The study of tourism participation has been widely applied in the tourism sector. This tourism
participation connects cultural villages with community-based tourism. In this paper, we …

The term sustainable tourism emerged in the late 1980s and has become firmly established
in both tourism policies and strategies and tourism research (Hall, 2011). After more than 25 …

This paper examines progress in tourism planning and policy knowledge and identifies gaps
and future directions for research. The study employs a post-structuralist perspective …

This study investigates the factors contributing to community participation in a World
Heritage Site (WHS) using Motivation, Opportunity, and Ability (MOA) model. We examined …

Tourism researchers have recently begun to examine in detail the connections between
tourism development and destination community well-being. To date though there has been …

This study aims to identify the barriers to stakeholder involvement during the planning
process of sustainable tourism development of the Thrace region in Turkey. The dimensions …

Increased global concern about sustainability has placed pressure on businesses to justify
the value of their products and services beyond personal profit and to take responsibility for …

Protected area-based tourism is being used both as a local development and conservation
tool in many countries. It has been argued that the benefits local communities receive from …

This research is an exploratory study that examines collaboration at the institutional level in
the tourism sector of the Central Region, Ghana. The research begins with a review of the …

Before informed, active, full, or meaningful participation can be achieved, tourism planners
need to evaluate stakeholder level of awareness and perception of tourism, the tourism …