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the critique of current thinking in sustainable tourism management -…
the critique of current thinking in sustainable tourism management
The Green Tourists
Four type of green tourism
2) Light Green - Think about the issues and try to reduce normal water consumption in destination
3) Dark Green - Resort do not support green or poor reputation on environment
1) Not at all green - Read what brochure say about green issues and sustainable tourism
4) Totally Green - Will not harm the environment in anyways
Critique towards a better Green Tourist
To introduce more objectivity into the sustainable tourism amongst the tourists and local
Focusing more toward the tourism industry to move towards green tourism
It is important to remember that sustainable tourism is not just about the environment but also it is about giving back to the local or the society
Ecotourism
The desire of participation to learn more about the destination than average tourist
The attempt to maximize contact with indigenous people
Less harmful and more sustainable than mainstream mass tourism
The small size of most people
The concept of Carrying capacity
Physical capacity- The number of tourist that can accommodate the place
Social capacity - The number of people beyond which social disruption irrevocable cultural damage occur
Economic capacity - The number of tourists are welcomed before the local community start to suffer economic downturn
Perceptual capacity - The number of people before the quality of tourists experience affected
Infrastructure capacity - The number of people who can accommodate the destination infrastructure
The emphasis needs to shift from strategy generation to implementation for there are many sustainable tourism strategies in destination.
We need to recognize that tourists have rights too, They spend their money to visit the destination so all of the matter must be taken into consideration
Community Involvement and Local Control
The mechanisms that are used to elicit the views of the community provide and opportunity for a minority of self appointed community
Professional can sometimes under value or even ignore local views that are the opposite of their own
Communities rarely, there are so much interest groups. Individual viewpoints and there is no easy way to reconciling these to reach to a decision
Critique towards the community involvement and local control
Accept the idea of community involvement as a cornerstone in sustainable tourism is fraught with problems
There is a need to develop a good performance indicators for sustainable tourism just the progress can be monitor
The idea of that sustainable tourism is about stakeholders, the community or the local interest should have been balanced to satisfy each parties
Tourist Taxes and Fair Pricing
Need to know far more than currently about tourists willingness to pay a particular tax levy for a specific resort
The mechanism for implementing the tax would be complex and costly
To reduce demand at unique destination
It assumes that all tourists are equal in term of their impact and does not encourage responsible behavior or penalize anti-social behavior