Organising for community-based tourism: Comparing attitudes of local residents and local tourism entrepreneurs in Ravna Gora, Croatia

Ðurkin, Jelena; Perić, Marko

doi:10.1177/0269094217734811

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“…revenue streams such as public funding and trading income (Perry and Alcock, 2010; Sonnino and Griggs-Trevarthen, 2013); volunteers and paid staff (Wallace et al., 2015) and internal (within their own community) and external resources (Lang and Fink, 2019; Richter, 2019; Vestrum et al., 2017). The reviewed studies show that in order to do this, rural social enterprises must have the ability to interact with different stakeholders such as public authorities, private sector and third sector organisations (Đurkin, and Perić, 2017; Liddle et al., 2012; O’Shaughnessy and O’Hara, 2016) and to act both within formal and informal networks (Haugh, 2007). Therefore, it seems beneficial to have a wide variety of stakeholders, i.e.…”

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Rural social enterprises in Europe: A systematic literature review

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Olmedo²,

O’Shaughnessy³

2020

Local Economy

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There is a growing perception that social enterprises represent a significant solution to the range of contemporary challenges facing rural areas across Europe. However, while much of the existing studies of European rural social enterprises provide a rich insight into specific case studies, as of yet, there is no comprehensive review of the breadth of research currently published on rural social enterprises in Europe. We respond to this gap by providing a systematic literature review incorporating 66 studies of rural social enterprise in Europe. We highlight the range of research in this field and demonstrate how the organisations act as key actors in fulfilling needs of rural areas that are not met otherwise. This systematic literature review confirms that rural social enterprises are characterised by strong local involvement with an ability to combine different goals and resources. Based on this review, we suggest that the rural and local contexts, often combined with tailored external support, are important factors in enabling rural social enterprises. This review also indicates that the academic field is relatively young and rapidly growing, leaving room for new lines of potential research to improve our understanding of these enterprises and their contribution to the development of rural places.

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confidence: 99%

Rural social enterprises in Europe: A systematic literature review

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Olmedo²,

O’Shaughnessy³

2020

Local Economy

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“…The current research on the subject of stakeholders in tourism concerns in particular: analysis of the role of social participation in stimulating tourism development [36][37][38], identification and learning the attitudes of key stakeholders towards tourism development [39][40][41][42][43][44], analyses of their level of involvement in tourism development [10,13,45], factors determining the level of involvement [12,46] and conditions needed to support effective partnership [47]. Despite a growing interest in this issue and observing the need to involve local stakeholders in the development of tourism, the level of such involvement in the practice of many regions is low [13].…”

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Stakeholders engagement for solving mobility problems in touristic remote areas from the Baltic Sea Region

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Stakeholder participation is particularly important when dealing with mobility problems in touristic remote areas, in which there is a need to find sustainable solutions to increase transport accessibility. However, the literature lacks research linking the issues of establishing stakeholder groups with the most desirable level of involvement and methods ensuring involvement on the indicated level. The aim of the paper is to fill this gap on example of project dedicated to six Baltic Sea Regions. In the first stage key stakeholder groups were identified, then different methods and tools were proposed depending on levels of engagement of given group of stakeholders on solving the problems of local mobility. Two research methods were implemented–the case study and the content analysis of documents. The results of the research point to the existence of five key groups of stakeholders interested in solving transport problems of touristic remote areas: authorities, business and service operators, residents, visitors and others (like experts and NGOs). Among the five–authorities and business representatives–should be to a higher degree engaged. However, the main conclusion is that engagement local government units, when developing their own, long-term strategies for social participation, should adapt the selection of participation methods and techniques to a specific target group and the desired level of their involvement so as to include stakeholders in the co-decision processes as effectively as possible and achieve effective regional co-management.

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“…Further to these arguments, research carried out in Croatia asserts that CBT should be developed through a holistic and comprehensive approach with emphasis on an all-inclusive community participation at all levels of development. Indeed, if developed well, CBT can significantly improve the circumstances of local communities through empowerment and promoting greater economic and social benefits to individuals and organizations [44].…”

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Community-Based Tourism and Sustainable Development of Rural Regions in Kenya; Perceptions of the Citizenry

Juma

Khademi-Vidra

2019

Sustainability

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Community-Based Tourism (CBT) has been pushed as one of the strategies for poverty alleviation and it might enhance the sustainability of marginalized regions and communities. However, tourism has also been argued to carry seeds for its own destruction and therefore presents a great dilemma and developmental paradox. This research sought to establish perceptions of the citizenry towards community-based tourism as a sustainable development strategy for rural regions in Kenya.The study focused on the awareness levels of CBT, and perceived contributions of CBT to the socio-economic and physical sustainability of rural regions in Kenya. A descriptive research design was adopted with a sample of 395 respondents. Data collected were collated and analyzed using SPSS 25 and Nvivo 12. Findings revealed that agriculture and other economic activities can be integrated with tourism and hospitality to deliver sustainable development in rural regions given the vast resources and attributes ideal for CBT. The majority of the respondents were noted to have a fair understanding of what CBT entails and thus calling for more capacity building, training and appropriate technical support to unlock the full potential of CBT as a sustainable development strategy. Overall results showed favorable perceptions towards CBT as a tool that can contribute to the sustainability of the socio-economic and physical environments in Kenya's rural region.

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Organising for community-based tourism: Comparing attitudes of local residents and local tourism entrepreneurs in Ravna Gora, Croatia

Cited by 23 publications

References 31 publications

Rural social enterprises in Europe: A systematic literature review

Rural social enterprises in Europe: A systematic literature review

Stakeholders engagement for solving mobility problems in touristic remote areas from the Baltic Sea Region

Community-Based Tourism and Sustainable Development of Rural Regions in Kenya; Perceptions of the Citizenry

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