COOPERATIVE COASTAL TOURISM PLANNING: REFINING THE PROCESS AND OUTCOME BY INVOLVING COMMUNITIES, NGOs AND PRIVATE/PUBLIC SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS
Tanggal : 2004-02-19
For many coastal communities of the Pacific, tourism development is increasingly carrying poignant political, economic, and environmental implications. Addressing these touristic implications can be seen as one necessary facet to resource conservation and sustainable development, and therefore a part of integrated coastal management (ICM). Community tourism in coastal areas frequently represents an alternative means for economic development (versus fishing or some other extractive behavior) that is both ecologically sustainable and culturally sensitive. Additionally, in an effort to reduce economic costs of procurement and management of marine protected areas (MPAs) for conservation and research, resource managers (government agencies and non-governmental organizations[NGO]) are seeking creative partnerships among themselves and adjacent communities in the development of sustainable community tourism....
