Indigenous communities engaging in tourism development in Arizona, USA

Since indigenous areas have profound ethnic culture and ecological significance and sensitivity, successful tourism development must consider the perceptions of the indigenous community in order to build a mutual relationship grounded on respect and feasibility. The local indigenous communities are influenced by both the positive and negative impacts of tourism. To recognize which tourism impacts are most anticipated and concerning, we determined which and to what extent tourism impacts affect indigenous hosts’ support of alternatives for tourism plans. We used discrete choice modeling in the experiment design for empirical data collection and used mixed-logistic regression to evaluate the influence of each impact on local residents’ perceptions. We rank the effects of socio-culture, economic, and environmental tourism impacts. Our findings suggest that culture-related impacts most improve indigenous residents’ tourism development support. The residents expect economic impacts on both the regional and local scales. However, the results show a willingness to accept pollution following increased tourism. The residents have an adverse opinion of practices that are likely to cause environmental damage. The potential for conflict between local residents and tourists is not important to the local residents. This study contributes essential information to the understanding of tourism impacts from an indigenous perspective.

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Marapu and Farming: How Tourism Shape Rural Development and Ancient Tradition of Sumba Indigenous Community – Indonesia

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/202131604004 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 316 ◽

pp. 04004

Author(s):

Yohanis Ngongo ◽

Magdalena Ngongo

Keyword(s):

Rural Development ◽

Tourism Development ◽

Belief System ◽

Cropping System ◽

Indigenous Communities ◽

Farming System ◽

Local Communities ◽

Market Demand ◽

Author Study ◽

Eastern Indonesia

Tourism National Product during 2016 – 2017. Tourism development has extended beyond “Bali” Island in Eastern Indonesia in recent years. One of the famous and well-known tourism destinations in Eastern Indonesia is located in Sumba Island. This Island settled Indigenous communities practice Marapu belief system that closed related to the traditional practicing farming that attract Tourism. The paper explores Marapu and farming traditions and how recent Tourism promotions of Sumba Island have shaped rural development and ancient traditions. Data for this study were gathered as part of the first Author study on Farming System Research in Sumba Island, East Nusa Tenggara (ENT) province in last 10 years. The study showed that Marapu tradition is still practiced for local communities, however they have been able to incorporate some crops into traditional farming system for the market demand. The paper highlight that mixed-cropping system and diversity of food commodities keeps practiced by local communities of Sumba Island in order to minimize risk in fragile ecosystem. Strategy for Tourism development in Sumba Island should strengthen the local traditions/culture particularly in farming and in the same time protecting local resources/environment.

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Indigenous communities, tourism development and extreme poverty alleviation in rural Bangladesh

Tourism Economics ◽

10.5367/te.2014.0456 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 22 (3) ◽

pp. 645-654 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Faridul Islam ◽

Jack Carlsen

Keyword(s):

Poverty Alleviation ◽

Tourism Development ◽

Indigenous Communities ◽

Extreme Poverty ◽

Rural Bangladesh

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PROSPECTS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SACRAL TOURISM IN KEMEROVO REGION AND THE REPUBLIC OF TUVA

Bulletin of Kemerovo State University Series Biological Engineering and Earth Sciences ◽

10.21603/2542-2448-2017-4-52-55 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 2017 (4) ◽

pp. 52-55

Author(s):

Елизавета Чайкина ◽

Elizaveta Chaikina ◽

Алексей Веденин ◽

Aleksey Vedenin

Keyword(s):

Tourism Development ◽

Indigenous Communities ◽

Point Of View ◽

Tourist Industry ◽

Indigenous Culture ◽

Successful Development ◽

Foreign Tourist ◽

Tourism Resources ◽

The Republic ◽

Recreational Resources

<p>The paper considers a number of issues linked with the possibilities for the development of sacral (or esoteric) tourism in the Kemerovo Region and the Republicof Tuvaas most promising areas from the point of view of tourist industry. The authors assess the sacral tourism development as a way to attract more domestic and foreign tourist into the regions and review their recreational resources as well. The paper shows the signifi of sacral tourism resources for indigenous communities in the Kemerovoregion and the Republicof Tuva. As one of main conclusions in this regard, the authors state that presence of cult objects and unique indigenous culture in the regions shape key conditions needed for sacral tourism development. The research includes the existing esoteric tourist routes operating within both regions: the analysis has revealed that the sacral tourism in the Republicof Tuvahas a higher level of development than that of the Kemerovoregion. The fi part of the paper offers a list of actions necessary for successful development of sacral tourism within the regions. The authors’ attention is mostly focused on the interaction between the tourism business representatives and the indigenous communities.<strong></strong></p>

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Ethno-Ecotourism in Kulon Progo, Indonesia: A Downstreaming Process of Natural Resources-Based Products with A Touch of Cultural Resources

KnE Social Sciences ◽

10.18502/kss.v3i23.5137 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Carlos Iban ◽

Cisya Dewantara Nugraha ◽

Tuti Elfrida

Keyword(s):

