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- Title
Sustainable tourism and community-based tourism in small islands: a policy analysis.
- Authors
GIAMPICCOLI, Andrea; MTAPURI, Oliver; DŁUŻEWSKA, Anna
- Abstract
The importance of the tourism sector to Small Island Developing States (SIDS) relies on their “islandness”. Tourism contributes to its socio-economic development in many ways. However, their heavy dependence on foreign entities and expertise has encumbered processes that ensure greater local control, ownership, participation, and avoidance of leakages. Unshackling these dependencies is one of the biggest challenges faced by SIDS in their quest to self-determination and emancipatory futures. The article argues that new pathways and trajectories have to be found to induce the required change where sustainability and inclusivity become fundamental for self-determination, social justice, and a just tourism. The article suggests the establishment of specific island policies that support sustainability and Community-based Tourism (CBT). The suggestions also include the establishment of a regional CBT hub for Islands within a region. This article is a conceptual paper based on secondary data, journal articles, books and government documents.
- Subjects
SUSTAINABLE tourism; POLICY analysis; TOURISM; ISLANDS; GOVERNMENT publications; COMMUNITIES; SUSTAINABILITY
- Publication
Forum Geografic, 2021, Vol 20, Issue 1, p92
- ISSN
1583-1523
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5775/fg.2021.057.i