The perceived impact of tourism development and sustainable strategies for residents of Varkala, South India

Saluja, Vidhi; Anand, Sridhar; Peng, Jian; Kumar, Harish

doi:10.1016/j.ijgeop.2022.03.003

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“…Some studies about economic sustainability focused topic of "economic sustainability" are more connected to the management dynamics of supply side, while analyzing the pertinent characteristics of visitors, to better ascertain the impact of tourism on the local community and ensuring alternative strategies of livelihood. A good example is India's first National Geopark, in Varkala cliffs, a well-established tourism destination, for both domestic and international travelers, that constitutes the major source of livelihood for the local communities, despite the issues related to seasonality [11]. In this vein, dinosaur fossils provide a potential resource for remote-region economic development through commoditization as a new tourism attraction and new tourism services [7].…”

Section: Economic Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Regarding the factors that influence the attractiveness of a DT routes, authors suggest some, as for example the proximity to other tourism attractions and tourism segments [5,7,10] physical infrastructures, location description, access, attractions, promotion, accommodation, or history of the place [11,13,17].…”

Section: Economic Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Environmental issues are also very important to evaluate sustainability. Several authors [2,9,11,27,49] refer that the development of sustainable tourism should be based on the suitable usage of natural resources and the cautious improvement of natural processes of the sites. In terms of DT routes, several authors mention the importance of the environmental issues, that need to be balanced in order to protect natural resources and assure that new investments can provide both biodiversity conservation and positive economic impacts for the local community.…”

Section: Environmental Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Several authors [3,5,8,9,10] mention that sustainability is a strategic goal and need to be achieved by all tourism destinations, besides their scale of geographical area. To accomplish this goal, destinations need to amend the objectives of tourism, as a facilitator of cross-cultural commitment, ecological enjoyment, and spiritual improvement rather than selfish and hedonistic modes of tourism [10,11]. Sustainability is one of the main competitive factors for tourism destinations, creating value for tourists and to the overall community [7,11].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…To accomplish this goal, destinations need to amend the objectives of tourism, as a facilitator of cross-cultural commitment, ecological enjoyment, and spiritual improvement rather than selfish and hedonistic modes of tourism [10,11]. Sustainability is one of the main competitive factors for tourism destinations, creating value for tourists and to the overall community [7,11]. In addition, sustainable tourism becomes a comparative advantage that prompts economic growth, within a bidirectional relationship between the two variables [12].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Sustainable Drive Tourism Routes: A Systematic Literature Review

Cruz¹,

Almeida²,

Almeida³

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Drive tourism (DT) have become an attractive way of tourist destination for an increasing number of visitors along driving routes. This flow of visitors has made sustainability a major issue that is, the way by which tourism development ensure economic benefits for local communities and preserves local identity, along the route, without compromising the environmental resources. Many studies focused the topic of DT, mainly the analysis of a particular angle, either be economic sustainability, e.g., advantages of the ones related to economic and environment sustainability [e.g., 2,4,5,10], such as the impact of tourists along the route environment. Nevertheless, little attention has been paid to the social consequences of DT in the local entrepreneurial environment and ensuing over enhancing of their cultural representativeness in terms of authenticity. Our aim is to summon these points of view and achieve, through a systematic literature review, a clear and integrative picture of the driving tourism impacts in terms of sustainability along the routes throughout local communities. A systematic literature review was performed using the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) methodology. This systematic literature review sought to consolidate knowledge on the subject. In order to illustrate the link between major categories and their corresponding trends, authors used VOSviewer scientific software. The gathering of existing knowledge around the three components of sustainability highlighted the importance of community involvement and collaboration among DT stakeholders to ensure a trade-off between the protection and promotion of DT routes. Opportunities for future studies are suggested.

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Section: Economic Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Economic Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Environmental Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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A phenomenological study of tourists' categories in the Indian Himalayan Region

Chandra

2024

Journal of Tourism Research

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Tourists visiting the Indian Himalayan Region are categorized from an etic perspective; consequently, they are considered akin to the nature and congruity of the regional destinations. However, evidence indicates that an aberration has occurred in the region's tourism activities, adversely influencing the host communities' cultural and social context. From an emic perspective, this paper presents a new categorization of visiting tourists in the region. This research took a phenomenological stance, and 34 in‐depth interviews were conducted to collect the primary data. Subsequently, a thematic analysis was performed to analyze data. Findings demonstrate that, due to an aberration in the form of tourists, the cultural and social order of the region is experiencing antithetical issues, and host communities are becoming skeptical about the sector's existing tourism model and revenue aspirations; therefore, conflicts are intensifying between tourism development and revenue aspirations in the region. The study concludes by proposing future research directions.

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