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Community Based Tourism (CBT)
Description of CBT and links to partner projects
CBT does not simply seek to maximize profits for investors.
Rather, it is more concerned with the impact of tourism on the community and environment.
From a community development strategy, CBT uses tourism management as a tool to strengthen community organization through communitywide participation.
CBT appeals to adventurous people with a passion for learning about local cultures and traditional ways of life.- Takes environmental, social, and cultural sustainability into account
- Community owns and manages projects for the benefit of the community
- Visitors
increase their awareness and learn about local peoples and cultures
- Lodging with a local family, sharing their homes and eating meals together
- Range of activities organized by the community
MAP Partner-Organizations with CBT Projects
Responsible Ecological Social Tours Project (REST) - Thailand
As of August 2007, REST is now part of Thailand Community Based
Tourism Institute (CBT-I)
North Andaman Tsunami Relief (NATR) and Andaman Discoveries
Gazi Women's Ecotourism Project - Kenya
