Abstract
This systematic review aims to understand the impact of heritage tourism on sustainable community development, including the health and wellbeing of local host communities. The protocol is guided by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Protocols (PRISMA-P) guidelines. It highlights the scope and methodology for the systematic review to be conducted. Studies will be included if they: (i) were conducted in English; (ii) were published between January 2000 and December 2018; (iii) used quantitative and/or qualitative methods; and (iv) analysed the impact of heritage tourism on sustainable community development and/or the health of local host communities. Data extraction will be informed by Cochrane Collaboration. The quality of evidence of the studies included will be assessed using validated tools. Findings will be summarised into themes and narrated. The systematic review will establish the impact of heritage tourism on sustainable community development including health and well-being. It also aims provide a theoretical framework which will inform recommendations to improve the life-worlds of local host communities and moderate any tensions between the expanding heritage reach of states and the maintenance of customary and traditional value systems, community governance structures, and associated community development and health benefits.
Highlights
1.1 Heritage, Tourism and Sustainable DevelopmentTourism has become a vital means of sustainable human development in many regions and countries
The following criteria will be used for inclusion: (i) written in English; (ii) analysed the impact of heritage tourism on sustainable community development and health and wellbeing of local host communities; (iii) crossing the four content domains of economics, ecology, politics, and culture; and (iv) including research articles, dissertations, books, books chapters, working papers, technical reports including project documents and evaluation reports, discussion papers, and conference papers editorials, reviews, letters to editors, commentaries and opinion pieces will be excluded (v) published between January 2000 and December 2018
With the introduction of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), there was an increase in commitment from government and non-governmental organizations to support the aims of the MDGs by promoting the development of responsible, sustainable and universally accessible tourism (UNWTO, 2010)
Summary
Tourism has become a vital means of sustainable human development in many regions and countries. Tourism is one of the world’s top creators of employment and a lead incomegenerator, especially for Global South countries (UNWTO, 2012) It generates significant revenue for local economies in payment for goods and services rendered to tourists, as well as employment opportunities in the service-sector of the economy (UNWTO, 2012). The classic report Our Common Future, more commonly known as the Brundtland Report, defined sustainable development as ‘development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs’ (Brundtland, 1987). This definition still works for many purposes. In considering broader questions of natural and social flourishing, all four domains are taken to be important, and by the logic of the method, all four domains of social life are important for systematically understanding the impact of heritage tourism
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