Showing the link between community and tourism. How tourism can help to improve community appearance and its members interest. How a community can grow economically from tourism investments.
2. WHAT IS A COMMUNITY
Common Definition:-
Community is defined as a group of people living in a specific area (village,
town or neighborhood) and are sharing the common interest (such as values,
benefits and norms).
Other Definition:-
A group of people living together
A group of individuals with common interest
Ecologist describes community as the assembly of spieces interacting and
sharing a specific area.
3. TYPES OF COMMUNITY
Location based community
Identity (interest) based community
Organizational based community
Virtual community
Paul James (Professor of Globalization and Cultural Diversity at Western
Sydney University) developed a taxonomy to map relations
Grounded community relations
Life style relations
Projected community relations
4. SENSE OF COMMUNITY
McMillian and Chavis (1986) identifies four elements
Membership
Influence
Integration and fulfillment of needs
Shared emotional connection
6. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
It is aimed at building a strong, resilient local communities – coming together
of members to take collective action in finding solutions to problems within
the community
Scott Peck (an American Psychiatrist)states in his 1978 book that community
develops through four stages
Pseudo-community
Chaos
Emptiness
True community
7. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
There are numerous approaches used
These are significant to the economic, political, cultural, social and
environmental enhancement of the community
8. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
At the grassroots level – involves some building and organization
Empower the community
Bring change to community both physically and personally
Regional or National level – involves some form of planning and
work, usually requires some stakeholders
Foundations
Government
NGOs
Universities
9. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Economic development
Sustainable development
Asset-Based community development
Tourism Based community Development
11. WHAT IS TOURISM
Defined as the movement of an individual to places other than their usual
environment for leisure, business or other purposes
Outbound
Inbound
Domestic
12. WHY TOURISM
Vital source of income
Create frame work of employment
Hotels
Food services
Travel services
Transportation
infrastructure
consumers
People who may go on
holidays
marketing/promotion
Research, development, evaluation and
consumer communication to raise
awareness and generate sales.
Travel experience
The experience that people have
travelling to their destination
holiday experience
The experience that people have at
their destination
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16. MODEL APPROACH
Model 1: Transit travelers destined for natural/man-made attractions via
community settlements
Model 2: Only Community (no other added attractions)
Model 3: Community blended with natural/man-made tourists attractions
17. 1. Tourism
Potential
Assessment
5. Market
Community
4. Develop
Products
2. Secure
Assistance
3. Develop an
Integrated
Approach
6. On-going
Support
1. Determine the USTOs and the potential
natural/man-made attractions nearby
through surveys
1. Hire local NGO or tourism consulting firm,
or other competent agencies
1. Hold community meetings
2. Formation of a local community tourism
committee
3. Identify entrepreneurs and opportunities
for community cooperatives
1. Develop training programs
2. Promote training programs
3. Implement programs
1. Develop marketing material for the
community, tourist attractions.
2. Promote community in the Internet and
travel books
1. Assess situation
2. Provide ongoing support as needed
1. A list of potential tourism products
1. Community approval on future
developments
2. Local tourism committee is responsible for
future tourism initiatives
3. Selection of most viable and suitable
products to develop
4. Development of a community brand
1. Assistance with the various stages of
tourism development (mainly creating
service offering structures)
1. Trained residents
2. Development of viable products
1. Arrival of first tourists
1. A successful and sustainable tourism
industry
2. A functioning tourism committee
STEPS ACTIVITIES RESULTS
18.
19. REFERENCES
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