The Handbook on Community Based Tourism: “How to Develop and Sustain CBT” is designed to provide guidance for tourism/rural planners, NGOs, industry players and CBT organizations in deciding whether tourism could work for a particular community and if it is feasible, how to participate in the tourism industry and sustain it over the long term. The handbook recommends a step by step approach in which each step is supported by a list of actions. Although it is recognized that one size does not fit all, this handbook can be adapted by communities at various stages of tourism development.
An important element of this handbook is the incorporation of case studies of government, NGO, industry and community initiated CBTs in ten APEC member economies namely China, Viet Nam, the Philippines, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Chinese Taipei, Indonesia, Korea and Malaysia.
To provide a better understanding of the long term viability of CBT as a development tool, the study on Capacity Building on CBT as a Vehicle for Poverty Reduction and Dispersing Economic Benefits, is commissioned and funded by the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). This study is undertaken by the Ministry of Tourism Malaysia (MOTOUR) in collaboration with the Tourism Planning Research Group (TPRG), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.
