Towards a typology of community participation in the tourism development process
Author
Tosun, C.
Date
1999Source Title
Anatolia
Print ISSN
1303-2917
Publisher
Routledge
Volume
10
Issue
2
Pages
113 - 134
Language
English
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Abstract
Although the notion of community participation in tourism originates from the general concept of community participation in development studies, the subject of the former seems to have evolved and popularized in isolation from the meaning and scope of its origin. This article reveals that such isolation has ushered in a rigid and simple paradigm of community participation in tourism. This is assumed to be of one form and has universal validity without considering the existence of the different circumstances at various tourist destinations. It is suggested that the concept of community participation should be re-considered in terms of an adaptive categorical paradigm, which incorporates a range of various forms of community participation. These forms of participation are outlined for a variety of abstract situations with the aim of illustrating the legitimacy of different forms of community participation in tourism.
Keywords
Community participationTourism development process
Typology
Local participation
Participatory approach
Tourism development