Exploring outcomes of community-based tourism on the Kokoda Track, Papua New Guinea: a longitudinal study of Participatory Rural Appraisal techniques

Reggers, A; Grabowski, S; Wearing, SL; Chatterton, P; Schweinsberg, S

Exploring outcomes of community-based tourism on the Kokoda Track, Papua New Guinea: a longitudinal study of Participatory Rural Appraisal techniques

Reggers, A Grabowski, S

Wearing, SL

Chatterton, P Schweinsberg, S

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Citation:: Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 2016, 24 (8-9), pp. 1139 - 1155
Issue Date:: 2016-09-01

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dc.contributor.author	Reggers, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Grabowski, S https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7904-1240	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Wearing, SL https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5158-059X	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Chatterton, P	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Schweinsberg, S	en_US
dc.date.issued	2016-09-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 2016, 24 (8-9), pp. 1139 - 1155	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0966-9582	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/43552
dc.description.abstract	© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. The development of eco-trekking on the Kokoda Track, Papua New Guinea has used a community-based planning approach, Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA), in developing community-based tourism (CBT). This approach involves local communities within the sustainable tourism planning process and honours and incorporates their knowledge and opinions. This paper examines the development and outcomes of CBT over a 10-year period since 2004. The findings suggest that stakeholder collaboration through the use of PRA and CBT can foster a sound capacity-building mechanism through the structures it creates as it provides a bottom-up approach which is enabling and meets the objectives of the stakeholders, particularly the communities that are engaged in the process. A key outcome of this process is a sustainable eco-trekking industry driven by the community, but working in partnership with tour operators and philanthropic giving. The paper also demonstrates the complexities, consequences and inevitable compromises in any outcome-based community approach which seeks to empower diverse stakeholder groups, and especially complex – and important – when working with indigenous peoples. The value of an effective, informed and relevant legal framework is noted, as is the need for the tapping into tour operators’ experience as well as community experience.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Sustainable Tourism	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/09669582.2016.1145229	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	en_US
dc.title	Exploring outcomes of community-based tourism on the Kokoda Track, Papua New Guinea: a longitudinal study of Participatory Rural Appraisal techniques	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. The development of eco-trekking on the Kokoda Track, Papua New Guinea has used a community-based planning approach, Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA), in developing community-based tourism (CBT). This approach involves local communities within the sustainable tourism planning process and honours and incorporates their knowledge and opinions. This paper examines the development and outcomes of CBT over a 10-year period since 2004. The findings suggest that stakeholder collaboration through the use of PRA and CBT can foster a sound capacity-building mechanism through the structures it creates as it provides a bottom-up approach which is enabling and meets the objectives of the stakeholders, particularly the communities that are engaged in the process. A key outcome of this process is a sustainable eco-trekking industry driven by the community, but working in partnership with tour operators and philanthropic giving. The paper also demonstrates the complexities, consequences and inevitable compromises in any outcome-based community approach which seeks to empower diverse stakeholder groups, and especially complex – and important – when working with indigenous peoples. The value of an effective, informed and relevant legal framework is noted, as is the need for the tapping into tour operators’ experience as well as community experience.

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