Tourism growth and entrepreneurship: Empirical analysis of development of rural highlands

Jaafar, Mastura; Rasoolimanesh, S. Mostafa; Lonik, Ku Azam Tuan

doi:10.1016/j.tmp.2015.02.001

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“…Government assistance, informal micro-finance institutions (Ngoasong & Kimbu, 2016), NGOs (Tosun, 2006) and networking (Steiner and Atterton, 2015) could help to solve this constraint. Lack of finance especially in rural areas constrains the development of small tourism firms (Jaafar, Rasoolimanesh & Lonik, 2015). In the absence of micro-financing institutions, the state government should provide small loan options to encourage community participation in homestays.…”

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Community non-participation in homestays in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh, India

2017

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An upsurge in popularity of homestays has provided newer economic opportunities to remote Indian Himalayan communities. Despite the benefits homestays offer, their acceptance by mountain communities is fraught with challenges. This qualitative research study has listened to and given voice to homestay scheme non-participants, community members from 15 villages in the Kullu region. Through thematic analysis, rational, understandable reasons leading to decisions not to engage are identified: socio-cultural; practical and apprehensions. Reasons include an inability to comply with certain guidelines of the scheme, inadequacy in sanitary infrastructure, gender roles, complex socio-cultural issues and also home model issues, which all condition the scheme implementation. The concept of 'deliberate non-participation' is advanced which extends previous typologies of community participation. Further theoretical and practical implications of the study are discussed along with recommendations for future development of the homestay scheme.

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Community non-participation in homestays in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh, India

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“…For example, Avila-Foucat and Rodríguez-Robayo [44] showed four common variables distributed between capitals and specified that the average household age, environmental consciousness, characteristics of the land, membership or participation in an organization (cooperative), and government transfers were determinants of a household's diversification into wildlife tourism. Jaafar et al [20] investigated tourism-related small business entrepreneurs from RT communities and discovered that most of them used their own savings to establish and maintain their businesses, sustaining operations and staffing levels throughout the year despite seasonal slumps in tourist numbers, marginal profits, and a lack of tourism-specific knowledge and skills. This theory implies that individual's perceptions of exchange can be different depending on how the outcome of the process is viewed [45].…”

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“…Therefore, exploring the factors that support the participation of farm households in NJL is an indispensable way to balance tourism profit among farm households and realize the sustainable development of rural communities. Second, although some researchers have highlighted farm household participation in RT [19][20][21], there have been few quantitative studies on the issue, not to mention the differences among different rural communities. Due to the heterogeneity characteristics of community, various community groups (e.g., farmers, businesses, local government) demonstrate distinct attitudes about supporting sustainable tourism development [22,23].…”

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Understanding Farm Households’ Participation in Nong Jia Le in China

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As the dominant form of rural tourism (RT) in China, Nong Jia Le (NJL) has made it possible for local farm households to benefit. In this article, a four-step strategy based on binary logistic regression was introduced to identify the most important factors influencing the participation of farm households in NJL. Next, a comparative study based on data from two NJL communities was conducted to test the approach and identify the most important influential factors as well as the differences. The results showed that the approach could identify the optimal model and the most influential factors in different rural communities. The comparative study indicated that for Pinglou Village, the most influential factors were “education years” and “gender ratio”, while in Baozi Village, the three most influential factors were “education years”, “consumption level”, and “land area”. Implications were put forward to improve the level of participation and hospitality of NJL.

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“…As a 'response' to conflict associated with participation in CBT, the significance of entrepreneurship is allied to the induction of enterprise within the community (Jaafar, Rasoolimanesh, & Lonik, 2015;Kokkranikal & Morrison, 2011;Lordkipanidze, Brezet, & Backman, 2005;Manyara & Jones, 2007;Zapata et al, 2011). When discussing the response of entrepreneurship presented within their study, Kokkranikal and Morrison (2011, p. 152) …”

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Conflict management within the context of community based tourism: an exploratory study

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Community based tourism (CBT) as a concept offers a multitude of opportunities and benefits; however, there are numerous challenges in achieving such positive outcomes in real world communities.While conducting the review of the literature, the term 'conflict' emerged as a concept that could be used to describe many of the challenges occurring within CBT and the term 'conflict management' was recognised as the process responsible for positive or negative outcomes during the CBT process. The research gap became evident through the realisation that conflict and conflict management had not been specifically studied within the CBT context.To address the research gap, the purpose of this study was developed: to explore conflict and its management during CBT initiatives. To initiate this process, a model of conflict management was developed after reviewing both the CBT and conflict management literature.As a result, an original contribution towards understanding conflict management was developed, which was presented as a linear model.The conceptualisation of the linear model involved an 'instance' of conflict occurring, followed by a 'response' to the conflict, which then initiated an 'impact' on the CBT project. To determine if this logic was appropriate, a systematic review of the CBT literature was then conducted to assess the context of these three CBT-related concepts. This review determined the linear model to be a logical progression and also distinguished which CBT related concepts were most frequently mentioned as being 'instances', 'responses', and 'impacts'.The five research objectives developed for this study were 1) to explore instances of conflict that occur within CBT initiatives; 2) to investigate the conflict management techniques used to respond to the identified conflict; 3) to explore how the response to the conflict impacted the CBT initiative; 4) to determine whether the proposed model of 'instances', 'responses', and 'impacts' provides an initial understanding of the 'conflict theme' components that can be identified when addressing conflict management during CBT; and 5) to consider how the investigation of 'instances', 'responses', and 'impacts' of conflict in CBT can inform future projects to increase the likelihood of success. Page | iiTwo stages of the exploratory research design were undertaken to attain qualitative data from CBT examples across the globe from representatives of four CBT stakeholder groups affiliated with CBT development: community, government, non-governmental organisations, and private enterprise. The first stage was an online survey, which investigated the conflict themes of 'instances', 'responses', and 'impacts' across the four stakeholder groups. The respondents were invited to participate in the second stage and the results were used to inform and develop the Stage 2 interview guide. During the Stage 2 interviews, the Constant Comparative Method (CCM) was used to acquire a dataset that constantly grew in detail and richness due to the evolution of the intervi...

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Tourism growth and entrepreneurship: Empirical analysis of development of rural highlands

Cited by 87 publications

References 47 publications

Community non-participation in homestays in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh, India

Community non-participation in homestays in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh, India

Understanding Farm Households’ Participation in Nong Jia Le in China

Conflict management within the context of community based tourism: an exploratory study

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