Innovative Community Tourism in Uganda

This paper illustrates an innovative approach to enhance rural livelihoods through community tourism in Uganda. Following pro-poor tourism principles of local participation and linking with existing systems, Gorilla Friends Tented Camp opened in Ruhija village, where mountain gorillas were recently habituated for gorilla tracking tours. In a village that had no previous tourist accommodations and few opportunities for villagers to earn income, a percentage of profits from Gorilla Friends Tented Camp are returned to support other livelihood enhancement initiatives in the village. While much of our previous research has focused on identifying and developing local capacity to participate meaningfully in Uganda’s tourism industry, attention must also be paid to tourists’ experiences at the site to ensure continued viability. Findings based on interviews with tourists to Ruhija illustrate the need for national partnership networks to support local community tourism. Additionally, understanding how tourists came to and experienced the community will assist the local people with sustainability of their operations and activities, and inform continued innovation in community tourism development in Ruhija.

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PARTISIPASI MASYARAKAT LOKAL DALAM PENGELOLAAN USAHA WISATA DI KOTA SENTANI, KABUPATEN JAYAPURA, PAPUA

Jurnal IPTA ◽

10.24843/ipta.2020.v08.i02.p08 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 235

Author(s):

Nani Eunike Manoach ◽

IGPB. Sasrawan Mananda ◽

I Nyoman Sudiarta

Keyword(s):

Community Participation ◽

Local Community ◽

Tourism Development ◽

Tourism Industry ◽

Local People ◽

Tourist Attraction ◽

Tour Guide ◽

Qualitative Descriptive

Local community participation in managing of local industry is important to tourism development in Sentani City, Jayapura Regency, Papua. The purpose of this study is to determine the participation of local community in the tourism industry entrepreneurship in Sentani City. The informant determination technique used in this research was purposive technique and the data analyze technique used in research was qualitative descriptive. The study result showed that local people in Sentani, have impulsive participation in tourist attraction business, waterpark, rent boats, and handycraft business. Coersive participation in rent car business, tour and travel, restaurant, and accommodation business. Induced participation in tour guide business.

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INOVASI YOUNG COMMUNITY BASED-INITIATIVES DALAM PARIWISATA SURABAYA (RASA MEMILIKI, INOVASI DAN KETERLIBATAN PEMUDA DALAM TURUT MENGEMBANGKAN PARIWISATA SURABAYA)

Jurnal Bisnis Terapan ◽

10.24123/jbt.v1i02.798 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 1 (02) ◽

pp. 91-98

Author(s):

Nur Emma Suriani

Keyword(s):

Local Community ◽

Tourism Development ◽

Local People ◽

Community Based ◽

Community Tourism ◽

The Spectator

The aim of this research is to analyze the knowledge of young generations (teenagers) to Surabaya’s tourism. Also, this research investigates how deep their sense of belongings and innovations in developing Surabaya’s tourism. This relates to young people’s understanding about destinations in Surabaya, location, accessibility, as well as history around them. This research examines participation of young generations to tourism development in Surabaya, tourism often ignores the participation of local community. Tourism often only asks the local people to be the spectator. The positive benefits of tourism are often enjoyed by people outside Surabaya. Therefore, this research focuses on the knowledge of local people, particularly the teenagers.

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ROLE OF EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS IN TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT

International Journal of Applied Sciences in Tourism and Events ◽

10.31940/ijaste.v4i1.1640 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 25

Author(s):

Eva Rachmawati ◽

Joanna Fountain

Keyword(s):

Local Community ◽

Tourism Development ◽

Tourism Industry ◽

Community Empowerment ◽

Community Group ◽

Community Needs ◽

External Stakeholder ◽

Village Communities ◽

Unexpected Outcome ◽

The Village

Purpose: This paper explores the external stakeholder role in empowering the local community in tourism development. The objectives are examined through Namo Sialang village communities, a case study that purposefully selected to represent communities where tourism was developed in a bottom-up approach, which is a good start for community empowerment Research methods: The approach used is an in-depth interview with stakeholders that involved in tourism development in the village. Results and discussions: The finding indicated that stakeholder activities more likely to create ‘power over' within the community, which is an unexpected outcome for community empowerment. It is because their activities are focused only on certain community group (e.g., tourism industry member, tourism organization member) and have not considered the wider community. The material was given also more likely focused on tourist needs, and not for what community needs. Conclusion: In essence, the stakeholders involved in tourism development in the village have not applied an empowering approach for the community

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Sustainable Tourism Development In India: An Exploratory Research On Sustainability Of Delhi Tourism

Archives of Business Research ◽

10.14738/abr.94.10043 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (4) ◽

pp. 198-217

Author(s):

T. Venugopalan

Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Environmental Sustainability ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Local Community ◽

