TOURISM & TRAVEL MANAGEMENT 5th sem Notes Kashmir University jk crown

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Q1: - What is community tourism? 

Ans: -Community Based Tourism is a form of sustainable tourism 

that allows visitors to connect closely with the communities they 

visit. This emerging form of travel gives tourists authentic 

experiences, while allowing revenue generated by tourism to remain 

in the often rural, poor, or economically marginalized community. 

These communities run these tourism enterprises that provide 

services such as village tours, nature walks, performances, and 

meals on their own initiatives. Community ecotourism is a 

particular facet of community-based tourism, where at least some 

of the experiences are natural resourced-based. Community 

ecotourism benefits both environmental conservation and local 

communities, the former generating financing for the management 

of the natural resource area.

 Community tourism not only encourages cross-cultural 

understanding between host and visitor but also embraces the 

bottom line of environmental protection, cultural conservation, 

social responsibility, economic health, and the enhancement of 

livelihoods. Because communities are the owners of these tourism 

enterprises, they have the incentive to establish standards for 

international tourists and invest in a quality tourism product. As 

such, Community Tourism has been promoted as a means of 

development where the social, economic, and environmental needs 

of local communities are met through the offering of a tourism 

product.