Ecotourism discourses in Bhutan
Contested Perceptions and Values
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5762499 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jesse Montes (Environmental Studies Department, Royal Thimphu College, Ngabiphu, Thimphu, Bhutan, corresponding author), Bhuwan Kafley (Environmental Studies Department, Royal Thimphu College, Ngabiphu, Thimphu, Bhutan) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 6-7 |
| Pages | 1173-1196 |
| Publication date | 2022-11-10 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Tourism Geographies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1461-6688 • E-ISSN: 1470-1340 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14616688.2019.1618905 |
| OpenAlex | W2944956637 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 40 |
Ecotourism has often been characterized and employed as a panacea for sustainable development. Bhutan, a small Himalayan kingdom, follows suit promoting ecotourism within the framework of Gross National Happiness (GNH), a home-grown development philosophy derived from a Buddhist ethic and Bhutanese values. The investigation of three ecotourism ventures in Bhutan provides ethnographic evidence of divergences from previous social and human-environment relations. These divergences are representative of an underlying neoliberal logic and discourse driving the ecotourism sector. Departing from conventional analyses of ecotourism that emphasize its material nature, we treat it as a discursive process that has critical sociocultural implications. Employing a dwelling perspective [Ingold, T. (2000). The Perception of the Environment: Essays on livelihood, dwelling and skill. London: Routledge], we conceptualize evolving perceptions of Bhutanese communities that engage in the sector, finding that ambiguity related to the GNH concept allows a neoliberal logic to infiltrate local understandings and practices. Part of this entails promotion of a particular environmental subject [Agrawal, A. (2005). Environmentality: Technologies of government and the making of subjects. London: Duke University Press] that manifests in local people's evolving perceptions of the environment
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |