Tourism-related businesses require a multitude of resources in order to operate successfully and given these resources can be accrued from more than one source, bases of power become complex. This is an inductive study which critically evaluates the application of stakeholder theory to an analysis of the tourism destination networks of Agra, India. It examines the relationships of power and dependency that exist between individual and group organisations and the way in which they motivate their behaviour towards each other. The key findings show that resource-based power is formed from the power of individual businesses, the power of the ancillary services stakeholders and the power of the authorities and that network-based power is acquired from the power of agents and the power of groups.

This study aimed to analyze the current human resource (HR) condition in more established tourist villages in Bali, Indonesia, as well as developing a human resource development model that could assist the villages in developing HR for tourism. The research is a qualitative study using 2 sample groups the Community-based Tourism (CBT) management in 5 developed CBT villages in Bali, and the Academics who conducted community services in the villages. The results show that the human resources available are in various stages depend on the phase and the maturity of the CBT village. The 7 training modes suggested in the model could be carried out as a standalone or combined training methods as required that could be carried out by some parties. For a maximum result, these parties that assist villages should work in synergy to contribute in developing rural tourism. The green HR requirement revolves around understanding and practicing ‘green’ in daily life as well as at workplace and profession aiming for achieving the ultimate goal of making the Earth as a safe living place for many generations to come. It is expected that the results of the study could assist villages in developing rural tourism and be used as a reference for personals and officials conducting community service in villages.

Tourism industry involves a wide range of constructional activities in terms of development of infrastructure and lodging facilities in tourist destinations. Hotels, resorts, lodges etc. are known to be resource intensive, especially during their operation-cum-maintenance period. This is critical, when seen in the context of sensitive ecological belts, as is common for nature based tourism. Such a tourist lodge not only replaces a certain amount of local flora and fauna in its own site and immediate surroundings, but also continues to load the ecosystem by using substantial energy and other resources for its day to day functioning. Since these structures are 24-hour operational, the cumulative effect of this may eventually exceed the carrying capacity of the ecosystem supporting it. This paper attempts to present a study that examines the possibilities of ecointervention by retrofitting one such existing tourist lodge with active and passive resource-efficient measures with an intention to find the theoretical improvement in its environmental performance. The building in question is a medium capacity tourist lodge located in the ecologically fragile coastal belt of the Indian Sundarbans overlooking Bay of Bengal in the state of West Bengal, India. The process involves mapping of the current consumption/generation pattern of the structure in terms of energy and water and compares these footprints with the post-retrofit situation of the same building. Since energy consumed by these structures depends on the conventional systems of electrical grid and the stand-by Diesel Generator, Carbon emission becomes a critical criterion in the measurement. The study also covers the indirect benefits of these retrofits on local plant species. The final results of this analytical study were

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