Abstract
This study investigates the strategic managerial practices to overcome the developmental challenges of CBT in the Nglanggeran Ecotourism Village in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. It evaluates, in particular, the CBT impacts on community economic well-being, socio-cultural development, and environmental sustainability. A qualitative case study approach based on semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders involved in the planning and development of the village was employed to assess the benefits and challenges of CBT practices and their compatibility with sustainable community development. Results indicate that despite new employment opportunities and an increase in environmental conservation efforts, CBT planning and development in the village led to unequal distribution of economic benefits induced by conflicts within the community, uneven participation opportunities of the local community in tourism, and incompatibility in fulfilling individual’s need for sustainable community development. Keywords: CBT Practices, Ecotourism Village, Sustainable Community Development.
Highlights
The concept of Community-Based Tourism (CBT) has arisen as a prominent term in developing countries’ tourism that centres on the involvement of the host community in planning and maintaining tourism development to create a more sustainable ecotourism industry [1]
This study investigates the strategic managerial practices to overcome the developmental challenges of CBT in the Nglanggeran Ecotourism Village in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
CBT development in the village increased the local income that directly benefited some members of the local community
Summary
The concept of Community-Based Tourism (CBT) has arisen as a prominent term in developing countries’ tourism that centres on the involvement of the host community in planning and maintaining tourism development to create a more sustainable ecotourism industry [1]. The development of CBT in ecotourism raises questions related to its managerial practices, including increasing social unrest, lack of local tourism business knowledge and training, and pseudo-participation of the local communities in the tourism planning [4,5]. CBT, as part of the sustainable community development agenda, occasionally ignores the heterogeneous state of the local community consisting of individuals with various economic, socio-cultural, and environmental needs, which can result in a lack of community control to meet individual needs [6,7]. Indonesia grew its international tourism industry since the late 1960s with assistance from the World Bank and other international support
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