Community-based and responsible tourism
Themes : Alternative forms of entrepreneurship, production and consumption
Tourism provides a vital source of income for many developing countries, yet economic success often comes at the expense of the environment and local populations. Mass tourism threatens biodiversity, damages ecosystems and causes violations of the rights of workers, minorities and local communities. Corporations, rather than local people reap the financial rewards.
Local communities and social entrepreneurs all over the developing world are setting up community-based tourism projects. They are using tourism as a complementary source of income to improve their standard of living, create decent jobs and preserve their culture and environment. They offer a huge variety of cultural and eco-toursim activities and all the income is redistributed among community members or invested in community projects. It is a fair, transparent tourism that truly benefits local populations and provides experience-rich eco-holidays to responsible travellers.
2 publications | 5 case studies | 3 Analyses/working papers/articles
2 publications
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Social Tourism in Europe. Theory and Practice
Scott McCabe, Lynn Minnaert, Anya Diekmann, Channel View Publications, October 2011
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The Atlas of job création good practices for social inclusion
Ethical Finance for an active, creative and solidarity-based Europe. Practical datasheet.
2010
5 case studies
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de Futuro del Trabajo: Buenas Prácticas de Cooperación Sur-Sur y Triangular (CSST) en Economía Social y Solidaria
Debasish Batabyal, October 2019
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Barry’s Place – Ecolodge on Ataúro Island
Jun-E Tan, August 2016
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Prainha do Canto Verde (Ceará – Brazil)
Felipe Zalamea, November 2011
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Mudra (JURNAL SENI BUDAYA), 26 (3). p. 1
Peng Ponna, 2011
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Agenda 21 Community Based Local Tourism (ALTICOBA 21), Djibouti Republic
A sustainable development initiative through responsible tourism
Alain Laurent, August 2004
3 Analyses/working papers/articles
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Progress in Responsible Tourism (Volume 2(2)
Goodfellow Publishers Limited, Oxford, UK
Harold Goodwin, Xavier Font, September 2013
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Think locally, act globally: The political economy of ethical consumption
in Geert De Neve, Luetchford Peter, Jeffrey Pratt, Donald C. Wood (ed.) Hidden Hands in the Market: Ethnographies of Fair Trade, Ethical Consumption, and Corporate Social Responsibility (Research in Economic Anthropology, Volume 28) Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp.31 - 51
James G. Carrier, 2008
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Indigenous Tourism Research Agenda Key Directions for the Future 2005 - 2008
Joc Schmiechen, January 2006