This book brings together a collection of chapters that investigate sustainable tourism development in different Asian contexts; from stakeholders’ perspectives, existing issues in the market, as well as the impacts of COVID-19 on tourism. It highlights the importance of tourism sustainability in Asia. Specifically, this book examines these themes by examples related to Asian tourism such as; social-cultural impact of sustainable growth, environmental constraints and policies, community engagement, moral limits of the market, stakeholders’ participation in tourism development, the hindered interaction between foreign tourists and local community, impact of the pandemic and proposed ways forward.
This edited volume substantiates this by using evidence of quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods approaches aligned with empirical data to show sustainable efforts and impacts. This book is of interest to researchers and practitioners as it offers timely understandings of sustainable tourism from multiple perspectives within the Asian context.
Author(s): Ann Selvaranee Balasingam, Yue Ma
Series: Perspectives on Asian Tourism
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 204
City: Singapore
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Contents
Contributors
Chapter 1: The Evolution of Sustainable Tourism in Asia
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Sustainable Development
1.3 Sustainable Tourism
1.3.1 Historic Steps of Sustainable Tourism
1.3.2 Principles and Aims of Sustainable Tourism
1.4 Asian Sustainable Tourism
1.4.1 Tourism Landscape in Asia
1.4.2 Research into Asian Sustainable Tourism
1.5 Contributions of Chapters in the Book
1.6 Concluding Remarks
References
Part I: Stakeholders Perspectives and Sustainability
Chapter 2: Partnerships Towards Sustainability: The Revival of Boracay’s Wetlands
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Corporate Social Responsibility in Tourism
2.3 Methodology
2.4 Findings
2.4.1 CSR and Social Learning in Wetland 2
2.5 Discussion
2.6 Conclusion
References
Chapter 3: Local Community Participation Towards Malaysian Homestay Sustainability
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Literature Review
3.2.1 Sustainable Tourism
3.2.2 Community-Based Tourism (CBT)
3.3 Malaysian Community Based Tourism Efforts: Malaysian Homestay
3.3.1 Successful Homestay – Miso Walai Village Homestay
3.3.1.1 Homestay Community Locations
3.3.1.2 Awareness, Knowledge and Skill of Local Community
3.3.1.3 Management Structure
3.3.1.4 Central Leadership
3.3.1.5 Local Commitment and Vision
3.3.1.6 Homestay Sustainability Conceptual Framework
Economic Dimension
Destination Competitiveness
Employment
Multiplier Effect
Institutional Dimension
Flexibility
Self-Organization
Power Sharing
Environmental Dimension
Socio-Cultural Dimension
Youth in Tourism
Promotion of Socio-Cultural Understanding
Level of Safety and Security
3.4 Methodology
3.5 Findings and Discussion
3.5.1 Economic Dimension
3.5.2 Institutional Dimension
3.5.3 Environmental Dimension
3.5.4 Socio-Cultural Perspective
3.6 Conclusion and Implications
References
Chapter 4: Nurturing Sense of Place: Host Community Perspectives for Social Sustainability
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Literature Review
4.2.1 Host Community
4.2.2 Sense of Place
4.2.3 Social Sustainability
4.3 Research Setting
4.4 Research Design
4.5 Findings
4.5.1 Positive Sense of Place
4.5.2 Negative Sense of Place
4.6 Discussion and Conclusion
References
Chapter 5: Sustainability and the Tourist Wall: The Case of Hindered Interaction Between Chinese Visitors with Malaysian Society
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Malaysia – The bumiputera context
5.3 Methodology
5.4 Chinese Visitor Perceptions: Ethnic Diversity and Multiculturalism
5.5 Cognizance of Discrimination Against Chinese Malaysians
5.6 Reflections on the Wall and the Silence
5.7 Conclusion
5.8 Limitation
References
Chapter 6: Sustainable Tourism in Emerging Regional Destinations in China: Stakeholder Participation in Genhe
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Sustainable Tourism in Regional China
6.3 Tourism Sustainability from Stakeholders’ Perspectives
6.4 Destination Management Organisation (DMO) in Context
6.5 Research Method
6.6 Findings and Discussion
6.6.1 Environmental Sustainability
6.6.2 Social Sustainability
6.6.3 Economic Sustainability
6.7 Conclusion
References
Part II: COVID-19 and Its Impact on Tourism Sustainability
Chapter 7: Re-negotiating the Future for Indonesian Tourism After COVID-19: Sustainability as the New Normal?
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Literature Review
7.3 Methodology
7.3.1 Data Analysis
7.4 The New Normal, Sustainability and Post COVID-19 Tourism
7.4.1 Social Distancing
7.4.2 Health and Hygiene Protocols
7.4.3 Shifting from Quantity to Quality
7.5 Discussion and Conclusion
References
Chapter 8: Tourism Sustainability in Indonesia: Reflection and Reformulation
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Methodology
8.3 Reflection
8.4 Reformulation
8.5 Survival and Recovery Strategies
8.6 Concluding Remarks
References
Part III: Issues of Sustainable Tourism in Asia
Chapter 9: Scenarios of Sustainable Tourism Development in Cambodia
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Literature Review and Key Concepts: Sustainable Tourism and Social Enterprise
9.3 The Contextual Background of Cambodia’s Tourism Development
9.4 The Growth Scenario: Tourism as the Engine of Economic Success
9.5 The Diversification Scenario: Emerging Initiatives in Tourism-Based Social Enterprise
9.6 Discussion and Conclusion
References
Chapter 10: Sustainable Tourism and the Moral Limits of the Market: Can Asia Offer Better Alternatives
10.1 Introduction
10.2 The Moral Limits of the Market
10.2.1 Moral Limit 1: Price and Impact on Non-Economic Values
10.2.2 Moral Limit 2: Accessibility to and Distribution of Benefits
10.3 Four Approaches Towards Sustainable Tourism
10.3.1 Stakeholder Theory and the Triple Bottom Line
10.3.2 Public-Private Partnerships
10.3.3 Redesigning the Market
10.3.4 Community-Led Tourism: Learning from the Local
10.4 Limits to Local Alternatives That Bring About a More Sustainable Form of Tourism?
References
Index
