Dijkhoff, Sybrèn (2021) Sustainable community based tourism as a practice to safeguard intangible heritage. Master thesis, Sustainable Entrepreneurship (SE).
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Abstract
Intangible cultural heritage preservation is becoming more critical in the light of economic growth, social transformation, and globalization. Tourism can play an important role in intangible heritage preservation but simultaneously poses a threat to its survival and a communities ecological and authentic well-being. Sustainable community-based tourism (SCBT) addresses these adverse effects by balancing the needs of local communities, preserve intangible heritage, and meet tourists' needs. However, this potential of tourism has rarely been fully realized and limited research is available on how it can be managed and achieved. This research studies how SCBT can be implemented to safeguard intangible heritage. By applying the 7Es model of sustainable tourism management a destinations current state based on the SCBT criteria is assessed. The findings show that a quadruple helix cooperation between intangible heritage communities, the government, the tourism sector and academia for the successful implementation of SCBT.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Name supervisor: | Jong, J.B.M. de and Folmer, E.C. |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Sep 2021 08:22 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Sep 2021 08:22 |
| URI: | https://campus-fryslan.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/45 |
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