Bridging the gap: understanding local perspectives on tourism in world heritage site Kaziranga National Park

Bharat Bonia; Nivedita Goswami

doi:10.5281/zenodo.16969797

Autores/as

Bharat Bonia Gauhati University https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6876-948X
Nivedita Goswami Gauhati University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16969797

Palabras clave:

Turismo de vida silvestre, Comunidad local, Percepciones, Parque Nacional Kaziranga

Resumen

El turismo de vida silvestre y basado en la naturaleza en el Parque Nacional Kaziranga está creciendo a un ritmo rápido y esto tiene un impacto diferencial en los destinos. Las crecientes actividades turísticas en la región tienen tanto consecuencias positivas como negativas para el destino. Las percepciones de los locales sobre estas actividades son los elementos más cruciales para el desarrollo turístico de un destino turístico. A medida que la industria del turismo avanza, es importante, de vez en cuando, evaluar las opiniones de los locales sobre los cambios. En el artículo de investigación, el objetivo es analizar las opiniones de los locales sobre los impactos económicos percibidos, los impactos socioculturales y los impactos del desarrollo turístico en el medio ambiente utilizando los métodos de análisis de componentes principales para la reducción de datos y la máxima representación. Los hallazgos de este estudio revelan que los residentes locales se beneficiaron económica, sociocultural y ecológicamente del crecimiento de la industria turística en su área. Sin embargo, hay ciertos casos en los que los lugareños creen que no están recibiendo todas las ventajas de la actividad turística. Los hallazgos del estudio ayudarán a los responsables de políticas turísticas y a los tomadores de decisiones a tomar las medidas necesarias para asegurar que las ventajas superen las repercusiones negativas y que los habitantes locales continúen beneficiándose en la mayor medida posible.

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Biografía del autor/a

Bharat Bonia, Gauhati University

Ph.D. student in the Economics Department at Gauhati University. Masters in Economics from Dibrugarh University, Assam, India. Bachelor's degree in Economics. Assistant Professor at Jagiroad College in the Department of Economics, teaching in the undergraduate programmes in Economics. His research interests are development economics, public policy, and tourism development.

Nivedita Goswami, Gauhati University

Ph.D. in Economics from Gauhati University, Assam, India. M.Phil from Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai; M.Sc in Economics from Gauhati University. Professor at the Department of Economics at Gauhati University; teaching in the research students, graduate, and undergraduate programmes in Economics.Her research interests include entrepreneurship and small enterprise development, tourism development, organizational behavior and public policy. CV: https://gauhati.ac.in/member/arts/economics/nivedita-goswami

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