Growth in Emerging and Developing Economies: A Systematic Literature Review

COVID-19, Politico-Economic Crises and the Precarity of Actors in the Tourism Industry in Kariba Resort Town, C 2000–2021

From anatomic analogies to arrhythmic timescapes: roads and development in northern Mongolia

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