Tourism Chains and Pro-poor Tourism Development: An Actor-Network Analysis of a Pilot Project in Costa Rica

Duim, V.R. van der; Caalders, J.D.A.D.

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“…In such a situation, the increasing number of tourist arrivals leads to an increase in household income for the local communities. Developing countries are blessed with tourism resources which can create wealth among the local people, such as the beaches in Costa Rica (Duim & Caalders 2008), the tea heritage tourism in Sri Lanka (Aslam & Jolliffe 2015), and cultural tourism in Mae Hong Son province of northern Thailand (Lacher & Nepal 2010).…”

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The Impact of the Rural Environment and Environmental Conservation on Poverty Alleviation: The Moderating Effect of Tourism Resources

Wasudawan

Ab-Rahim²

2019

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The rural environment adds value to the countryside that provides socio-economic development while environmental conservation draws attention to the locals protecting the environment from deforestation. In line with the Stakeholder Theory, this study examines the impact of the rural environment and environmental conservation on poverty alleviation; tourism resources are used as a moderator to measure the strength of endogenous and exogenous variables. Data was collected from 520 respondents in Kuching and Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia. Partial Least Square-Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) was used to analyse the hypotheses. The results of the study indicate that tourism contributes to an increase in the household income of locals; however, there is a negative relationship between rural environment, tourism resources and poverty alleviation due to the high cost of private transportation to the rural areas. The results imply that the improvement inaccessibility of public transportation to the rural areas would increase the use of tourism resources and tourist arrivals, and enhance the well-being of local communities. This study also contributes to the literature on rural environment, environmental conservation, tourism resources, poverty alleviation and Stakeholder Theory. ABSTRAKPersekitaran luar bandar memberi nilai tambah sosio-ekonomi penduduk di kawasan desa, sementara pemuliharaan alam sekitar menarik perhatian penduduk tempatan dalam melindungi alam sekitar dari penebangan hutan. Selaras dengan teori pemangku kepentingan, kajian ini mengkaji kesan persekitaran luar bandar dan pemuliharaan alam sekitar terhadap pembasmian kemiskinan serta sumber pelancongan yang digunakan sebagai moderator untuk mengukur kekuatan pembolehubah endogen and eksogen. Data dikumpul daripada 520 responden dari Kuching dan Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia. Perisian PLS-SEM telah digunakan untuk menganalisis hasil hipotesis. Hasil kajian menunjukkan pelancongan menyumbang kepada penduduk tempatan dalam meningkatkan pendapatan isi rumah. Walaubagaimanapun, terdapat hubungan negatif terhadap pembasmian kemiskinan akibat kos pengangkutan swasta ke kawasan luar bandar adalah tinggi. Kajian ini memberi implikasi bahawa perkhidmatan pengangkutan awam ke kawasan luar bandar dapat meningkatkan penggunaan sumber pelancongan, ketibaan pelancong dan membasmi kemiskinan. Kajian ini juga memberi sumbangan kepada teori pemangku kepentingan dan kesusasteraan pro-miskin pelancongan.Kata kunci: Impak persekitaran; sumber pelancongan; pembasmian kemiskinan; pembangunan pelancongan; teori pemangku kepentingan

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The Impact of the Rural Environment and Environmental Conservation on Poverty Alleviation: The Moderating Effect of Tourism Resources

Wasudawan

Ab-Rahim²

2019

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“…A study in Costa Rica and the Netherlands have concluded that tourism contributes to communities' livelihood, especially those with the involvement of stakeholders. The support of stakeholders' especially those from private sector provides an access to the marketing facilities and linkages to international networks to build the tourism chain worldwide (Duim and Caalders, 2008). Based on past studies, hypothesis H2 is structured;…”

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Pro-Poor Tourism and Poverty Alleviation in Sarawak

Wasudawan

Ab-Rahim

2018

International Journal of Asian Social Science

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This paper aims to investigate the pro-poor tourism impact of the capacity building, stakeholders' support and infrastructure development on poverty alleviation. This study focused on Malay, Iban, Bidayuh, Chinese, Kelabit, Penan, Berawan and others local communities; draws upon a sample of 520 from the Kuching and Miri division of Sarawak, Malaysia. Quantitative primary data method is used, and the data analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) software. The findings showed the positive effect for capacity building on poverty alleviation (H1), stakeholders' support on poverty alleviation (H2) and infrastructure development on poverty alleviation (H3). This study makes a significant theoretical contribution to human development theory by investigating how pro-poor tourism impact rise wage, food, education, healthcare, voice and securities in humans' daily life. Furthermore, this study discussed several practical solutions for the local communities to benefit from pro-poor tourism. Especially on the formal and informal way of regular communication among the local government, private tourism organizations and semi-government tourism departments with local communities to increase the livelihood benefits. Contribution/ Originality: This study is one of few studies which have investigated pro-poor tourism along with Human Development theory. The empirical results show the capacity building, stakeholders' support and infrastructure development improves the well-being of local communities. 1. INTRODUCTION The definition of pro-poor tourism is referred as positioning of tourism growth to produce livelihood opportunities between tourism and impoverished people (Mowforth and Munt, 2016). Pro-poor tourism is an approach and it is not a type of tourism or product (Ashley et al., 2000). However, any type and size of tourism business such as volunteer tourism, philanthropic tourism, community-based tourism, cultural tourism, eco-tourism, rural tourism, responsible tourism, urban tourism, sustainable tourism, homestay, bed and breakfast, an urban hotel, tour operator, food and beverage provider, souvenir outlet and infrastructure developer can be categorized under pro-poor tourism (Mitchell and Ashley, 2010). Even though there are several types of tourism under the pro-poor tourism approach, the only objective pro-poor tourism has is to contribute the benefits perceived through tourism to the local community at any tourist destination. Therefore, capacity building, stakeholders' support, and infrastructure development plays an important role in increasing local peoples' well-being.

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“…On the one hand, consumers to raise funds, funds will advance in poverty-stricken areas of farmers, thereby reducing the farmers tourism product development initial investment economic pressure; technical means on the other hand with the help of Internet plus to establish network community relations, in order to facilitate the parties to contact each other, sharing "Internet plus" inclusive results. To achieve accurate poverty alleviation practice effect [10]. Two is "order type" production mode.…”

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Research on the Modes of Targeted Pro-poor Tourism in the Internet Era

Wang¹,

Qinglan²

2017

Proceedings of the 2017 7th International Conference on Social Network, Communication and Education (SNCE 2017)

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Abstract. The development of the Internet Technology provides technical support for the development of pro-poor tourism. The mode of "Internet+ pro-poor tourism" is one of practice carriers of poverty governance in rural areas. By explicating the connotation system of targeted pro-poor tourism in Internet era, it emphasizes the necessity of developing pro-poor tourism in Internet era, and build up some new modes of targeted pro-poor tourism such as intelligent system, "O2O" mode, "Internet+ Crowd-funding", "Double micro" on the mobile internet and so on.

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Tourism Chains and Pro-poor Tourism Development: An Actor-Network Analysis of a Pilot Project in Costa Rica

Cited by 46 publications

References 11 publications

The Impact of the Rural Environment and Environmental Conservation on Poverty Alleviation: The Moderating Effect of Tourism Resources

The Impact of the Rural Environment and Environmental Conservation on Poverty Alleviation: The Moderating Effect of Tourism Resources

Pro-Poor Tourism and Poverty Alleviation in Sarawak

Research on the Modes of Targeted Pro-poor Tourism in the Internet Era

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