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Community participation in rural tourism: towards a conceptual framework


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Prabhakaran, Sudesh and Nair, Vikneswaran and Ramachandran, Sridar (2014) Community participation in rural tourism: towards a conceptual framework. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 144. pp. 290-295. ISSN 1877-0428

Abstract

This study presents a discussion of the community participation construct, within a rural tourism perspective. The study also reviews the methodological characteristics of community participation's theory and measurement and its association to rural tourism environment. The extant literature is revisited to establish taxonomy of the methodological procedures for measuring community participation from the context of rural tourism. Hence, proposing a comprehensive conceptual framework featuring its multifaceted, intertwined and progressive nature for community participation in a rural tourism environment.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Forestry
Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.07.298
Publisher: Elsevier
Keywords: Community participation; Rural tourism; Conceptual framework
Depositing User: Nabilah Mustapa
Date Deposited: 13 Jul 2016 03:53
Last Modified: 13 Jul 2016 03:53
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URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/47844
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