Community-based ecotourism management for sustainable development of marine protected areas in Malaysia

Masud, Muhammad Mehedi; Aldakhil, Abdullah Mohammed; Nassani, Abdelmohsen A.; Azam, M.

doi:10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2016.11.023

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“…Utilizing LEK to create economic benefits as well as advance the perception of tourism could be advantageous for residents, who could benefit from the production, preservation, and circulation of local ecological knowledge in terms of employment, resources, income, and prestige (Reid et al, 2002). Economic benefits could inspire local community participation in ecotourism (Masud et al, 2017).…”

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Resident and visitor perceptions of island tourism: green sea turtle ecotourism in Penghu Archipelago, Taiwan

Chao¹,

Chao²

2017

ISJ

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This study compares residents and visitors on the island of Wang-An in Penghu archipelago (Taiwan) in terms of four variables (ecotourism perception, environmental attitude, ecotourism behavior, local environmental knowledge). Results show that island visitors are positioned closer to the deep end of a shallow-deep spectrum on a few ecotourism characteristics such as stronger environmental commitment, smaller groups, and more personal experience. With a fuzzy cluster analysis reducing the four variables to two dimensions (ecotourism literacy, environmental familiarity and concern), the two clusters of island residents and visitors are found to overlap greatly with a noticeable divergence in the dimension of environmental familiarity and concern as a result of residents' better local environmental knowledge. Residents express greater approval of economic development on some items of the environmental attitude subscale. It is recommended that visitors have longer tours that increase interaction with residents to learn more about the local environment while serving as educators of ecotourism.

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Resident and visitor perceptions of island tourism: green sea turtle ecotourism in Penghu Archipelago, Taiwan

Chao¹,

Chao²

2017

ISJ

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“…This mediation could minimize the gap between development that is based on cultural resources and development that is based on ecotourism. Particularly, ecotourism management that is based on environmental knowledge is required for successful mediation because the environmental knowledge of stakeholders can increase the participation of local residents [97]. Therefore, transformation planning from an economic perspective should propose a new ecotourism system that includes environmental education.…”

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Transformation Planning for Resilient Wildlife Habitats in Ecotourism Systems

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An ecotourism system that is based on wildlife habitats in ecological systems is considered a social-ecological system that has a feedback relationship with social systems. Increases in socioeconomic activities and tourism infrastructure construction are not conducive to the resilience of wildlife habitats, thereby stressing the ecological system and threatening sustainable ecotourism. Managing resilient wildlife habitats by developing transformation plans that can be used to construct new systems through self-organization and the absorption of stress is paramount to perpetuating sustainable ecotourism systems. This study aims to establish transformation plans to enhance the resilience of systems thinking regarding wildlife habitats. Such thinking involves the sequential application of dynamic thinking, causal thinking, closed-loop thinking, and the discovery of strategies. This study examines the case study of Eulsukdo Island in South Korea, and the following transformation plans are derived: (1) high-quality eco-education programs to help tourists become hard ecotourists; (2) subsidies for foraging area restoration; (3) ecosystem services of wildlife habitats; and (4) governance organization led by multiple actors. The results of this study can provide guidelines for the effective use of natural resources at ecotourism destinations and for the ecotourism development of damaged wildlife habitats.

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“…Burgos and Mertens [4] addressed management of CBT in Brazil from the point of view of a social network. Masud et al [5] explored factors that influenced community participation in the sustainable development of community-based ecotourism in marine protected areas in Malaysia. Masud et al [5] concluded that raising environmental knowledge is an important factor in community participation.…”

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“…Masud et al [5] explored factors that influenced community participation in the sustainable development of community-based ecotourism in marine protected areas in Malaysia. Masud et al [5] concluded that raising environmental knowledge is an important factor in community participation. Ernawati et al [6] investigated the perceptions of host communities and tourists involved in CBT in Bali, Indonesia, and found that the host communities lacked the confidence to share the intrinsic values of tourist attractions with tourists.…”

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Community-Based Tourism in Rural Japan: The Case of a Network-Making Non-Profit Organization

Ohe

2018

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

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This paper investigates community-based rural tourism development by focussing on the roles of a network-making non-profit organization (NPO) in Miyagi in northern Japan. The study took a case study approach in examining the Kurihara Tourism Network (KTN), which is an NPO engaging in rural tourism activity. First, we conceptually classified the types of community-based tourism. Second, the features of the KTN activities and what roles the KTN played were empirically clarified. Results revealed that KTN connects people in the local community through formulating original tourism programs by taking advantage of their authentic rural and food heritage. To realize their aim, firstly the KTN took a holistic approach in establishing tourism programs rather than a fragmentary approach, which has been popular among rural experience programs that provide only popular experience menus such as planting and harvesting. Secondly, the KTN mobilized dying heritage and skills embedded in the life of the local people, which easily enabled local residents to participate as instructors. Thus, these KTN policies created new social capital in the community and created a new network or recreated what used be in a modern way. Finally, the challenging issues that the KTN face are to raise financial viability and more efficient program management.

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Community-based ecotourism management for sustainable development of marine protected areas in Malaysia

Cited by 123 publications

References 27 publications

Resident and visitor perceptions of island tourism: green sea turtle ecotourism in Penghu Archipelago, Taiwan

Resident and visitor perceptions of island tourism: green sea turtle ecotourism in Penghu Archipelago, Taiwan

Transformation Planning for Resilient Wildlife Habitats in Ecotourism Systems

Community-Based Tourism in Rural Japan: The Case of a Network-Making Non-Profit Organization

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