Tourism & Locals

Modul 1 – Community Based Tourism

Agenda
• What is Tourism?
• Tourist as temporary locals
• 4 Scenarios Tourism and Locals
What is Tourism?
• UNWTO defined tourism as a social, cultural, and
economic phenomenon that entails the movement of
people to countries or places outside their usual
environment for personal or business/professional
purposes.
• Countries or Places in the definition of tourism must
have uniqueness/tourist attraction and it called tourist
destination.
What is Tourism?
attraction

• Local communities are components

of a tourist destination (Beeton,
Public
Locals
Facilities 2006).
Tourism • Locals have essential role in tourist
development.
Accesbilities Amenities

Law of RI No 10 of 2009 concerning Tourism

Tourist as Temporary Locals

Tourist destinations have their own communities. tourists visit

destinations and interact with local communities, following local
wisdom that applies, so that while in tourist destinations they can
become temporary members of the community (Beeton, 2006).
 4 Scenarios Locals & Tourism

• Locals & Tourism benefit together. Win- • Locals benefit, mass tourism
Win-win industry is not
• Tourism industry is growing &
Lose
local is receiving the benefit Scenario
• Locals support tourism industry Scenario

• Mass tourism industry and locals

do not receive the benefit.
Lose- Lose- • Mass tourism industry benefit, but
locals is not
lose Win
scenario Scenario

Singh, Timothy, & Dowling (2003) relationship locals & Tourism

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