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dc.contributor.advisorKoster, Rhonda
dc.contributor.authorMatthews, Drew
dc.date.accessioned2012-11-11T01:54:33Z
dc.date.available2012-11-11T01:54:33Z
dc.date.created2011-07
dc.date.issued2012-11-10
dc.identifier.urihttp://knowledgecommons.lakeheadu.ca/handle/2453/233
dc.description.abstractRural communities often view small-scale, community-based tourism development as a viable opportunity for economic and community development (Timothy, 2002; Beeton, 2006; Reid, 2003). Unfortunately, the process of developing a successful tourism product can be beyond the capabilities of these communities (Joppe, 1996). Capacity building and empowerment are seen as two useful strategies for enabling people to partake in a variety of development initiatives, including tourism development (Moscardo, 2008; Sofield, 2003). Capacity building is a concept that has been used extensively in international development and is the primary focus of the United Nations Development Programme‟s efforts to alleviate global poverty (Fukuda-Parr, Lopes and Malik, 2002; Eade, 1997). Empowerment has also been used heavily within an international context, although it tends to focus specifically on disadvantaged sub-groups within a larger population, most commonly indigenous peoples and women (Sofield, 2003; Malhotra & Schuler, 2005). Both of these concepts have also been examined and used in the field of tourism development (Moscardo, 2008; Scheyvens, 2002). However, there has been little research that examines the relationship between the two concepts, and none from the perspective of the community members engaged in the tourism development process.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.subjectTourism developmenten_US
dc.subjectCapacity buildingen_US
dc.titleExpectations for tourist development: examining the roles of capacity building and empowermenten_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
etd.degree.nameM.E.S.en_US
etd.degree.levelMasteren_US
etd.degree.disciplineEnvironmental Studies : Nature-Based Recreation & Tourismen_US
etd.degree.grantorLakehead Universityen_US
dc.contributor.committeememberStewart, Robert
dc.contributor.committeememberLemelin, Harvey


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