How is Community Based Tourism Developed?

For a community to develop a successful Community Based Tourism “CBT” Program, it is first necessary to prepare and strengthen the community to manage tourism. Community members require several steps of training.

The process begins by inviting community members to analyze the opportunities and risks of developing CBT. Community members are invited to meet other communities which have already set up CBT, and are free to decide whether or not to develop CBT themselves.

Communities who do decide to develop CBT are requested to think beyond the question? How can we benefit from tourism?? And to consider an alternative question? How could we harness tourism to support sustainable community development in our community?

Further training in areas such as planning, organizational development, management, operation, marketing and monitoring develops the skills of local people and increases their sense of ownership for CBT. Mechanism such as rotation, queues and Community Funds help to distribute the benefits of tourism.