Behind the masks: Tourism and community in Sardinia

Iorio, Monica; Wall, Geoffrey

doi:10.1016/j.tourman.2012.01.011

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“…Embracing the concept proposed by Iorio and Wall (2012), the study recognises the role of the local leader as fundamental in this kind of networking: a "cosmopolitan local" is often a very important ingredient of community development. This is a person who has travelled abroad and acquired mind-broadening experiences when compared to the rest of the local population.…”

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“…Thus, they are slow to see the opportunities and, even if they do, they may not have the capital to put the necessary infrastructure in place or external contacts to attract tourists who, by definition, come from elsewhere. As a result, it is often outsiders that first see and seize on the opportunities, sometimes to the benefit of local people but often to their detriment (Iorio & Wall, 2012). Thus, there are few cases of CBT that originate in community initiatives and investment and are under local control in their entirety.…”

Section: Community: a Complex Conceptmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Community-based tourism and networking: Viscri, Romania

Iorio

Corsale

2013

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

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This paper raises questions concerning the complexity of the term “community” when dealing with community-based tourism initiatives. It highlights the difficulty of translating into practice the paradigm of “community-based tourism”. Through a case study of tourism in the multi-ethnic village of Viscri, Romania, the paper discusses the operational role that a network of both internal and external actors may play in piloting tourism initiatives that produce benefits for communities that are unaccustomed to participatory development processes due to various barriers. The study highlights the key role played by a local leader and an external foundation in building a network that, thanks to the bonding and bridging relations activated, led the community towards a form of sustainable tourism development and a broader amelioration of the social conditions. The network described can be replicated in other geographical contexts, provided there is strong local leadership and also international interests and donors. In the long term, however, the network needs to be strengthened by involving other actors, above all local authorities. They are needed to assure the basis for long-term empowerment, participation in decision-making and progressive diversification of economic activities

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Section: Community: a Complex Conceptmentioning

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Community-based tourism and networking: Viscri, Romania

Iorio

Corsale

2013

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

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“…The most desirable type of entrepreneur for rural communities were the tourism leader/ entrepreneurs and they could be long-term locals, amenity migrants, community development officers or external developers. The results emphasise the importance of understanding mobility as the tourism leader/entrepreneurs were most likely to be those who either come into a rural community from elsewhere, as external developers, community development officers or amenity migrants, or locals who had gone away and returned or who regularly move in and out of the region, the cosmopolitan locals, described by Iorio and Wall (2012).…”

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“…Studies of entrepreneurs conducted by Edwards and Fernandes (1999) and Paniagua (2002) found that many of the amenity migrants who established tourism businesses in rural regions had family connections to the region with some being the children or grandchildren of people who had previously left the region, typically in search of work. Iorio and Wall's (2012) study of tourism development in Sardinia identified another possible group of interest-cosmopolitan locals. These were local residents with external contacts and experience.…”

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Tourism and Community Leadership in Rural Regions: Linking Mobility, Entrepreneurship, Tourism Development and Community Well-Being

Moscardo

2014

Tourism Planning & Development

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This study addressed contradictions in the tourism development literature about the importance of locals versus outsiders and the role of entrepreneurs. More specifically, it explored the characteristics of tourism entrepreneurs and their connections to the destination community, their roles as community leaders and the overall outcomes of tourism development for the host community. This exploration was conducted through a qualitative analysis of 47 case studies of rural tourism development and used concepts from the new mobilities paradigm and community well-being framework to examine how entrepreneurs could be connected to tourism development outcomes. The results suggested that the local-outsider distinction was not a useful way to classify actors in tourism development, that community entrepreneurs were the most successful at supporting positive outcomes for both tourism and the destination community, that social and human capital were more important than financial and built capital for community development and that governance structures were critical to the long-term outcomes of tourism development.

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“…Despite all social scientific theories, the concept of community in relation to physical place remains frequently used in everyday contexts but also in such fields of research as tourism studies and rural studies. The concept has sometimes been challenged in tourism studies (Iorio and Wall ), and some authors have noted the diversity within communities (Scott et al ), but the concept is more frequently understood as a self‐evident point of departure (Okazaki ).…”

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New Rural Community? Narratives from Second Home Owners about Everyday Life in a Tourist Region in Finnish Lapland

Tuulentie

Kietäväinen

2019

Sociologia Ruralis

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Nowadays, second homes are important for rural development and rural communities in many parts of the world. Second home owners are more committed to the place than tourists and other occasional visitors. However, they are not counted as full members of the local community, which is often seen as a coherent group of like-minded people. This study examines the concept of community in the context of second home owners in a popular tourist region of Finnish Lapland. The study is based on diaries kept for one year by ten second home owners. The diaries are analysed as narratives that record happenings that the writers see as worth narrating. They show that various social contacts as well as media and nature create the entirety of the attachment to the second home place. Social contact occurs in many places, from services to nature environments. Also residents' association seems to be an important forum of social influence. The authors suggest that more spaces for socialising are needed in order to have interaction between permanent residents and second home owners.

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Behind the masks: Tourism and community in Sardinia

Cited by 51 publications

References 31 publications

Community-based tourism and networking: Viscri, Romania

Community-based tourism and networking: Viscri, Romania

Tourism and Community Leadership in Rural Regions: Linking Mobility, Entrepreneurship, Tourism Development and Community Well-Being

New Rural Community? Narratives from Second Home Owners about Everyday Life in a Tourist Region in Finnish Lapland

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