Community-based Tourism as Strategic Dead-end
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11411925 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Weaver (0000-0003-3041-5373), David B Weaver (0000-0003-1121-0030, Griffith University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 206-208 |
| Publication date | 2010-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Tourism Recreation Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0250-8281 • E-ISSN: 2320-0308 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02508281.2010.11081635 |
| OpenAlex | W2069766711 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 13 |
This article is a commentary on Jim Butcher's paper entitled "The Mantra of 'Community Participation' in Context". It is argued that Butcher rightly points out how community-based tourism (CBT) has maintained its status as orthodox in some academic and non-profit quarters despite its numerous flaws and contradictions which, as also correctly noted, have not received the recognition or attention from tourism scholars that they deserve. It is argued that a new paradigm should replace community-based tourism since it is a dead-end approach. The idea of a pragmatic rather than a 'progressive' partnership-based tourism model is argued as a more effective alternative that promotes a realistic empowerment of local residents. However, unlike CBT, it does so by embracing integration with the outside world, recognizing collective self-interest and multiple nodes of power and decision-making as assets, and unabashedly situating material well-being - within reasonable limits - as a primary desired outcome of their engagement with tourism. It is argued that these characteristics better reflect the realities of human nature and the realities of becoming involved in tourism, and increase the likelihood of successful outcomes even from the perspective of local residents
Ecotourism · Environmental ethics · Orthodoxy · Political science · Public relations · Sine qua non · Sociology · Tourism · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research · History · Hospitality and Tourism Education · Law · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development
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The potential of disruptive transport infrastructure for tourism development in emerging island destinations
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Creative periphery syndrome? Opportunities for sustainable tourism innovation in Timor-Leste, an early stage destination
The sustainable paradox of community tourism in world cultural heritage villages
Managed evils” of hedonistic tourism in the Maldives
The willingness–capability model
Case studies in ecotourism
Indigenous Ecotourism
Community Development through Tourism
A Systematic Test of an Enterprise Strategy for Community‐Based Biodiversity Conservation
Alternative Tourism
Rural Tourism and Sustainable Business
Ecotourism and the empowerment of local communities
Ecotourism and indigenous micro-enterprise formation in northern Australia opportunities and constraints
Expected nature of community participation in tourism development
Family business in tourism
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,8 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |