A community perspective on local ecotourism development: lessons from Komodo National Park

Lasso, Aldi Herindra; Dahles, H.

doi:10.1080/14616688.2021.1953123

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“…A wide variety of well-developed amenities can not only be helpful to make the destination more attractive but also contribute to enhancing tourist satisfaction because of the improved quality of infrastructure base [78]. The importance of host government, local communities, and tourism practitioners in tourism development and management is increasingly accepted in literature on sustainable tourism [79][80][81].…”

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Evaluating Nature-Based Tourism Destination Attractiveness with a Fuzzy-AHP Approach

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Jia³

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Nature-based tourism attractiveness (NBTA) has yet to be assessed by coupling empirical measurement of supply and demand indicators with simultaneous assessment of tourist and tourism expert perspectives. Based on a guiding principle that the overall attractiveness of a tourism destination should combine the evaluation of existing resources or attractions and their perceived attractiveness, the purpose of this study is to develop and apply a novel methodological approach for assessing tourism attractiveness of nature-based destinations. This approach developed here combines an Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) with a Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation Method (FCEM). The resulting Fuzzy-AHP approach to NBTA was tested at the Changbai Mountain Biosphere Reserve, a popular nature-based tourism destination in China. The findings confirm that this Fuzzy-AHP approach is a more reliable and comprehensive method for evaluating the destination attractiveness than pre-existing approaches. In addition to theoretical contributions related to the merging of various approaches to assessing destination attractiveness and the development of a tool specific to nature-based tourism destinations, this work will be of interest to decision makers seeking more effective tools for planning, marketing, and developing nature-based tourism destinations.

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Evaluating Nature-Based Tourism Destination Attractiveness with a Fuzzy-AHP Approach

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Jia³

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“…While some studies report an unexpected finding or trade-off between SDGs, other studies begin with the explicit intention to highlight "tripwires and trade-offs" in the journey towards implementation of Agenda 2030. For example, a study of ecotourism in the Komodo National Park, Indonesia [29] exposed tensions in relation to the targets set out in SDG 8.9 ("implement policies to promote sustainable tourism that creates jobs"). In setting out to critically examine the claim that an ecotourist-driven economy offers a sustainable future for local communities, the authors concluded that tourism development has only helped a few families who were already socially advantaged.…”

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“…In setting out to critically examine the claim that an ecotourist-driven economy offers a sustainable future for local communities, the authors concluded that tourism development has only helped a few families who were already socially advantaged. On the contrary, most people were unable to generate enough income to cope with the "seasonality and unpredictability of tourism industry" [29] (p. 16). For the participants in this study, a critical evaluation of the progress towards SDG Target 8.9 suggests such "progress" may actually undermine the possibility of achieving Target 10.2 ("empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all").…”

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How Can “Community Voices” from Qualitative Research Illuminate Our Understanding of the Implementation of the SDGs? A Scoping Review

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2022

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In 2015, the United Nations committed to 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to drive global development policy and practice. Six years into the implementation of the 15-year agenda, the SDGs are subject to extensive monitoring and research at the national, regional, and global levels using quantitative data sets. In contrast, this scoping review considered the contribution of qualitative research studies published in 2021, utilizing data collected from local, place-based community participants. Qualitative research with community participants connects global policy with place-based experience, thus potentially offering a valuable perspective on SDG implementation. Searches were carried out using the Scopus database to identify studies that explicitly linked their aims and objectives to the SDGs. Fifty-four papers met the criteria for inclusion in the review and were charted, mapped, and analysed. For the majority of studies, data collection was carried out in lower-middle income and low-income countries. The “voices” of community participants highlight tensions and challenges affecting the implementation of the SDGs. Reviewing this body of research as a whole identified opportunities to strengthen future qualitative research that will further illuminate progress towards the SDGs.

