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Host Population Well-Being through Community-Based Tourism and Local Control: Issues and Ways Forward

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  • Andrea Giampiccoli

    (Department of Hospitality and Tourism, Durban University of Technology, Ritson Campus, P.O. Box 1334, Durban 4000, South Africa)

  • Anna Dłużewska

    (Faculty of Earth Sciences and Spatial Management, Maria Curie Sklodowska University, Al. Kraśnicka 2cd, 20-718 Lublin, Poland
    Faculty of Management Sciences, Durban University of Technology, P.O. Box 1334, Durban 4000, South Africa)

  • Erasmus Mzobanzi Mnguni

    (Department of Hospitality and Tourism, Durban University of Technology, Ritson Campus, P.O. Box 1334, Durban 4000, South Africa)

Abstract

The importance and role of tourism around the world is not new; it is enough to mention that tourism represents one of the fastest-growing and most profitable global economic sectors. However, tourism has negative impacts in destinations, such as the displacement and relocation of communities and disruption of economic systems, socio-political processes and organizations. It must be recognized that new strategies are required, because growth itself is not sufficient to fight poverty and inequality. Local people, especially the disadvantaged sections of the communities, need to be protagonists and able to control the tourism sector and benefit from it. The aim of this paper is to contribute to wellbeing, sustainability, and tourism research by proposing issues and ways forward related to enhancing well-being through community-based tourism (CBT). The paper is divided into three sections. The first focuses on CBT approaches. The second concerns the conceptual framework of wellbeing, with special emphasis on wellbeing in tourism, including host/guest relations; we present different evaluations of wellbeing, e.g., (socio-cultural, psychological, economic, and environmental). The third section discusses how wellbeing is presented in CBT and proposes ways forward for research. The paper is theoretical, and is based on previous literature and institutional and organizational documents.

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  • Andrea Giampiccoli & Anna Dłużewska & Erasmus Mzobanzi Mnguni, 2022. "Host Population Well-Being through Community-Based Tourism and Local Control: Issues and Ways Forward," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(7), pages 1-17, April.
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