Degrowing the commoditization process in community-based tourism and local entrepreneurship.

Abstract

Abstract This chapter presents an empirical analysis of the tourist destination of Bandung in Indonesia to discuss some of the theoretical constructs of commoditization in community-based tourism and to explore how local resources are made available as an alternative to the dominant doctrines of 'economism'. To identify whether tourism development has exacerbated the existing forms of social and spatial equality or has provided alternative capital opportunities for the study area the author has collected data from three sources: (a) the internet (newspaper articles, photos and videos about the village of Kampong Rajut); (b) observations of the activities of Kampung Rajut inhabitants; and (c) interviews with eight village leaders.