Local Community Participation in Tourism Development: The Case of Katse Villages in Lesotho

Thetsane, Regina M.

doi:10.30958/ajt.6-2-4

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“…If the future of tourism is perceived as optimistic, residents of the region will interpret tourism development positively, but if they are perceived as inappropriate and inevitable, they will perceive this development as hostile (Lim & Lee, 2020). Understanding the local community's perspective on tourism development can minimize the negative effects arising from tourism development, while maximizing the benefits, facilitating the development of society and developing policies that contribute more to tourism (Thetsane, 2019).…”

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Socio-cultural, Economic, and Environmental Effects of Tourism from the Point of View of the Local Community

Uslu

Alagöz

Güneş

2020

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The purpose of this research is to determine the socio-cultural, economic, and environmental effects of tourism perceived by the local community living in Manavgat/Turkey on the satisfaction with the tourism development, to identify the effect of this satisfaction with tourism development, and to ascertain the moderator role of the demographic variables in this relationship. The population of the research is the local community living in Manavgat/Turkey. EFA, CFA, path analyzes, and Slope difference tests have been performed through 384 surveys collected from the local community. As a result, it has been determined that perceived socio-cultural, economic, and environmental positive effects of tourism and negative environmental effects have an impact on satisfaction with tourism development. Meanwhile, it has been determined that the local community's satisfaction with tourism development affects the attitude and gender has a moderator role on this effect. In line with these results, public institutions, tourism professionals, and non-governmental organizations in Manavgat will be able to better perceive the local community's attitudes and behaviors.

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Socio-cultural, Economic, and Environmental Effects of Tourism from the Point of View of the Local Community

Uslu

Alagöz

Güneş

2020

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“…Here, this industry can create an opportunity for the local community to broaden its income-generating option. The benefits derive from tourism can ensure community betterment whereas the involvement of the community can help in minimizing negative impacts that can be originated through tourism activities (Thetsane, 2019). The society in such type of environment can avail the opportunity to provide their women job facilities allowing them to participate in the development journey and this scenario has drawn the attention in the Caribbean where only the hotel and restaurant sector provide around 43% to 63% jobs (UNWTO, 2014).…”

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Potentiality of Islands Based Tourism in Bangladesh: A Qualitative View from Existing Literature

Roy¹,

Salam²,

Islam³

et al. 2020

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The research project is mainly developed to emphasize the development of potential areas in Bangladesh especially in the islands where the tourism sector can be incorporated to act as an income generator alongside the traditional earning opportunities. To place our thoughts of this emerging sector in island areas, we had reviewed some of the works from the earlier researchers of different regions of the world worked on different islands’ tourism developments. The result of our findings after examining those works by the researchers will provide us a clear understanding of how tourism can bring balance among environment, local community, and economy of the island areas of Bangladesh which can eventually ensure sustainability. There will be some recommendations as well as policies for enacting this new industry in the island areas in Bangladesh in the last section.

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“…Nevertheless, tourism development initiated and purely controlled by the community is more likely to economically benefit the community, reduce poverty and yield more sustainable livelihoods [9,18]. If sustainable tourism was to be achieved and contribute to community livelihoods, then the community participation in the tourism project is paramount [18][19][20].…”

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Community-Driven Tourism Projects’ Economic Contribution to Community Livelihoods—A Case of Makuleke Contractual Park Community Tourism Project

2020

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Tourism is a known rural economic development tool. Furthermore, sustainable tourism seeks to enhance the quality of the resident lives through its economic benefits, among others. One way of diversification economic bases in rural areas is through community-driven tourism projects (CDTP). The tourism projects provide a livelihood strategy to the communities who are involved in the projects. This study makes an attempt to build an understanding of the economic contribution of community-driven tourism projects to sustainable livelihoods. The study draws on a qualitative survey carried out in South Africa’s Makuleke contractual Park Community Project. The study utilized the community capital framework (CCF) to examine the community tourism economic capitals’ (CTEC) contribution to the community livelihoods. The study also investigated on the ripple effect of the economic capital towards other capitals within the community. Thematic content analysis was used to analyze qualitative data while descriptive statistics were used to analyze the demographic data. Findings indicate that through the Makuleke Contractual Park (MCP) tourism project, the community benefited economically in terms of employment and creation of small & medium tourism related enterprises which provided a livelihood strategy for the community. Through the projects’ partnerships with private investors, there was a ripple effect from the economic capital contribution to other community capitals (physical, human, social and natural). Community-driven tourism projects (CDTP) if well managed can transform community capital resources to economic multipliers which can be a livelihood strategy for the community.

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Local Community Participation in Tourism Development: The Case of Katse Villages in Lesotho

Cited by 59 publications

References 21 publications

Socio-cultural, Economic, and Environmental Effects of Tourism from the Point of View of the Local Community

Socio-cultural, Economic, and Environmental Effects of Tourism from the Point of View of the Local Community

Potentiality of Islands Based Tourism in Bangladesh: A Qualitative View from Existing Literature

Community-Driven Tourism Projects’ Economic Contribution to Community Livelihoods—A Case of Makuleke Contractual Park Community Tourism Project

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