This chapter provides insight into community-based tourism and governance in the Ifugao Rice Terraces, a World Heritage site in the Philippines. Utilizing tourism as a catalyst, the regional community developed a community-based and integrated organization, called Save the Ifugao Terraces Movement. ...

This chapter reflects on the complexities of the Küçükyalı ArkeoPark, an ongoing urban archaeology research project in the city of Istanbul and on the work being conducted toward the progressive definition of a touristic identity for the site, one that would be beneficial for the site itself and...

The first part of this chapter introduces the reader to a potential mechanism that can improve the way volunteer tourism projects are established and evaluated with local communities: The 2008 Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria (GSTC). These guidelines brought together over 40 of the world's...

The chapter presents case studies of indigenous tourism enterprises in a remote rural community and in a protected area in Australia that have worked to contribute to the values of sustainable development for indigenous peoples. The first case study, the 'Gunya Titjikala', is an indigenous tourism...

This chapter identifies key issues and obstacles to using tourism to build support for protected areas and deliver 'benefits beyond boundaries'. Those issues include: (1) providing financial support for protected areas; (2) supporting sustainable use of natural and cultural heritage; (3) linking...

The Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa, is presented as an example of the role the private sector can play in conservation and community development in Africa and an epitome of the link between tourism, conservation and community. Sustainable ecotourism in Sabi Sabi ...

This chapter examines the reasons for government, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the community to be involved with the development of indicators that can aid in promoting sustainability and sustainable tourism. It also considers how monitoring can assist government, NGOs and communities...

This book seeks to improve an understanding of what happens when communities turn to, or are subjected to, tourism as a development strategy; use this knowledge to change the process of tourism planning and development in ways that will lead to improved outcomes for destination residents; address...

This book, which contains 15 separately authored chapters, discusses both the principles and applications of an integrated approach to natural resource management. Such an approach must embrace the complexity of systems and redirect research towards the greater inclusion of issues such as...