10 Aug
Like the overall tourism industry, community-based tourism (CBT) has been affected by travel restrictions and changing customer behaviors due to the pandemic. In addition to the focus on sustainability, being anticipatory and adaptive is now critical to the survival of CBT, especially given that local communities might not have the same level of resources as large-scale players in the tourism industry.
READ MORE8 Aug
These guidelines are designed for leaders and managers in active CBT communities, local tourism management agencies and other stakeholders in the field of CBT who are interested in developing, organizing and managing a CBT model embracing community engagement.
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Raising service and sustainability standard is an important strategy to ensure long term sustainability, increase the competitiveness of CBT and raise the credibility of CBT among tour operators. A standard should also help to increase the confidence of independent travelers, as they search for information about tourism destination and activities.
READ MORE13 Jul
This CBT Handbook was written to communicate the direct experiences of CBT practitioners working in the field. It contains 12 chapters, representing lessons, practical successes and failures in 8 years of experimentation with local communities and their leaders in different project areas around Thailand.
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