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Building Community Capacity for Tourism Development
. Ed(S): Moscardo, G. (James Cook University, Australia)
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Description for Building Community Capacity for Tourism Development
A lack of entrepreneurial capacity, limited understanding of tourism markets and a lack of community understanding of tourism and its impacts have been identified as barriers to effective tourism development in peripheral regions. This book provides an analysis of this issue within tourism development practice. Editor(s): Moscardo, G. (James Cook University, Australia). Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBS; KNSG; RGC; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 177 x 19. Weight in Grams: 604.
Tourism has become an important tool for development in rural, remote and peripheral regions in the last 50 years. However, in many places, tourism has failed to produce the promised benefits and often caused negative impacts due to a lack of local entrepreneurial capacity to benefit from tourism business opportunities, inadequate understanding of tourism markets and limited community awareness of tourism and its impacts. Drawing attention to the potential outcomes to communities when using tourism as a development strategy, this book provides a focused analysis of this emerging issue and seeks to provide positive guidance on improving the process of ... Read more
Tourism has become an important tool for development in rural, remote and peripheral regions in the last 50 years. However, in many places, tourism has failed to produce the promised benefits and often caused negative impacts due to a lack of local entrepreneurial capacity to benefit from tourism business opportunities, inadequate understanding of tourism markets and limited community awareness of tourism and its impacts. Drawing attention to the potential outcomes to communities when using tourism as a development strategy, this book provides a focused analysis of this emerging issue and seeks to provide positive guidance on improving the process of ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2008
Publisher
CABI Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Wallingford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845934477
SKU
V9781845934477
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
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