Tourism Development ◽

Research Paper ◽

Tourism Industry ◽

Exploratory Research ◽

Cultural Sustainability ◽

Adverse Impacts

This research paper explores the economic, environmental, and socio-cultural sustainability of Delhi tourism from the perspective of tourists. Primary research was conducted among tourists based on a structured questionnaire at various tourist places across Delhi. This research paper used exploratory factor analysis (EFA), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and structural equation modelling (SEM) for examining and analysing the sustainability of tourism. The research findings on environmental pressure (EP) validate that tourism has been exerting huge pressure on the environment. The environment management (EM) system adopted by the tourism industry has failed in mitigating the adverse impacts of tourism and achieving environmental sustainability. The findings about economic empowerment (EP) prove that tourism has failed to achieve economic sustainability by empowering the local community. The destination governance (DG) mechanisms are directly contributing to the sustainability of tourist places. However, the findings on socio-cultural pressure (SP) fail to substantiate the argument that tourism is putting huge pressure on socio-cultural sustainability. Thus, tourism development in Delhi is not conducive to achieving environmental, economic, and social sustainability. Hence, the government should adopt proactive measures to mitigate the adverse impacts of tourism on the environment and economy integrating local communities while formulating and implementing tourism plans and programmes.

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The attitudes of local people about creating sports-recreational tourist offer in Sajkaska

Glasnik srpskog geografskog drustva ◽

10.2298/gsgd1103091k ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 91 (3) ◽

pp. 91-115

Author(s):

Bojana Kovacevic ◽

Jovan Plavsa

Keyword(s):

Local Community ◽

Effective Means ◽

Local Population ◽

Tourism Development ◽

Field Research ◽

Local People ◽

Sport Tourism ◽

Southeastern Part ◽

Cultural Affirmation ◽

Autonomous Province

Sajkaska is a geographical region in Serbia. It is southeastern part of Backa, located in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. Sajkaska is characterized by suitable tourist-geographical position, a plenty of natural values and various cultural-historical inheritance. These characteristics enable a lot of opportunities for developing sports and recreational activities This paper presents the results collected in the field research about the attitudes of local people about opportunities for development sports-recreational tourism in Sajkaska, as well as involving local community in this process. Initially, the survey was carried in Sajkaska and provided data about the participation of the local communities in the sport tourism development in Sajkaska Involving local community in this process is most easily done through the development of different forms of sports-tourist movements and tourism education programs of local population of Sajkaska. As long as sport tourism development in Sajkaska is well planned and monitored, it can be an effective means of local economic growth, cultural affirmation and environmental protection without compromising a region?s unique attractions.

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Determinants of Residents’ Support for Sustainable Tourism Development: Implications for Rural Communities

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12229438 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (22) ◽

pp. 9438 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Dunja Demirović Bajrami ◽

Adriana Radosavac ◽

Marija Cimbaljević ◽

Tatiana N. Tretiakova ◽

Yulia A. Syromiatnikova

Keyword(s):

Rural Communities ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Local Community ◽

Sustainable Tourism ◽

Tourism Development ◽

Tourism Industry ◽

Sustainable Tourism Development ◽

Perceived Quality Of Life ◽

The Republic

One of the key factors for success of sustainable tourism industry in all areas, including rural, is the support of community members. The paper aims to analyze how rural residents’ perceptions of sustainable tourism development (expressed through economic, social, environmental, and physical benefits) can affect residents’ intentions to support tourism. The second aim was to determine if attachment to the particular community and perceived quality of life can have influence on attitudes towards sustainable development of tourism in rural communities. Using a sample of 881 residents living in rural areas of the Republic of Serbia, the results highlighted that perceived values of tourism were important for evaluating how tourism is developed, if it is sustainable for a community, and how it affects quality of residents’ life. The study provided better understanding of factors that can have impact on residents’ attitudes in relation to tourism and highlighted the importance of paying attention to local community as significant player for tourism development, especially in those regions that want to boost its economy by developing sustainable tourism.

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Determinant Factors for Community Participation in Dutungan Island of Barru Regency

Jurnal Kawistara ◽

10.22146/kawistara.63075 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 75

Author(s):

Ilham Junaid

Keyword(s):

Community Participation ◽

Qualitative Methodology ◽

Local Community ◽

Local People ◽

Social Programs ◽

Determinant Factors ◽

Private Management ◽

Or Manager ◽

The Village

Understanding determinant factors in community participation is essential in encouraging community participation in tourism activities. However, community participation studies mainly focused on identifying community participation issues and reasons to advocate community participation. This research aims at 1) exploring factors that affect community participation in tourism, and 2) proposing strategies to encourage active participation by the local community. This paper employs a qualitative methodology conducted in 2019. The research reveals that community participation around Dutungan Island has three categories: supportive participation, micro business-based creation participation and passive participation. The determinant factors for community participation include; 1) private management of tourism attraction; 2) lack of collective awareness by the local community, and 3) lack of skills and knowledge in tourism. This paper proposes the importance of implementing communitybased tourism village; strengthening cooperation between the owner or manager of Dutungan Island and the local community; and optimising Dutungan Island management’s role to help the local people who reside the village. Dutungan Island’s manager should be able to share profit to help the local people through social programs that may include training for the local people and providing investment for micro business. This paper provides insight into how to encourage community participation through the role of different stakeholders, including the island and the local community.