Natural Resources ◽

Natural Resource ◽

Tourism Development ◽

Indigenous Communities ◽

Added Value ◽

Primary Data ◽

Cultural Resources ◽

Theory Approach ◽

Systematic Observation ◽

Literature Study

Kulon Progo is a regency in the Special Province of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, which has a remarkable potentials to be developed into tourist attractions due to its wealth of natural and cultural resources. The ethno-ecotourism in Kulon Progo is a new form of sustainable tourism development that combines ethno tourism and ecotourism activities. This concept was currently developed by the World Bank which aims to position indigenous communities as the primary stakeholder of tourism development. Downstreaming is a clustering concept to increase the added value of a product by avoiding the sale of primary forms of natural resources. This study aims to identify the potential tourism activities that will emerge in the process of developing natural resource-based products that are processed into new tourism products through the touch of cultural resources. This descriptive-analytical study using the grounded theory approach. There are a number of data collection methods utilised to undertaken this research. The primary data were collected through a systematic observation, key informants, and in-depth interviews. The secondary data were collected through literature study by using tourism and economic surveys in Kulon Progo Regency. Collected data sets were analyzed by employing interactive model analysis, triangulation, and downstream product approaches with three variables: upstream, midstream, and downstream clusters. The findings indicated that the apparent potentials lie on the processing of natural resource-based products such as cocoa, pennywort leaves, palm sugar, dragon fruit, coffee, and tea, which can be developed into various types of derivative tourism products. The first cluster is upstream or the exploration phase. The tourism activities formed in it, for instance, are the introduction of the type of vegetation, the methods of planting, and the process of farming. The second cluster is the middle stream or the processing phase. The tourism activities are in the form of a workshop on processing raw materials into finished goods. The last cluster is downstream or the packaging phase. The tourism activities are in the forms of the consumption and packaging as souvenirs of the finished products.

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Developing indigenous tourism: challenges for the Guianas

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management ◽

10.1108/09596110310470158 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 15 (3) ◽

pp. 140-146 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Donald Sinclair

Keyword(s):

Comparative Advantage ◽

Tourism Development ◽

Indigenous Communities ◽

Special Character ◽

Policy Measures ◽

Tourism Destinations ◽

Indigenous Tourism ◽

Cultural Forms ◽

Creativity And Innovation ◽

The Guianas

As emergent tourism destinations, the Guianas are new players in a game in which rules have been agreed, strategies defined and competition has been intense. New players succeed by demonstrating creativity and innovation and by seizing comparative advantage. The possession of unique natural attractions, the presence of indigenous communities or rare cultural forms are all precious resources commanding comparative advantage for the Guianas. However, because of the special character of indigenous tourism, development of that form of tourism is not possible without the articulation and implementation of appropriate policy measures. In the absence of that policy infrastructure the possibilities for error and conflict are immense. This paper explores the key challenges in the path of the development of indigenous tourism and suggests clear policy guidelines that should inform the development of indigenous tourism in the pursuit of comparative advantage.

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Paraísos indígenas: un análisis a la política pública de su nombramiento y funcionamiento

RA RIÓ GUENDARUYUBI ◽

10.53331/rar.v2i5.4313 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (5) ◽

pp. 42-48

Author(s):

Sandra Gabriela Juvera-Benítez

Keyword(s):

Federal Government ◽

Tourism Development ◽

Indigenous Communities ◽

Public Programs ◽

Alternative Tourism ◽

Politica Publica ◽

Development Plans

The evolution of public programs for the development of tourism in communities shows the ways in which the tourist offer in Mexico has expanded. Through agencies, the federal government promotes the offer of alternative tourism in indigenous communities. In the process of tourism development plans, the remarkable growth of cabins in communities for lodging and service to visitors can be observed. You can also see the boost to this type of tourism through programs such as the so-called magical towns. The “indigenous Paradises” program is one more program that seeks to promote tourism development through the organization of communities and with the support offered for their certification. The program achieved the certification of 100 destinations, however, so far there is no information on the results and the effects on the communities in which they were developed.

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Non-Fatal Deliberate Self-Harm in Three Remote Indigenous Communities in Far North Queensland, Australia

Crisis ◽

10.1027/0227-5910/a000589 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 40 (6) ◽

pp. 422-428 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Chris Rouen ◽

Alan R. Clough ◽

Caryn West

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Primary Health Care ◽

Care Center ◽

Indigenous Communities ◽

Indigenous Australians ◽

Deliberate Self Harm ◽

Health Care Center ◽

Far North ◽

Primary Health ◽

Self Harm

Abstract. Background: Indigenous Australians experience a suicide rate over twice that of the general population. With nonfatal deliberate self-harm (DSH) being the single most important risk factor for suicide, characterizing the incidence and repetition of DSH in this population is essential. Aims: To investigate the incidence and repetition of DSH in three remote Indigenous communities in Far North Queensland, Australia. Method: DSH presentation data at a primary health-care center in each community were analyzed over a 6-year period from January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2011. Results: A DSH presentation rate of 1,638 per 100,000 population was found within the communities. Rates were higher in age groups 15–24 and 25–34, varied between communities, and were not significantly different between genders; 60% of DSH repetitions occurred within 6 months of an earlier episode. Of the 227 DSH presentations, 32% involved hanging. Limitations: This study was based on a subset of a larger dataset not specifically designed for DSH data collection and assesses the subset of the communities that presented to the primary health-care centers. Conclusion: A dedicated DSH monitoring study is required to provide a better understanding of DSH in these communities and to inform early intervention strategies.

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