Assessing the level of community participation as a component of community capacity building for tourism development

Community participation is regarded as an important tool for successful tourism development. Western scholars generally agree that active community participation in the decision making process will benefit local communities. However, in developing countries, such as participation is difficult to put...

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Main Authors: Aref, Fariborz, Redzuan, Ma’rof
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Eurojournals 2009
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description Community participation is regarded as an important tool for successful tourism development. Western scholars generally agree that active community participation in the decision making process will benefit local communities. However, in developing countries, such as participation is difficult to put into practice due to shortcomings in structural, cultural and operational limitations in the tourism development process. A study was carried out to assess the level of community participation in tourism development. Community capacity building for tourism development requires a range of community participation. The paper is based on the study of community capacity building in tourism development which was carried in Shiraz city, Iran. The study found that the level of community participation generally was low and each district of Shiraz has different level of community participation in tourism development.
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spelling upm-132962015-11-16T06:32:43Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13296/ Assessing the level of community participation as a component of community capacity building for tourism development Aref, Fariborz Redzuan, Ma’rof Community participation is regarded as an important tool for successful tourism development. Western scholars generally agree that active community participation in the decision making process will benefit local communities. However, in developing countries, such as participation is difficult to put into practice due to shortcomings in structural, cultural and operational limitations in the tourism development process. A study was carried out to assess the level of community participation in tourism development. Community capacity building for tourism development requires a range of community participation. The paper is based on the study of community capacity building in tourism development which was carried in Shiraz city, Iran. The study found that the level of community participation generally was low and each district of Shiraz has different level of community participation in tourism development. Eurojournals 2009-03 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13296/1/Assessing%20the%20level%20of%20community%20participation%20as%20a%20component%20of%20community%20capacity%20building%20for%20tourism%20development.pdf Aref, Fariborz and Redzuan, Ma’rof (2009) Assessing the level of community participation as a component of community capacity building for tourism development. European Journal of Social Sciences, 8 (1). pp. 68-75. ISSN 1450-2267
spellingShingle Aref, Fariborz
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Assessing the level of community participation as a component of community capacity building for tourism development
title Assessing the level of community participation as a component of community capacity building for tourism development
title_full Assessing the level of community participation as a component of community capacity building for tourism development
title_fullStr Assessing the level of community participation as a component of community capacity building for tourism development
title_full_unstemmed Assessing the level of community participation as a component of community capacity building for tourism development
title_short Assessing the level of community participation as a component of community capacity building for tourism development
title_sort assessing the level of community participation as a component of community capacity building for tourism development
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