Development is a challenging concept. Telfer and Sharpley (2008) observe that problems
such as poverty, inequality, poor health care and a lack of educational opportunities are …

With the community again the focus of attention in the struggle against all manner of social
ills it is perhaps time to reconsider the relationship between tourism development and the …

Following an examination of cultural and ethnic tourism and the false divide between the
two, this section examines how communities balance socioeconomic integration and cultural …

Efforts to make tourism a more sustainable option have been focusing increasingly on a
community development approach, but an analysis of the differences between traditional …

Tourism is always seen as a viable alternative means of boosting development in
developing countries. Similarly, community-based tourism (CBT) is generally associated …

Tourism is a significant sector in the development of low income countries and poor
communities within them (UN, 2001, UNWTO & SNV, 2010, Zhao and Ritchie, 2007). The …

Community-based tourism (CBT) is a diversely interpreted term, which has presented
understanding and practice contests. These contests highlight the centrality (or not) of …

Tourism has become an important tool for development in rural, remote and peripheral
regions in the last 50 years. However, in many places, tourism has failed to produce the …

Unregulated tourism development is a completely market-led view of tourism that simply
provides attractions, facilities and services that the tourist market demands. Because of its ad …

As tourism becomes increasingly important to communities around the world, the need to
develop tourism sustainably also becomes a primary concern. Human communities …