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Community-based tourism

Meaning in tourism & hospitality, with examples

nounCommon term

In tourism & hospitality, community-based tourism means: Tourism in which local communities have a substantial role in decisions and receive benefits.

In Turkish: toplum temelli turizm

How it is used

Used in local development; community participation should involve decisions, not just employment.

Example sentences

  1. The village's community-based tourism committee decides how visitor income supports local projects.

    Community members control the use of benefits rather than merely supply labour.

  2. We asked who designed the tours before describing the project as community-based tourism.

    The question checks local decision-making behind the promotional label.

Common collocations

  • community-based tourism project
  • support community-based tourism
  • tour guideA person whose job is to show tourists around places of interest and explain their history and culture.
  • hospitalityFriendly and generous treatment of guests; also the industry of hotels, restaurants, catering and other businesses that serve guests.

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