Naslov
Enabling community empowerment through community- based tourism: a critical perspective

Autori
Krajinović, Vanja

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Proceedings of FEB Zagreb 11th International Odyssey Conference on Economics and Business / Šimurina, Jurica ; Načinović Braje, Ivana ; Pavić, Ivana - Zagreb : Ekonomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, 2020, 814-827

Skup
11th International Odyssey Conference on Economics and Business (FEB Zagreb)

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 16.06.2020. - 20.06.2020

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
community-based tourism ; tourism development ; community empowerment ; community participation

Sažetak
Contemporary society has reached a point where it needs to address the issue of sustainable development more intensively, simultaneously enabling implementation of sustainable practices within communities. This has proven to be a critical breakpoint in ensuring longterm liveability of residents, as different stakeholders have different interests that are sometimes difficult to be achieved, still less balanced. Hence, it seems reasonable to introduce community-based tourism as a development model that would enable prosperous, stimulative environment. Numerous researches, however, emphasize that this concept did not yield desired results, especially as local interests were very often not consulted sufficiently, to say the least. The issue of coordinating public and private interests within one destination, especially in terms of tourism development, seems to be in the focus of numerous studies nowadays. Besides public and national interests, there is also a gap between local and national interests, especially when it comes to the issue of physical planning and construction within destination borders. In that process local communities and their interests should be given precedence, which is usually not the case. Sustainable development goals clearly indicate that there is a global need to end all inequalities, promote sustained growth and ensure sustainable environment. With all its economic impacts and implications on both local and global level, tourism proves to be an important tool in alleviating poverty in numerous destinations. However, uncontrolled growth and neo-liberal strategies can lead to numerous negative consequences of tourism development and can result with unsustainable environment. In the process of developing tourism in any destination it is of crucial importance to involve local community into product development process and to enable residents to reach their potentials and ensure optimal living conditions. It is in the focus of this research to determine the main constraints of more intensive inclusion of community-based tourism in destinations. There is little argue that such approach could serve as a potential for overcoming all downsides caused by unsustainable development. However, a lot of effort is needed in the process of diminishing those effects and developing a new mind-set that would allow a stronger inclusion of local community into tourism development process. Therefore, the aim is to analyse potentials of implementing communitybased tourism on destination level, especially if its main benefits are taken into consideration. The main research question of this study is: Is it possible to reach the potentials of community- based tourism in destinations by disruption the current global distribution of power? Additionally, the aim is to analyse such model of tourism development through the prism of global sustainable development goals. The contribution of this study is reflected through thorough critical analysis of community-based tourism theory and practice and addressing its main pitfalls at destination level. The main conclusions of analysing available theoretical findings are tested by using different case studies worldwide and addressing global issues of the concept. Based on the conducted study it is possible to conclude that community-based tourism, despite its numerous potentials, has reached a point where it needs to provide clear possibilities to empower local communities and to enable their active participation in decision- making process when it comes to tourism development in destinations, especially in rural areas.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Ekonomija

POVEZANOST RADA