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Tingkat Pemahaman Masyarakat Lokal sebagai Pemangku Kepentingan Kunci di Tebing Breksi Yogyakarta Terhadap Prinsip-Prinsip Pariwisata Berkelanjutan Berdasarkan SUSTDI

Tourisma: Jurnal Pariwisata ◽

10.22146/gamajts.v1i2.49295 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 88

Author(s):

Tania Nugraheni Ayuningtyas

Keyword(s):

Local Community ◽

Sustainable Tourism ◽

Tourism Development ◽

Local Communities ◽

Tourism Industry ◽

Host Community ◽

Community Group ◽

Index Method ◽

Sustainable Tourism Development ◽

Level Of Understanding

Tourism has involved the local communities as a key stakeholders in many tourism destination in Indonesia that are growing due to the phenomenon of digital tourism. In Tebing Breksi Yogyakarta, the growth of tourism sector as a result of the digital tourism phenomenon has made the local people relying on tourism as the main sector to ful l economic needs after the mining ban from the local government. This research conduct the SUSTDI (Stakeholder Understanding of Sustainable Tourism Development Index) method as a tool to asses level of understanding of local communities about sustainable tourism concepts. According to Timur & Getz (2009: 223) about the theory of key stakeholder role, three groups of local community has identi ed such as: host community group, local authority group and tourism industry group. The proportional sampling and strati ed random sampling conducted to determined the amount of representative respondent. The result showed that the local communities as the key stakeholder in Tebing Breksi have a high overall level of understanding about the sustainable tourism concept at the scale 4,19 out of 5,00. Despite of that, the level of understanding on the three of the group respondent on question number 23 implies that the “economic development funds should to be used to promote tourism” as “Medium”. Moreover, tourism planner can use this results to develop a precise education and training program to improve their knowledge about sustainable tourism development.

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Community tourism – Development of rural areas in developing countries

SHS Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/shsconf/20219207043 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 92 ◽

pp. 07043

Author(s):

Monika Nova

Keyword(s):

Rural Areas ◽

Local Community ◽

Tourism Development ◽

Value Added ◽

Point Of View ◽

Standard Of Living ◽

Community Based ◽

Grounded Theory Method ◽

Community Tourism

Research background: Community-based tourism has become a very popular form of sustainable tourism in the world. Tourism is supposed to be developmental in nature benefiting the local community by improving the Quality-of-Life and the standard of living for locals and local commerce. It is therefore imperative to understand that the community around tourism development is important and has to be involved in the development from the initial planning of the development as the sole beneficiaries of the development. Purpose of the article: The aim of this work was to evaluate the prerequisites for the development of community-based tourism and Bridging the technology gap for community-based tourism projects in Cambodia. Methods: The theoretical part is focused especially on community-based tourism, its origin, history and possibilities of development. The practical part of the thesis consists of a descriptive part which characterizes the studied area from the point of view of living conditions and tourism, and, also, contains the results of analysis of interviews conducted conditions and tourism, and, also, contains the results of analysis of interviews conducted with the local people and person by the implementer during the stay in the Cambodia were analysed using the Grounded theory method. Findings & Value added: The result of the paper is to set the prerequisites for the development of community-based tourism and recommendations for a subsequent research.

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The impacts of development of Pela Village as a tourist village in Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan

Journal of Applied Sciences in Travel and Hospitality ◽

10.31940/jasth.v4i2.85-92 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 85-92

Author(s):

I Wayan Lanang Nala ◽

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Novita Indriani ◽

I Made Darma Oka ◽

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...

Keyword(s):

Local Community ◽

Tourism Development ◽

Active Role ◽

Snowball Sampling ◽

Literature Study ◽

Environmental Cleaning ◽

East Kalimantan ◽

Tourist Village ◽

The Village ◽

Positive Impacts

This study aims to describe the impacts of development of Pela Village as a tourist village in Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan. Pella village has very unique tourism potential to be developed. For the sustainability of tourism development in the tourist village of Pela, it is important to pay attention to the impacts of devel-opment of a tourism village. The data were collected by observation, interviews, and literature study. Inform-ants are taken from community leaders who understand the impacts of tourism development in the village using snowball sampling techniques. Data were analyzed by descriptive qualitative. The results showed that the development of Pela Village as a tourism village able to provide positive impacts for people's lives, both in terms of economic (as lodging business, tour operators, open food stalls); social (effective interactions occur between members of the community): cultural (keeping traditional fishing gear, Kuntau art, and the development of Jepen Dance); environmental (cleaning the village environment), and political dimensions (prioritized local communities as labor). The positive impacts is able to increase the enthusiasm of the local community in supporting the development of tourist villages. It is hoped that stakeholders will play an active role in supporting the development of Pela Tourist Village in the form of guidance, counseling, management, and promotion.

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