A Study On Community Participation In Tourism Development In Underdeveloped Areas

The paper discusses the stratagem of community participation in tourism development in underdeveloped areas from the aspects of theory and operation. In part one the author inspects the historical and present study on the same theme, and points out the direction of the further study. In part two some relative concepts are defined, such as underdeveloped areas, community participation and so on. In part three the author analyses the necessity and feasibility of the stratagem of community participation in tourism development in underdeveloped areas. In part four the author points out the obstacles in implementing the stratagem of community participation in tourism development in underdeveloped areas. In part five the author puts forward six principles in implementing the stratagem of community participation in tourism development in underdeveloped areas. In part six the author studies the mechanism of the stratagem of community participation in tourism development in underdeveloped areas. Firstly, the author constructs the whole frame of the mechanism of community participation in tourism development theoretically, and analyses the compatibility among the factors in the mechanism. Secondly, the author analyses the parts in the mechanism. Thirdly, the author discusses community participation in tourism development in underdeveloped areas in detail, from two viewpoint: in the decision-making process and in the benefits of tourism development. In part seven the author brings forward several ways to guarantee the stratagem of community participation in tourism development in underdeveloped areas. There are some original ideas in the paper: 1) reasoning the necessity and feasibility of the stratagem of community participation in tourism development in underdeveloped areas; 2) summarizing the obstacles of the stratagem of community participation in tourism development in underdeveloped areas; 3) putting forward six principles of the stratagem; 4) constructing the whole frame of the mechanism of community participation in tourism development theoretically, analyzing the compatibility among the factors in the mechanism, and bringing the stratagem of community participation in tourism development into the government-oriented system and the market-based system; 5) bringing forward several ways to guarantee the stratagem.