The Routledge Handbook of Community Based Tourism Management
Concepts, Issues & Implications

This Handbook offers an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of core themes and concepts in community-based tourism management. Providing interdisciplinary insights from leading international scholars, this is the first book to critically examine the current status of community-based tourism.

Organised into five parts, the Handbook provides cutting-edge perspectives on issues such as Indigenous communities, tourism and the environment, sustainability, and the impact of digital communities. Part 1 introduces core concepts and methodologies, and distinguishes community products from other tourism and hospitality goods. Part 2 explores communities? attitudes towards tourism development and their engagement with and ownership of the process. It also delves into the role of community- based tourism, under the influence of governmental policies, in the economic and social development of a region. In Part 3 various management, marketing, and branding initiatives are identified as a means of expanding the tourism business. Part 4 examines the negative impacts of mass tourism and its threats to culture, tradition, identity, the built environment, and natural heritage. In the final and fifth part, future challenges and opportunities for community-based tourism initiatives are considered, and research-based sustainable solutions are proposed. Overall, the book considers engaging local populations in tourism development as a way of building stronger and more resilient communities.

This Handbook fills a void in the current research and thus will appeal to scholars, students, and practitioners interested in tourism management, tourism geography, business studies, development policy and practice, regional development, conservation, and sustainability.

Part 1: Introduction to Community Based Tourism and Community Based Tourism Initiatives 1. Community Based Tourism: A Preamble from Literature 2. Harmonic Tourism Methodology: A Proposal for Tourism Planning in Rural Communities3. Overview of Community-Based Tourism: From History to Evaluation Framework4. Understanding the Facilitators and Inhibitors of Community Based Tourism: A Case Study of Dharamshala5. A Longitudinal Study of Articles Published on Community-Based Tourism and Sustainable Development: Reflections and Their Applicabilities in the Scope and on Web of Science Databases for the Period from 1998 to 20186. Ethno-Ecological Community-Based Tourism from Within: Quilombo Tourism and the Quest for Sustainability in Brazil7. Local Culture, Society and Resources as Products for Tourism Development at "El Cisne" Parish8. Community Based Tourism, A Means Toward Cultural Heritage Preservation: The Case of Cante Alentejano (Alentejo, Portugal)9. Social Movements and Community-Based Tourism: The Case of Pichilemu Part 2: Community Based Tourism Initiatives and Community Engagement 10. The Role of Women’s Leadership in Community Based Tourism Development: The Case of Kursunlu Village, Turkey11. Sustainable Initiatives for Community Based Tourism Development 12. Role and Participation of Young People and Women in "El Cisne" Parish, Based on the Development of Religious Tourism13. CBT in Rural Peripheral Areas: An Italian Case Study of Territorial Engagement and Requalification14. Contested Perspectives Towards the Benefits of Community-Based Tourism: A Case Study from Lombok, Indonesia15. Social Capital and Community-Based Tourism: The Case of San Juan Atzingo, Mexico16. The Role of Community-Based Tourism Initiatives in Socio-Economic Development Part 3: Management of Community Based Tourism and Initiatives 17. Contribution to a Management Model for the Parish of El Cisne: An Alternative for the Development of Rural Tourism18. Tour Guides Roles and Responsibilities on Community Based Tourism Approach19. Community-Based Homestay Tourism and Social Inclusion 20. Community-Based Tourism, Heritage Conservation and Improved Urban Design-Santa María del Tule, Oaxaca, Mexico21. Community Readiness to Green Tourism Initiatives in Less Developed Parks: Lessons from Communities Around Saadani National Park22. Managerial Capabilities of a CBTI in Transforming Communities into CBTEs: A Case Practice23. Social Media and Destination Development: The Case of Community-Based Tourism24. Successful Community-Based Tourism in Africa: Lessons from Uganda and Kenya25. Critical Success Factors for Community-Related Corporate Social Responsibility in the Hotel Sector: A Literature Review Part 4: Paradoxes of Community Based Tourism and Initiatives 26. Paradoxes of Travelling Alone: Analyzing the Role of Local Community Towards Value Creation Among Women Travelers in India27. The Role of Children and Resort Mini-Clubs in Community Based Tourism28. Saving the Leatherback Turtle in Grande Riviere, Trinidad: Community Engagement at Work29. OverTourism in Communities30. Rethinking CBT in Response to Climate Change Part 5: Future Challenges and Opportunities for Community Based Tourism and Initiatives 31. Rural Tourism in Asia: Evaluating the Challenges to Maximize Benefits to Rural Communities32. Assessing Sustainable Community-Based Tourism Development in Thailand33. Sustaining Indigenous Tourism in Bocas del Toro, Panamá: An Assessment of Indigenous Tour Operators and Hotel Management’s Perspectives34. Attractions with Religious Importance and Community-Based Tourism 35. Analysis of the Empowerment Level in the Community of Saraguro in the Development of Tourism36. Community-Based Events and Social Entrepreneurship: Evidences from Piedmont, Italy37. Bikes Without Borders: Transboundary Tourism, Collaboration, and Rural Development in Montenegro38. Rethinking Engagements with Indigenous Communities Through Tourism39. Exploring the New Horizons of Community Based Tourism in Emerging Economies40. The Imminent Future of Community-Based Tourism: An Authentic Way of Experiencing the World

Sandeep Kumar Walia is presently working as Associate Professor and Head of Department in the School of Hotel Management and Tourism at Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, Punjab, India. He is an alumnus of Himachal Pradesh University Shimla and IGNOU (Indira Gandhi National Open University), New Delhi. His areas of interest are community-based tourism, tourism marketing, and cultural and spiritual tourism.