Social Capital and Social Competence in the Creation of Human Capital for Community Based Tourism (CBT) in Malaysia: The Case of Rural Womenns Entrepreneurship in the Homestay Program

Bakar, Saridan Abu

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“…The concept of social capital is obligations and expectations, information, and social norms that explain behavior, potential resources possessed by individuals in dealing with other people (Osman & Saridan, 2014). On the other hand, social competence is the overall ability to interact effectively with other people.…”

Section: Definition Of Communitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Community Perception of Sustainable Tourism Destination Management and Development

Latjuba¹,

Sari²

2022

Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research

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Understanding and assessing the public view of the existence of a tourist destination is essential to maintain the sustainability of the tourism industry of any type. This paper focuses more on coastal tourism or ecotourism. Ecotourism contributes to preserving natural landscapes and can be used as an alternative livelihood for coastal communities. This study aims to identify and analyze the public perception of the community at Kampa Beach as a tourist destination on the tourism potential development plan in the area. A community-based tourism approach in managing and developing tourism is offered to the community in Wawonii Island, Konawe Islands Regency, Southeast Sulawesi. The research methodology used is a mixed method of ethnographic fieldwork consisting of observation and semi-structured interviews with a small group of selected informants representing the community and content analysis of selected relevant documents from reputable national and international journals obtained from the Internet. The result shows that positive public perception of the potential of touristic destinations is directly proportional to the enthusiasm of various stakeholders involved despite insufficient community-based tourism. Weaknesses and shortcomings still exist in several areas. However, Kampa Beach has the potential to become a sustainable tourist destination.

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Section: Definition Of Communitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Community Perception of Sustainable Tourism Destination Management and Development

Latjuba¹,

Sari²

2022

Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research

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“…Several studies have shown that social factors affect the economic progress of poor communities (Morris, 1998;Knack and Keefer, 1996;Solow, 1995;Osman and Abubakar, 2014). Macbeth et al (2004) noted that the concept of social capital encompasses both the political and cultural capital of a community.…”

Section: Community Social Capitalmentioning

confidence: 99%

Safari tourism and its role in sustainable poverty eradication in East Africa: the case of Kenya

Maingi

2021

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Purpose Globally, poverty has been a persistent problem despite decades of unprecedented growth. The purpose of this paper is to deliberate on a sustainable livelihoods and poverty eradication approach in an African context. Design/methodology/approach The paper aims to bridge the gaps in poverty eradication strategies in East Africa by examining recent literature on livelihoods approaches and poverty eradication approaches. Findings Safari tourism is one way of connecting poor communities in Kenya to the tourism industry. The development of community conservancies in Kenya presents yet more opportunities for communities to be integrated with the sector. The Africanization of the tourism sector in Kenya is a priority, as communities embrace tourism and poverty eradication measures. Practical implications There is a need for the Safari tourism sector to integrate the local community’s indigenous knowledge systems, community social capital and the community’s natural capital with tourism product development and diversification. Originality/value The paper draws on applied research and technical analysis of the unique opportunities for enhancing sustainable poverty eradication through the tourism sector in East Africa and, more particularly, a Kenyan context.

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“…The development of human capacity plays a crucial role in homestay operations given that the majority of visitors are international tourists as discussed in Chapter 3. Having hospitality and English skills enables them to host and communicate with these international tourists effectively (Osman & Bakar, 2014). Having strong human capital which is gained from being trained by the government and NGOs, opens opportunities for the operators to gain strong social capital.…”

Section: -The Implications Of Livelihood Capitals On Homestay Tourismmentioning

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An Examination of Rural Homestay Operations through the Lens of the Sustainable Livelihood Framework: A Case Study of Phou Khao Khouay National Park Community-Based Tourism (PKK NP CBT), Lao PDR

Pasanchay¹

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<p>In many developing countries, Community-Based Tourism (CBT) is regarded as a sustainable tourism development tool as well as a catalyst for rural community development through the involvement of local people and the improvement of the standard of living. To extend the involvement of the local community in CBT, homestay tourism is a form of operation unit and its concept aims to facilitate individual household social-cultural and economic benefit from CBT directly. Although homestays are widely regarded as providing better livelihoods directly to the homestay operators, it is not clear to what extent homestay operations actually contribute to the sustainable livelihood of homestay operators when considering the wider livelihood implications. This research seeks to explore this gap by analysing homestay operators through the lens of Sustainable Livelihood theory (Scoones, 1998). This research adopts a post-positivist paradigm with qualitative methodology. Taking a case study approach, semi-structured interviews and observations were employed to collect primary data from community leaders, heads and deputy heads of the tourist guides, and homestay operators themselves. Results of the study found that although homestay tourism was initially established by the government. The study also found the main characteristics of the homestay operation are in a small size with a limitation of bedrooms, and a few family members involved in hosting tourists, which are husband, wife, and an adult child. All of these people are unpaid labour but receive benefits from the sharing of food and shelter. The study also uncovered that cash-based income, gender empowerment enhancement, and environmental enhancement were the positive impacts of homestay tourism on the livelihoods of the homestay operators, and these positive livelihood outcomes were in line with the original sustainable livelihood framework. In addition, cultural revitalisation was found as an emerged indicator of the sustainable livelihood outcomes, which was used to extend the revised framework. However, the study discovered that opportunity costs, culture shock, and conflict with villagers were negative implications affecting sustainable livelihood outcomes of the homestay operators. The revised Sustainable Livelihood Framework (SLF) suggests that if these negative implications are mitigated, the overall livelihood outcomes will be even greater. The results of this study are expected to provide a deeper understanding of how the impacts of homestay tourism on the sustainable livelihood of the homestay operators.</p>

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Social Capital and Social Competence in the Creation of Human Capital for Community Based Tourism (CBT) in Malaysia: The Case of Rural Womenns Entrepreneurship in the Homestay Program

Cited by 5 publications

References 31 publications

Community Perception of Sustainable Tourism Destination Management and Development

Community Perception of Sustainable Tourism Destination Management and Development

Safari tourism and its role in sustainable poverty eradication in East Africa: the case of Kenya

An Examination of Rural Homestay Operations through the Lens of the Sustainable Livelihood Framework: A Case Study of Phou Khao Khouay National Park Community-Based Tourism (PKK NP CBT), Lao PDR

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