Tourism-Based Alternative Livelihoods for Small Island Communities Transitioning towards a Blue Economy
| Autor: | Radisti A. Praptiwi, Matt Fortnam, Leuserina Garniati, Jito Sugardjito, Tomas Chaigneau, Louisa Evans, Carya Maharja |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Marine conservation
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Natural resource economics Geography Planning and Development marine planning TJ807-830 Management Monitoring Policy and Law TD194-195 01 natural sciences Renewable energy sources alternative livelihoods 0502 economics and business GE1-350 blue economy 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Environmental effects of industries and plants Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment 05 social sciences Building and Construction Livelihood sustainable livelihoods Environmental sciences Incentive Ecotourism Sustainability Conservation development Business Basic needs conservation development eco-tourism 050212 sport leisure & tourism Tourism |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability Volume 13 Issue 12 Sustainability, Vol 13, Iss 6655, p 6655 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/su13126655 |
| Popis: | Tourism development has been promoted as an alternative livelihood to reduce the dependence of small island communities on declining marine resources. It is often central to emerging agendas around marine planning and the blue economy. However, relatively little is known about how communities perceive tourism development as an alternative and potentially sustainable livelihood in their area and its implications. This qualitative study tracks a governance system in transition and analyzes the factors perceived by stakeholders to be driving and hindering the adoption of tourism-based livelihoods on small islands in UNESCO’s Taka Bonerate Kepulauan Selayar Biosphere Reserve (Indonesia). The findings indicate that, despite a series of tourism-enhancing investments and initiatives and the positive attitudes of local communities towards it, tourism is not a direct route towards sustainability for small island communities. The benefits of tourism are perceived to be unequally distributed. The lack of education and skills limits participation in new job opportunities, and the incentives to continue destructive fishing inhibits livelihood transition to tourism. The article concludes that tourism cannot be assumed to generate simultaneous benefits for conservation and development without more equitable benefit sharing, the meeting of basic needs in communities, and addressing the drivers of unsustainable livelihoods. |
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