EDRD 4010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Sustainable Tourism, Land Tenure

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Environmental Design and Rural Development
• Course: EDRD 4010
• Professor: Marianne Staempfli

Document Summary

Readings: understanding local power and interactional processes in sustainable tourism: exploring village-tour operator relations on the kokoda track, papua new guinea. Alternative tourism development: participatory, self-reliant, equitable, process- oriented. Sustainable tourism development: must take a long-term view, place an emphasis on local benefits (environmental, economic, social, minimise negative impacts, operate within the limits of the environment, apply equity on both intra- and intergenerational basis. Kokoda track, popular trekking/hiking area; development of eco-trekking strategy changed lifestyle of those who live along the track. Pra framework to guide initial research process to ensure local communities engage knowledge and ideas in the management of their resources. Social mapping: allow participants to visually record villages and social amenities, draw planned activities such as new guest houses; ask residents to brainstorm what they thought was relevant for tourists in their communities.