Handbook on Sustainable Community-Based Tourism
Planning, Management and Sustainability
Published on 14. October 2025
Book
Hardback
366 pages
978-1-0353-2105-6 (ISBN)
Description
This Handbook presents a comprehensive overview of contemporary challenges and opportunities in sustainable community-based tourism (CBT). It analyses innovative approaches to planning, managing and developing CBT, outlining current trends and highlighting avenues for future research.
Tsung Hung Lee and Fen-Hauh Jan bring together leading international scholars to explore diverse aspects of community-based tourism, including cultural heritage preservation, resident well-being, natural resource conservation and ecotourism. They draw on detailed case studies to illustrate practical issues facing communities across the globe, from the mitigation of climate change to the implementation of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. Ultimately, this Handbook looks toward the future of CBT, emphasizing the need for resilience and providing novel strategies to bolster sustainable growth in the industry.
Students and academics in tourism, tourism management, environmental management and human geography will greatly benefit from the cutting-edge insights in this Handbook. It is also an invaluable resource for tourism planners, marketers, managers and community leaders who are involved in sustainable CBT development.
Tsung Hung Lee and Fen-Hauh Jan bring together leading international scholars to explore diverse aspects of community-based tourism, including cultural heritage preservation, resident well-being, natural resource conservation and ecotourism. They draw on detailed case studies to illustrate practical issues facing communities across the globe, from the mitigation of climate change to the implementation of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. Ultimately, this Handbook looks toward the future of CBT, emphasizing the need for resilience and providing novel strategies to bolster sustainable growth in the industry.
Students and academics in tourism, tourism management, environmental management and human geography will greatly benefit from the cutting-edge insights in this Handbook. It is also an invaluable resource for tourism planners, marketers, managers and community leaders who are involved in sustainable CBT development.
Reviews / Votes
'This comprehensive Handbook focuses on current issues in community-based tourism, illustrated by international case studies, and explores strategies for sustainable outcomes - a must-read for scholars and practitioners in sustainable tourism.' -- Haywantee Ramkissoon, British Academy of Management, UK and Adelaide University, AustraliaMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cheltenham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 169 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-0353-2105-6 (9781035321056)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Edited by Tsung Hung Lee, Lifetime Distinguished Professor, Graduate School of Leisure and Exercise Studies, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology and Fen-Hauh Jan, Professor, Department of Tourism and Hospitality, TransWorld University and Fellow Professor, Graduate School of Leisure and Exercise Studies, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Content
Contents
List of contributors vii
PART I INTRODUCTION
1 Introduction to sustainable community-based tourism: themes, issues, and
trends 2
Tsung Hung Lee and Fen-Hauh Jan
PART II MAKING IT HAPPEN: PLANNING AND PLACE-MAKING FOR
SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY-BASED TOURISM
2 Planning to measure, monitor and report emissions to achieve the net-zero
agenda 23
Anita Conefrey and James Hanrahan
3 Indigenizing landscape and interpretation for Ainu community-based tourism:
towards an ecomuseum approach along the Saru River Basin in Biratori Town,
Japan 40
Mayumi Okada
4 Planning for sustainable community-based tourism: an example of a rural
village in Taiwan 58
Shih-Yen Lin, Cheng-Jui Tseng and Shao-De Liu
5 Sustainable community-based tourism: a means toward cultural heritage
preservation 81
Yi Hsien Lin
6 Nature-based tourism and conservation: achieving sustainability through
community-based tourism 93
Chiedza Ngonidzashe Mutanga
7 Sustainable community-based tourism: roles of stakeholders' collaboration 113
Moren Tibabo Stone and Lesego Senyana Stone
8 Roles of stakeholders' collaboration towards niche ecotourism development in
Royal Belum State Park, Malaysia 134
Velan Kunjuraman, Kok Onn Kwong, Jayaraj Vijaya Kumaran and
