Essays about: "tourism challenges and opportunity"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words tourism challenges and opportunity.

  1. 1. Regenerative Potential and Problems in Nature-based Tourism: The Case of Private Game Reserves in South Africa

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Elliot Mackenzie; [2023]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The importance of sustainable development has been firmly acknowledged worldwide. This is no less apparent than in the context of tourism, which despite its promise as a driver of development in low-income countries has produced a number of negative externalities for local communities, ecologies, and the environment at large. READ MORE

  3. 2. Principles and Values from Cooperatives on Gotland: Fostering Sustainable Destination Development through Alternative Economies and Regenerative Practices

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik

    Author : Valentina Rodoni; [2022]
    Keywords : alternative economies; cooperatives; values and principles; regenerative development; regenerative tourism; degrowth; sustainable destination development;

    Abstract : This research investigates the values and principles of cooperatives in relation to regenerative development and evaluates how these principles can be applied to foster SDD on Gotland. As alternative economies, cooperatives represent an opportunity to facilitate a regenerative type of development that is needed to face the issues brought by the capitalist system and the tourism industry. READ MORE

  4. 3. The sensitivity of the Maasai Mara Conservancy Model to external shocks

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Shreya Chakrabarti; [2021]
    Keywords : Environmentality; environmental governance; ecotourism; community-based conservation; neoliberal conservation; Covid-19 pandemic;

    Abstract : Biodiversity loss caused by human activities is considered to be one of the greatest challenges to the stability of our planet. Protected areas emerged as a solution to this challenge, but they are not always successful due to the exclusion and displacement of local communities that live in proximity to the protected area, especially in low income countries. READ MORE

  5. 4. Silver bullet or Barbed lure? : An analysis of the Girjas verdict and its potential to stimulate sustainable tourism development in Sweden

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik

    Author : Marios Michaelides; [2021]
    Keywords : Sustainable tourism development; Sami; Girjas Verdict; Indigenous tourism; Fishing; Hunting;

    Abstract : The Sami indigenous peoples in Northern Scandinavia face ongoing pressures to maintain their traditional way of life. Today, scholars of resilience and sustainability studies have looked towards indigenous tourism to deliver income diversity and cultural preservation. However, to date, this realization has been slow. READ MORE

  6. 5. Homework before homestay : The importance of host-training for sustainable tourism development

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE)

    Author : Rebecca Karlsson; [2017]
    Keywords : Philippines; homestay; sustainable tourism development; less developed countries; host; host-training; cultural exchange;

    Abstract : When tourism is growing fast it is important to develop it in a sustainable way which benefits the communities involved as much as possible. Homestay tourism can benefit local communities such as mass tourism has been widely criticized for failing to do. READ MORE