The nexus between cultural tourism and social entrepreneurship: a pathway to sustainable community development in Nepal

IF 3 Q2 HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM

Journal of Heritage Tourism Pub Date : 2022-08-25 DOI:10.1080/1743873X.2022.2101369

Sojen Pradhan, L. E. Dyson, Sanjay Lama

引用次数: 4

Abstract

ABSTRACT Cultural tourism offers a pathway to community development and poverty eradication, particularly in developing countries and poor rural communities. In order to ensure that the benefits are spread equitably across the community and that cultural and environmental integrity is maintained over time, the active participation of community members supported by outside actors is essential. This paper explores the potential for community-based cultural tourism initiatives in three different regions of Nepal through a series of interviews with 18 experts in the Nepalese tourism industry. The list of tourism programmes suggested by the interviewees was interpreted through a community-based entrepreneurship model, focusing on the processes required to produce a sustainable cultural tourism product or service. The research furthers our understanding of the tourism industry in Nepal as well as providing guidance for the implementation of sustainable cultural tourism initiatives using community-based entrepreneurship.

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文化旅游与社会企业之间的联系:尼泊尔可持续社区发展之路

文化旅游为社区发展和消除贫困提供了一条途径，特别是在发展中国家和贫困的农村社区。为了确保利益在整个社区公平分配，并长期保持文化和环境的完整性，在外部行动者的支持下，社区成员的积极参与至关重要。本文通过对尼泊尔旅游业18位专家的一系列访谈，探讨了尼泊尔三个不同地区以社区为基础的文化旅游倡议的潜力。受访者建议的旅游方案清单是通过以社区为基础的创业模式来解释的，重点是生产可持续文化旅游产品或服务所需的过程。该研究进一步加深了我们对尼泊尔旅游业的理解，并为利用社区创业实施可持续文化旅游倡议提供了指导。

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Journal of Heritage Tourism HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM-

CiteScore

6.50

自引率

11.10%

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Heritage Tourism ( JHT ) is a peer-reviewed, international transdisciplinary journal. JHT focuses on exploring the many facets of one of the most notable and widespread types of tourism. Heritage tourism is among the very oldest forms of travel. Activities such as visits to sites of historical importance, including built environments and urban areas, rural and agricultural landscapes, natural regions, locations where historic events occurred and places where interesting and significant living cultures dominate are all forms of heritage tourism. As such, this form of tourism dominates the industry in many parts of the world and involves millions of people. During the past 20 years, the study of tourism has become highly fragmented and specialised into various theme areas, or concentrations. Within this context, heritage tourism is one of the most commonly investigated forms of tourism, and hundreds of scholars and industry workers are involved in researching its dynamics and concepts. This academic attention has resulted in the publication of hundreds of refereed articles in various scholarly media, yet, until now there has been no journal devoted specifically to heritage tourism; Journal of Heritage Tourism was launched to fill this gap. JHT seeks to critically examine all aspects of heritage tourism. Some of the topics to be explored within the context of heritage tourism will include colonial heritage, commodification, interpretation, urban renewal, religious tourism, genealogy, patriotism, nostalgia, folklore, power, funding, contested heritage, historic sites, identity, industrial heritage, marketing, conservation, ethnicity, education and indigenous heritage.