Muhamad Azahar bin Abas
9 Sustainable community-based trail tourism: from the perspectives of planning 149
Ping-Hsiang Hsu
PART III DEVELOPING IT: THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS
FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY-BASED TOURISM
10 Innovation in sustainable community-based tourism: from the perspective of
community spirit 169
Hsi-Chuan Lin
11 Cultural heritage, sustainability, and community-based tourism: a best practice
case study 183
Bailey Ashton Adie
12 Marketing strategies for sustainable community-based tourism 197
Chung-Ching Huang
13 Sustainable community-based tourism development in coastal areas and
fishing communities 211
Jyun-Long Chen and Xiang-Nong Jian
14 Placing sustainable well-being: an integrative approach to therapeutic
landscapes and sustainability in community-based rural destinations from the
perspective of visitors 230
Yu-Jen Chiang
PART IV MAKING IT SUSTAINABLE: CIRCULAR ECONOMY, SDGs, AND
NET-ZERO EMISSIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY-BASED
TOURISM
15 Climate change and sustainable community-based tourism 251
Wei-Ching Wang and Chung-Hsien Lin
16 The circular economy for sustainable community-based tourism: the case of
Clarens, South Africa 271
Chane de Bruyn
17 Exploring the contribution of community-based tourism homestay
entrepreneurs to Sustainable Development Goals: evidence from Kelantan,
Malaysia 288
Velan Kunjuraman, Raja Norliana Raja Omar and Zakiyah Taharim
18 Empowering regional revitalization through community resilience and
sustainable tourism 306
Sean Hsin-Hung Lin
19 Net-zero emissions for sustainable community-based tourism 323
You-Yu Dai
Index 343
List of contributors vii
PART I INTRODUCTION
1 Introduction to sustainable community-based tourism: themes, issues, and
trends 2
Tsung Hung Lee and Fen-Hauh Jan
PART II MAKING IT HAPPEN: PLANNING AND PLACE-MAKING FOR
SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY-BASED TOURISM
2 Planning to measure, monitor and report emissions to achieve the net-zero
agenda 23
Anita Conefrey and James Hanrahan
3 Indigenizing landscape and interpretation for Ainu community-based tourism:
towards an ecomuseum approach along the Saru River Basin in Biratori Town,
Japan 40
Mayumi Okada
4 Planning for sustainable community-based tourism: an example of a rural
village in Taiwan 58
Shih-Yen Lin, Cheng-Jui Tseng and Shao-De Liu
5 Sustainable community-based tourism: a means toward cultural heritage
preservation 81
Yi Hsien Lin
6 Nature-based tourism and conservation: achieving sustainability through
community-based tourism 93
Chiedza Ngonidzashe Mutanga
7 Sustainable community-based tourism: roles of stakeholders' collaboration 113
Moren Tibabo Stone and Lesego Senyana Stone
8 Roles of stakeholders' collaboration towards niche ecotourism development in
Royal Belum State Park, Malaysia 134
Velan Kunjuraman, Kok Onn Kwong, Jayaraj Vijaya Kumaran and
Muhamad Azahar bin Abas
9 Sustainable community-based trail tourism: from the perspectives of planning 149
Ping-Hsiang Hsu
PART III DEVELOPING IT: THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS
FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY-BASED TOURISM
10 Innovation in sustainable community-based tourism: from the perspective of
community spirit 169
Hsi-Chuan Lin
11 Cultural heritage, sustainability, and community-based tourism: a best practice
case study 183
Bailey Ashton Adie
12 Marketing strategies for sustainable community-based tourism 197
Chung-Ching Huang
13 Sustainable community-based tourism development in coastal areas and
fishing communities 211
Jyun-Long Chen and Xiang-Nong Jian
14 Placing sustainable well-being: an integrative approach to therapeutic
landscapes and sustainability in community-based rural destinations from the
perspective of visitors 230
Yu-Jen Chiang
PART IV MAKING IT SUSTAINABLE: CIRCULAR ECONOMY, SDGs, AND
NET-ZERO EMISSIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY-BASED
TOURISM
15 Climate change and sustainable community-based tourism 251
Wei-Ching Wang and Chung-Hsien Lin
16 The circular economy for sustainable community-based tourism: the case of
Clarens, South Africa 271
Chane de Bruyn
17 Exploring the contribution of community-based tourism homestay
entrepreneurs to Sustainable Development Goals: evidence from Kelantan,
Malaysia 288
Velan Kunjuraman, Raja Norliana Raja Omar and Zakiyah Taharim
18 Empowering regional revitalization through community resilience and
sustainable tourism 306
Sean Hsin-Hung Lin
19 Net-zero emissions for sustainable community-based tourism 323
You-Yu Dai
Index 343