Social transformations of rural communities through ecotourism : a systematic review / Velan Kunjuraman and Rosazman Hussin

This review paper observes the gap in the tourism literature, specifically on issues regarding communities’ qualities of life through eco(tourism) activities in both developed and developing countries. Based on the previous literature, it was found that the term ‘social transformation’ is often over...

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Main Author: Kunjuraman, Velan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Hotel Management and Tourism, Univrsiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor 2017
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/19469/
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description This review paper observes the gap in the tourism literature, specifically on issues regarding communities’ qualities of life through eco(tourism) activities in both developed and developing countries. Based on the previous literature, it was found that the term ‘social transformation’ is often overlooked in the literature and less focused by tourism researchers. The issue of social transformation in tourism development is crucial to be studied in order to understand the communities’ quality of life when engaging in tourism activities and how they manage impacts. In this paper, literature on community participation in tourism activities and the issue of tourism impacts towards communities’ qualities of life is also studied. The main contribution of this paper is the discussion on the issue of social transformations of local communities through tourism is scarce and proposes the need to study by having some successful case studies in both developed and developing countries.
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spelling uitm-194692018-02-22T18:22:14Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/19469/ Social transformations of rural communities through ecotourism : a systematic review / Velan Kunjuraman and Rosazman Hussin jthca Kunjuraman, Velan Travel and the state. Tourism Villages This review paper observes the gap in the tourism literature, specifically on issues regarding communities’ qualities of life through eco(tourism) activities in both developed and developing countries. Based on the previous literature, it was found that the term ‘social transformation’ is often overlooked in the literature and less focused by tourism researchers. The issue of social transformation in tourism development is crucial to be studied in order to understand the communities’ quality of life when engaging in tourism activities and how they manage impacts. In this paper, literature on community participation in tourism activities and the issue of tourism impacts towards communities’ qualities of life is also studied. The main contribution of this paper is the discussion on the issue of social transformations of local communities through tourism is scarce and proposes the need to study by having some successful case studies in both developed and developing countries. Faculty of Hotel Management and Tourism, Univrsiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor 2017-12 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/19469/1/AJ_VELAN%20KUNJURAMAN%20JTHCA%2017.pdf Kunjuraman, Velan (2017) Social transformations of rural communities through ecotourism : a systematic review / Velan Kunjuraman and Rosazman Hussin. (2017) Journal of Tourism, Hospitality & Culinary Arts (JTHCA) <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Journal_of_Tourism,_Hospitality_=26_Culinary_Arts_=28JTHCA=29.html>, 9 (3). pp. 1-13. ISSN 1985-8914 ; 2590-3837 https://www.jthca.org/
spellingShingle Travel and the state. Tourism
Villages
Kunjuraman, Velan
Social transformations of rural communities through ecotourism : a systematic review / Velan Kunjuraman and Rosazman Hussin
title Social transformations of rural communities through ecotourism : a systematic review / Velan Kunjuraman and Rosazman Hussin
title_full Social transformations of rural communities through ecotourism : a systematic review / Velan Kunjuraman and Rosazman Hussin
title_fullStr Social transformations of rural communities through ecotourism : a systematic review / Velan Kunjuraman and Rosazman Hussin
title_full_unstemmed Social transformations of rural communities through ecotourism : a systematic review / Velan Kunjuraman and Rosazman Hussin
title_short Social transformations of rural communities through ecotourism : a systematic review / Velan Kunjuraman and Rosazman Hussin
title_sort social transformations of rural communities through ecotourism : a systematic review / velan kunjuraman and rosazman hussin
topic Travel and the state. Tourism
Villages
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/19469/
https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/19469/