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“…Duffy (2008) indeed, argues that ecotourism does not simply exemplify neoliberalism but is in fact one of the main ways that neoliberal economics and ideology are spread, particularly to rural areas of the Global South. Concrete impacts of ecotourism include evictions, restricted access to natural resources, low wage employment, and intensification of existing inequalities (Ojeda, 2012;Lasso & Dahles, 2021). Livelihoods shift towards tourism-oriented businesses, and for villagers without enough capital, tourism becomes the only form of income thereby reducing their ability to adapt to fluctuations in the tourism market (Bury, 2008;Lasso & Dahles 2021).…”

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“…Ecotourism is widely promoted as a win-win solution for resource conservation and local people dependent on those resources (Honey, 2008). In many cases, however, ecotourism development instead exacerbates structural violence, unequal power relations and negative ecological impacts contradicting its 'eco' framing (Stronza & Gordillo, 2008;Büscher & Fletcher, 2017;Lasso & Dahles, 2021). Critical research has thus questioned the sustainability of (eco)tourism initiatives, specifically where they are promoted as supporting social development for local people (Scheyvens & Russell, 2012).…”

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Intersecting identities and altered relations : Locating the material and symbolic factors shaping local engagement with ecotourism at India’s Corbett Tiger Reserve

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I extend my gratitude and appreciation for the several villagers in the Corbett landscape for sharing their time, stories, homes and delicious meals with me. Particularly my constant family during fieldwork, and now lifelong friends. Hari, I have enjoyed learning together with you over all the field visits and I am thankful that continues even now.To my supervisors Bram Büscher, Robert Fletcher and Nitin Rai: thank you for all your support and guidance. I first discussed the possibility of working on political ecology research with Nitin Rai in Bangalore at a small tea and snack shop. This led to five years of PhD research, and I am thankful to you Nitin, for the opportunity, for your openness to ideas, understanding and your continued support. The possibility of doing an external PhD was introduced to me by Rob Fletcher with whom I was fortunate enough to learn from during my Master's program as well. Rob, thank you for your consistency, support, empathy and patience in helping me navigate the PhD and encouraging me to write about what I felt needed telling. Bram Büscher, thank you for all your support during the PhD, your insights and for offering a critical lens to consistently sharpen my analysis. I have learnt a lot from each one of you, and for that I am genuinely thankful. I would like to thank the Greenmentality project team for having me onboard and for the research support. I have benefitted from peer exchange and learning in workshops and courses. Thank you to all the course facilitators and peers.To my family and friends around the world: you have been a source of immense support and encouragement throughout this journey. Evan, thank you for your patience and the many ways you have supported and encouraged me. To my parents and my brother: thank you for always bringing valuable perspective during this journey, and reminding me, in your own ways, there is more to life. To my aunt, Seema Bhatt, thank you for encouraging me to conduct field work in Corbett, for the field visit and for all the conversations. I have been lucky to share this PhD journey with friends going through the same process, and others who have been interested in my research and wellbeing. There are many other family members and friends who have anchored me during this PhD journey. I am grateful to you, and looking forward to being more present with you all.CTR is located in Uttarakhand State in the Sivalik foothill region of the Indian Himalayas. It covers a total of 1288.31 sq. km and encompasses a mix of montane areas and sub-Himalayan tracts called terai-bhabar, which include grasslands, wetlands, riverine tracts, and moist deciduous forests (Badola, et al 2011). The forests comprise about 70% of the area with grasslands, wetlands, agriculture, and settlements occupying the remaining 30% (Government of Uttarakhand 2010). The Reserve contains a Core protected area of 821.99 sq. km which is Forms of conservation governance have been conceptualised as environmentality (Luke 1995; Agrawal 2005) a concept rooted in Foucault's analysis ...

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A community perspective on local ecotourism development: lessons from Komodo National Park

Cited by 28 publications

References 32 publications

Evaluating Nature-Based Tourism Destination Attractiveness with a Fuzzy-AHP Approach

Evaluating Nature-Based Tourism Destination Attractiveness with a Fuzzy-AHP Approach

How Can “Community Voices” from Qualitative Research Illuminate Our Understanding of the Implementation of the SDGs? A Scoping Review

Intersecting identities and altered relations : Locating the material and symbolic factors shaping local engagement with ecotourism at India’s Corbett Tiger Reserve

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