Towards a coalescence of the community-based tourism and ‘Albergo Difusso’ tourism models for Sustainable Local Economic Development
Tourism is a major global economic sector and its potential role in decreasing poverty and inequality and fostering community development should not be underestimated. However, while tourism can have positive impacts on localities, invariably the model of tourism development determines the type of...
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| author | Dr Andrea Giampiccoli, PhD Prof. Oliver Mtapuri |
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| description | Tourism is a major global economic sector and its potential role in decreasing poverty and inequality
and fostering community development should not be underestimated. However, while tourism can have
positive impacts on localities, invariably the model of tourism development determines the type of
impacts. This is a conceptual paper based entirely on secondary data. It has been acknowledged that
the current system of conventional/mass tourism has not fulfilled tourism’s potential to promote development. Local Economic Development (LED) focuses on local resources and benefits, while community-based tourism (CBT) and, Albergo Diffuso (AD) are tourism models that are compatible with the development of the local context. This article coalesces the CBT and AD tourism model in relation to LED to advance a ‘new’ tourism model, referred to as community-based diffused tourism (CBDT),
based on the characteristics of CBT and AD. More specifically, it explores the socio-economic and
ownership/control characteristics of CBT together with geographical/space characteristics and a specific ‘social’ feature of AD. The geographical/space characteristics of AD are expanded and reconfigured. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9f9731c9a459455889dae785ff19cf9a2022-12-22T01:02:24ZengAfricaJournalsAfrican Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure2223-814X2020-01-0191Towards a coalescence of the community-based tourism and ‘Albergo Difusso’ tourism models for Sustainable Local Economic DevelopmentDr Andrea Giampiccoli, PhD0Prof. Oliver Mtapuri1Department of Hospitality and Tourism Durban University of TechnologySchool of Built Environment & Development Studies University of KwaZulu-NatalTourism is a major global economic sector and its potential role in decreasing poverty and inequality and fostering community development should not be underestimated. However, while tourism can have positive impacts on localities, invariably the model of tourism development determines the type of impacts. This is a conceptual paper based entirely on secondary data. It has been acknowledged that the current system of conventional/mass tourism has not fulfilled tourism’s potential to promote development. Local Economic Development (LED) focuses on local resources and benefits, while community-based tourism (CBT) and, Albergo Diffuso (AD) are tourism models that are compatible with the development of the local context. This article coalesces the CBT and AD tourism model in relation to LED to advance a ‘new’ tourism model, referred to as community-based diffused tourism (CBDT), based on the characteristics of CBT and AD. More specifically, it explores the socio-economic and ownership/control characteristics of CBT together with geographical/space characteristics and a specific ‘social’ feature of AD. The geographical/space characteristics of AD are expanded and reconfigured.https://www.ajhtl.com/uploads/7/1/6/3/7163688/article_64_vol_9_1__2020_ukzn-dut.pdflocal economic development (led)community-based tourism (cbt)albergo diffuso (ad)tourism |
| spellingShingle | Dr Andrea Giampiccoli, PhD Prof. Oliver Mtapuri Towards a coalescence of the community-based tourism and ‘Albergo Difusso’ tourism models for Sustainable Local Economic Development African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure local economic development (led) community-based tourism (cbt) albergo diffuso (ad) tourism |
| title | Towards a coalescence of the community-based tourism and ‘Albergo Difusso’ tourism models for Sustainable Local Economic Development |
| title_full | Towards a coalescence of the community-based tourism and ‘Albergo Difusso’ tourism models for Sustainable Local Economic Development |
| title_fullStr | Towards a coalescence of the community-based tourism and ‘Albergo Difusso’ tourism models for Sustainable Local Economic Development |
| title_full_unstemmed | Towards a coalescence of the community-based tourism and ‘Albergo Difusso’ tourism models for Sustainable Local Economic Development |
| title_short | Towards a coalescence of the community-based tourism and ‘Albergo Difusso’ tourism models for Sustainable Local Economic Development |
| title_sort | towards a coalescence of the community based tourism and albergo difusso tourism models for sustainable local economic development |
| topic | local economic development (led) community-based tourism (cbt) albergo diffuso (ad) tourism |
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