Political risk analysis and tourism

Poirier, Robert A.

doi:10.1016/s0160-7383(97)00019-4

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“…It seems to be valid for tourism as well; since governments in developing countries have seen tourism as a relatively easy, e!ective and cheap instrument to achieve export-led industrialisation as a core principle of free market economy recommended by international donor agencies (Tosun, 1998c). That is why, developing countries recognised that tourism is too important to leave to the market, and governmental posts at the cabinet level were created to develop, monitor and administer tourism policy (Poirier, 1997). That is to say, planning and management of tourism has been centralised in a way that can contribute to achieving pre-determined governments' objectives.…”

Section: E Centralization Of Public Administration Of Tourismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Limits to community participation in the tourism development process in developing countries

2000

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This study deals with a normative concept of participatory development approach, which originates in the developed world. In particular, it analyses and explains the limitations to the participatory tourism development approach in the context of developing countries. It was found that there are operational, structural and cultural limits to community participation in the TDP in many developing countries although they do not equally exist in every tourist destination. Moreover, while these limits tend to exhibit higher intensity and greater persistence in the developing world than in the developed world, they appear to be a re#ection of prevailing socio-political, economic and cultural structure in many developing countries. On the other hand, it was also found that although these limitations may vary over time according to types, scale and levels of tourism development, the market served, and cultural attributes of local communities, forms and scale of tourism developed are beyond the control of local communities. It concludes that formulating and implementing the participatory tourism development approach requires a total change in sociopolitical, legal, administrative and economic structure of many developing countries, for which hard political choices and logical decisions based on cumbersome social, economic and environmental trade-o!s are sine qua non alongside deliberate help, collaboration and co-operation of major international donor agencies, NGOs, international tour operators and multinational companies.

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Section: E Centralization Of Public Administration Of Tourismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Limits to community participation in the tourism development process in developing countries

2000

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“…This work from the 1980s was groundbreaking not only because it dealt with Ghanaian and West African issues but extrapolated concepts of conflict in such a way that it could be understood and adapted in many other regions of the world (e.g. Harrison, 1995;Narayan, 2004;Poirier, 1997;Salazar, 2008). An extension of his work on African geopolitics was his ongoing examination of regional cooperation in Africa.…”

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confidence: 99%

A pioneer Africanist in tourism studies: a portrait of Victor B. Teye

Timothy

Paris

2016

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“…Additional studies tested the effects of dramatic events and terror on travel willingness and risk perceptions (Larsen, Brun, Ogaard, & Selstad, 2007). In general, research on risk in tourism has focused on customers' perceptions of risk in relation to various aspects of travel and leisure, for instance, perceived risk in adventure tourism (e.g., Callander & Page, 2003), perceptions of political risks and tourism (e.g., Poirier, 1997), risk-taking behaviors of tourists (e.g., Uriely & Belhassen, 2006), or subjective risks of tourists (e.g., Larsen et al, 2007). A distinct stream of literature has also addressed risk factors of event management (e.g., Laybourn, 2004).…”

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confidence: 99%