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International Journal of Tourism Anthropology

International Journal of Tourism Anthropology (IJTA)

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  • Developing Community-Based Waste Management for Public Spaces in Coastal Tourism Villages: Establishing Institutions with Local Champions   Order a copy of this article
    by Fikarwin Zuska, Zulkifli Zulkifli 
    Abstract: Ineffective waste management in rural coastal tourism villages poses environmental, socio-cultural and economic challenges. This study investigates uncleanliness in Kampung Nipah, Indonesia, highlighting its impact on tourism and community well-being. Using ethnographic methods, informed by Giddens' structuration theory and Ostrom's institutional framework, we analysed the socio-cultural dynamics and structural barriers to waste management. Findings reveal that littering is rooted in cultural habits, absence of collective responsibility, and inadequate institutional frameworks. The role of "local champions" demonstrates the potential for community-driven solutions. This study proposes a new community-based waste management model, which emphasises local resources, local champions, stakeholder (tourism manager) collaboration, and crafting adaptive rules to maintain coastal tourism and environmental health. The integration of participatory frameworks and traditional values offers an innovative approach to fostering sustainable waste management in underserved rural areas.
    Keywords: Community-based waste management; Cleanliness; Coastal Tourism; Local Champions,; Development of Common Rules.
    DOI: 10.1504/IJTA.2025.10072512
     
  • How do Policy Network, Local Wisdom, and Green Economy Interact to Shape Sustainable Tourism Governance in Disaster-Prone Areas   Order a copy of this article
    by Bevaola Kusumasari, Sakir Ridho Wijaya, Agus Pramusinto 
    Abstract: Tourism development in disaster-prone zones is long overdue and remains a pressing challenge in the Global South, where institutionally self-destructive governance often deters community engagement. Although West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) has strong cultural and ecological appeal, environmental and governance issues can negatively affect tourism. This study seeks to understand the role of the policy network, the role of community-based tourism (CBT), and the green economy in the re-governance of tourism in NTB, and to develop a community culture-oriented disaster resilience and sustainability model. This study employs semi-structured interviews, observations, and document analysis in four tourism communities and two governments. The findings indicate formal policy networks are hierarchical and elitist, excluding the local actors and communities at the base of the networks from decision-making. The governance structures, ethics, and self-regulating and redistributive mechanisms of CBT, are important as well as the grassroots or bottom-up innovations of local community structures encouraged by the green economy. The study proposes a policy networks, community sovereignty and environmentally based practice integrative framework for transferable Global South contexts
    Keywords: Sustainable Tourism; Policy Collaboration; Local Wisdom; Environmental Governance; Green Economy; Disaster-Prone Areas; Community-Based Tourism; Indonesia.
    DOI: 10.1504/IJTA.2026.10077063
     
  • The Anthropological Genealogy of Dark Tourism   Order a copy of this article
    by Maximiliano Korstanje 
    Abstract: Dark tourism studies have proliferated exponentially over time. Unfortunately, this growth has not been crystalised in the configuration of a consolidated sub-discipline. The interest of scholars and journalists in dark tourism sites has generated a methodological gridlock. At first glimpse, different academic waves adapt their definition of the phenomenon. Secondly, there is no methodological consensus respecting measurable techniques to understand the dark tourist
    Keywords: Dark Tourism; Post Disaster Studies; REsilience; Anthropology of Darkness.
    DOI: 10.1504/IJTA.2026.10077234
     

 

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