The critical role of a lead institution in ecotourism management: a case of dual governance in Belum-Temengor, Malaysia

Gan, Joo-Ee; Nair, Vik­neswaran; Hamzah, Amran

doi:10.1080/19407963.2018.1516076

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“…J. van Beukering, Scherl, et al, 2007;Yusof, Muda, Amin, & Ibrahim, 2013). Future research on conservation tourism governance in Raja Ampat can learn from challenges experienced in other countries, such as Malaysia, Thailand, and The Philippines, such as ambiguous and overlapping regulations, inconsistencies with local settings (Hussin, Kunjuraman, & Weirowski, 2015;Oracion, Miller, & Christie, 2005;Thuy, 2016), transparency and accountability (Mohammed, 2010), exclusion of locals from decision-making in planning (Johari, Ramachandran, Shuib, & Herman, 2015), and poor coordination in multi-actor and multilevel governance (Gan, Nair, & Hamzah, 2019;Marzuki, Rofe, & Mohd Hashim, 2014). Others point to rising equity challenges resulting from marine conservation tourism issues, including power dissymmetry among local actors in decision-making (Gier, Christie, & Amolo, 2017), equitable cost and benefit-sharing at different governance levels (Othman & Zin, 2013), differences in benefits between conservation tourism actors (Ariffin & Yen, 2017;Pusiran & Xiao, 2013) and between localities in conservation tourism destinations (van Beukering, Cacatian, Stellinga, Sultanian, & Leisher, 2007).…”

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Governing Dynamics in Marine Conservation Tourism in Raja Ampat, Indonesia

Atmodjo

Lamers

Mol

2019

Tourism Planning & Development

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This paper examines how governance arrangements for marine conservation tourism in the new regency of Raja Ampat, Indonesia, have evolved as a result of Indonesia's decentralization policy and what role NGOs have played in this process. The analysis shows that over a period of two decades NGOs have played a major co-governance role by informing and mobilizing local communities, by establishing and managing marine protected areas, as well as by supporting the technical and financial capacity of the newly established regional government of Raja Ampat. Over time a patchwork of non-state governance and open co-governance arrangements in marine conservation tourism transformed into more integrated closed co-governance arrangements, in which state authority became more important. NGOs, however, continue to play a pivotal role in marine conservation tourism governance arrangements, even now that a recentralization in Indonesia's marine conservation governance is likely to take place.

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Governing Dynamics in Marine Conservation Tourism in Raja Ampat, Indonesia

Atmodjo

Lamers

Mol

2019

Tourism Planning & Development

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“…However, in addition to natural preconditions and local initiative, a leading institution (government) has a critical role to play in building and managing an effective and sustainable ecotourism system, e.g., by promoting the region, regulating tourism flows, and solving problematic issues (i.e., waste management) [91,92].…”

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Socio-Economic Effects of National Park Governance and Management: Lessons from Post-Socialist Era Estonia

Järv

Ward

Raet

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Despite the significant increase in protected territory globally, there is a common understanding that the designation of protected areas alone does not guarantee their effectiveness nor halt the loss of biodiversity. In addition to biodiversity conservation, protected areas are expected to perform a number of other functions, such as provide ecosystem services and improve local socio-economic conditions. Therefore, the need to strive towards mixed, decentralized conservation management and stakeholder involvement is increasingly emphasized. Although there is limited research, it has been noted that protected areas have not served wider objectives effectively enough. The current study provides insight concerning socio-economic effects of different governance and management practices of protected areas based on perceptions of residents and stakeholders of five national parks of Estonia. It was found that conservation status has an important impact on local socio-economic conditions largely depending on governance and management practices, resulting in both, positive and negative effects. It was concluded that the centralization of nature conservation and the abolition of protected area administrations have led to a gradual distancing of nature conservation from local conditions and the population, causing concern about the preservation of the living environment.

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“…Many studies conducted in the samples of local residents and other stakeholders conclude that ecotourism in protected areas generates income and yields benefits for local residents (Baker 1997;Green & Higginbottom 2000;Landell-Mills & Porras 2002;Christ, Hillel, Matus & Sweeting, 2004;Ezebilo & Mattsson 2010;Gan, Nair & Hamzah, 2019;Mu, Nepal & Lai 2019;Puri, Karanth & Thapa. 2019;Tretiakova, Brankov, Petrović, Syromiatnikova, Radovanović & Yakovlev, 2019).…”

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Local People’s Perception of Ecotourism: the Case of Salda Lake

Yayla

Çinbilgel

Dağdelen

2021

ABET

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The present research was carried out in the sample of Salda Lake in Turkey in order to determine the perception of local residents about cultural, economic and environmental effects of ecotourism and to identify the effect of these variables on their support for tourism development in the region. In the research, it was concluded that cultural, economic and environmental effects of ecotourism act as an antecedent of the support by local people residing around Salda Lake on tourism development in the region. In addition, the local people’s length of residence in the region creates a moderating effect in the relationship between cultural, economic and environmental effects of tourism and the residents’ support for tourism development. The research findings provide suggestions to tourism planners, destination management organizations (DMO) and academicians studying in the context of tourism literature.

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The critical role of a lead institution in ecotourism management: a case of dual governance in Belum-Temengor, Malaysia

Cited by 11 publications

References 49 publications

Governing Dynamics in Marine Conservation Tourism in Raja Ampat, Indonesia

Governing Dynamics in Marine Conservation Tourism in Raja Ampat, Indonesia

Socio-Economic Effects of National Park Governance and Management: Lessons from Post-Socialist Era Estonia

Local People’s Perception of Ecotourism: the Case of Salda Lake

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