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Title: | Expectations for tourist development: examining the roles of capacity building and empowerment |
Authors: | Matthews, Drew |
Keywords: | Tourism development;Capacity building |
Issue Date: | 10-Nov-2012 |
Abstract: | Rural 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. |
URI: | http://knowledgecommons.lakeheadu.ca/handle/2453/233 |
metadata.etd.degree.discipline: | Environmental Studies : Nature-Based Recreation & Tourism |
metadata.etd.degree.name: | M.E.S. |
metadata.etd.degree.level: | Master |
metadata.dc.contributor.advisor: | Koster, Rhonda |
metadata.dc.contributor.committeemember: | Stewart, Robert Lemelin, Harvey |
Appears in Collections: | Electronic Theses and Dissertations from 2009 |
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