Community-Based Tourism & Local Economic Development
This comprehensive programme equips participants with the knowledge and practical skills required to design, implement, and manage community-based tourism (CBT) initiatives that generate inclusive loc...
Community-Based Tourism & Local Economic Development
Course Overview
This comprehensive programme equips participants with the knowledge and practical skills required to design, implement, and manage community-based tourism (CBT) initiatives that generate inclusive local economic development while preserving cultural and natural heritage. The course integrates principles of participatory tourism planning, community enterprise development, value-chain integration, governance, and impact measurement. Participants will gain applied insight into how tourism can be leveraged to create jobs, support SMEs, empower women and youth, strengthen local institutions, and ensure that tourism benefits are equitably shared—particularly in rural, peri-urban, and emerging destination contexts.
Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:
- Understand the principles and models of community-based tourism
- Design CBT initiatives that deliver economic and social benefits
- Integrate local communities into tourism value chains
- Support community enterprises and tourism SMEs
- Establish effective governance and stakeholder coordination mechanisms
- Measure and report socio-economic impacts of tourism
- Develop a practical community-based tourism action plan
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