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Is Community-Based Tourism beneficial to local communities? The case of Naduang Village, Vang Vieng District, Vientiane Province, Laos

机译：社区旅游对当地社区有益吗？老挝万象省万荣市纳当村

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Tourism plays a critical role in social-economic development in both developed and developing countries. Recently, Laos, a developing country, has embraced tourism as a tool for socio-economic development and launched a number of tourism projects, one of which is the Sustainable Tourism Development Project (STDP). This project was aimed at contributing towards the sustainable socio-economic development of the country, focusing especially on poverty reduction, sustainable development and protection of natural and cultural heritage. However, do such initiatives result in the long-term benefits for the host community? This research employs a qualitative approach to examine this question. The study focuses on four overarching themes: community participation in CBT, supply chain in CBT, benefits of CBT, and assessment of the effects of the STDP in a case study community: Naduang Village, Vang Vieng District, Vientiane Province. Participant observation and in-depth interviews with 20 participants who are involved in community-based tourism activities were used.The findings of this study reveal that local residents understand the nature of community-based tourism well. They recognise what they should contribute to and can gain from their participation in tourism. However, the involvement in the decision-making process of villagers in community-based tourism is limited, other than the Village Authority. This research also finds that the tourism supply chain in Naduang Village is largely informal, formed by internal and external stakeholders. The internal stakeholders comprise CBT groups, whose tasks make up the key components of CBT activities, while the external stakeholders consist of tourists, private tourism companies, traders, and suppliers whose activities play a part in CBT in Naduang Village and the Lao government. Further, the findings suggest that community-based tourism has considerable advantages to not only internal stakeholders who are directly involved but also to those in the village who are not directly involved in CBT activities. Additionally, tourism benefits the external stakeholders. More importantly, participants have claimed that the CBT activities will continue to grow even though the aid funding has stopped since they have more experience and awareness of the importance of tourism to their community. The income and other benefits from tourism are not central to their livelihoods but are a secondary source.Nonetheless, three main points need to be addressed in order to improve CBT activities in Naduang Village, namely amenities improvement, CBT activities diversification, and improvement of financial management. The key contribution to literature of this research is the exploration of the gaps in literature regarding the informal economy and the supply chain for community-based tourism. The research reconceptualises community-based tourism as one element of a sustainable development system which cannot be separated from either the goods and services or the informal economy, which interfaces with the external, formal tourism industry. All are held together by the strength and power of relationships within social networks.
机译：旅游业在发达国家和发展中国家的社会经济发展中都起着至关重要的作用。最近，一个发展中国家老挝已将旅游业视为促进社会经济发展的工具，并启动了许多旅游项目，其中之一就是可持续旅游业发展项目（STDP）。该项目旨在促进该国的可持续社会经济发展，特别是着重于减少贫困，可持续发展以及保护自然和文化遗产。但是，这样的举措是否会为收容社区带来长期利益？这项研究采用定性方法来研究这个问题。这项研究的重点是四个总体主题：社区参与CBT，CBT供应链，CBT的好处以及对STDP在案例研究社区中的效果的评估：万象省旺阳市纳当村。通过参与观察和对20名参与社区旅游活动的参与者进行了深度访谈，研究结果表明当地居民对社区旅游的本质了解得很好。他们认识到自己应该为旅游业做出贡献并从中受益。但是，除了村管理局，村民参与社区旅游的决策过程是有限的。这项研究还发现，纳当村的旅游供应链在很大程度上是非正式的，由内部和外部利益相关者组成。内部利益相关者包括CBT小组，其任务构成了CBT活动的关键组成部分，而外部利益相关者则包括游客，私人旅游公司，贸易商和供应商，他们的活动在纳当村和老挝政府中参与了CBT。此外，研究结果表明，以社区为基础的旅游业不仅对直接参与内部利益相关者而且对村庄中那些不直接参与CBT活动的利益相关者都具有相当大的优势。此外，旅游业使外部利益相关者受益。更为重要的是，参与者声称，尽管援助资金已经停止，但由于他们对旅游业对其社区的重要性有了更多的经验和认识，因此即使停止了资助资金，CBT活动也将继续增长。旅游业的收入和其他收益不是生活的中心，而是次要来源。然而，要改善纳当村的CBT活动，需要解决三个主要问题，即设施改善，CBT活动多样化和财务改善。管理。这项研究对文学的主要贡献是探索有关非正规经济和社区旅游供应链的文学空白。该研究将基于社区的旅游重新概念化为可持续发展系统的一个要素，该要素不能与商品和服务或与外部正规旅游业相接的非正规经济分开。社交网络中的关系的力量和力量将所有这些联系在一起。

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