I am interested to explore the existing relationship (if any) between touristic potential of region (resource) and sustainable development of an underdeveloped region. Is it any theory or study which explains the relationship?
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I would start by exploring the industrial interdependencies using input-output models. It gives you an overview of the current role and significance of tourism in the area. Also, the input-output matrices help you to identify the economic multipliers (e.g. one job in the tourism sector provides 1.5 jobs in other industries, and 1 million $ income in tourism results in 1.9 million income for other businesses). Social and economic impacts will be immediately clearer. The input-output models are also suitable for analyzing environmental impacts if you change the money to different environmental categories (e.g. climate change, erosion, etc.).
After that, I suggest a qualitative research, surveying hospitality business and close businesses in the supply chain related to tourism. You could use different techniques for data collection and can extend your study to experts, decision makers (policy makers), and the general public.
During the data collection, you can explore all the relevant environmental and economic information in the target region.
I am working in somewhat similar research right now, creating interview scripts, explanation videos, google forms, phone interview scripts and downloading statistical databases. :)
Are you focusing all kinds of tourism including medical tourism and eco tourism which are significant in Pondichery. In most of underdeveloped regions having more potential/ resources for Eco tourism or nature based tourism.
Dear Dobriyal,
Thanks for your concern and seeking clarification, first of all, I would like to make it clear that my question is not related to Pondicherry. I proposed to conduct my research in an economically underdeveloped region of the state of Bihar, India. The region is known for their ancient glory, history and cultural heritage and it's seems that their is few natural sites, which are develop as tourism resource in the region.
Your comments are valuable and suggestions will matter for my study, please... Thank you
Ok. Its good if you also look religious, cultural tourism beside rural landscape have agro eco tourism or ecotourism including ethnic cuisine and dress material, handicrafts etc.
I think when you look at the Sustainable livelihood framework posed by DFID (1999) and equally that posed by Scones (1998), though they have touched so much on rural livelihoods especially in agriculture, you can also still maintain the livelihoods assets (assets pentagon) portion of (Natural Capital, Social Capital, Human capital, Cultural capital, Physical Capital and Financial Capital) which are also possessed by the rural poor in less developed destinations. Again, it is only the livelihood activities portion of the model/framework that you can modify or adapt to include tourism related livelihood activities that emanate from the these capitals mentioned. For instance tour guiding emanates from (natural capital as in a park) homestay, story telling/folklore, handicraft for souvenir trade and visitors learning how the locales farm (cultural capital), communal relations, how visitors are received in the community and their interaction with the community members (Intra and inter action) which is the social capital which in itself is an asset because hospitality is a resource. Training programmes offered them to make them skillful, communal labour by local artisans to build a visitor reception centre (Human capital). Trading related activities in the community as a result of influx of tourists, learning to do angling or boating along a river in the community in canoes paddled by locales are all tourism related because they do this at a fee. All these livelihood activities that tourism brings in its wake in a local community can lead to sustainable use of tourism resources especially if cash begins to trickles in.
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