Achieving Sustainable Community-Based Tourism in Rural Myanmar: The Case of River Ayeyarwaddy Dolphin Tourism
| Autor: | John Walsh, Khin Kyi Zin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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community-based tourism
dolphin tourism Myanmar wildlife-based tourism Economic growth myanmar HF5001-6182 Interview Service provision 05 social sciences 010501 environmental sciences Service provider 01 natural sciences Sustainable community 0502 economics and business Sustainability General Earth and Planetary Sciences Business Business management 050212 sport leisure & tourism Tourism 0105 earth and related environmental sciences General Environmental Science Qualitative research |
| Zdroj: | Zagreb International Review of Economics and Business, Vol 22, Iss 2, Pp 95-109 (2019) Zagreb International Review of Economics & Business Volume 22 Issue 2 |
| ISSN: | 1849-1162 1331-5609 |
| DOI: | 10.2478/zireb-2019-0022 |
| Popis: | Community-based tourism is recognised as being a potentially important means by which economic development can take place in rural Myanmar. One particular project in this vein is the dolphin-based tourism organized at six villages on the River Ayeyarwaddy in the northern Mandalay division. Qualitative research featuring personal interviewing of international tourists and service providers in the region indicated the potential for this project but also the formidable problems of poor connectivity and service provision that will need to be overcome to achieve success. The threats to the dolphins concerned and the indifference with which they are treated by many community members suggest real threats to the sustainability of the project as a whole. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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