Abstract

This paper investigates the relative importance of social and cultural capitals in (re)shaping a tourism resource governance approach for supporting sustainable livelihood outcomes. We apply a ‘Capitals Co-management for Sustainable Livelihood Framework (CCSLF)’ in a remote case study setting of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), Bangladesh. Within this setting, culturally distant communities living within an environment of historical political distrust provide a highly nuanced context to our investigation. Based on data collected through multiple qualitative methods, we found that power structures and politics play the central role in resource allocation, and thereby hindering community involvement in the decision-making processes. As an engagement mechanism, bridging social capital can play a significant role in facilitating the establishment of co-management structures, through which the community can exercise greater say over the deployment of common property or community resources in tourism development. For a tourism destination comprised of diverse social groups and associated cultural capitals, a co-management structure is seen as having its best application at micro- or local community-levels. This investigation challenges destination area planners to explore the various dimensions of social and cultural capitals to support (community) tourism development.

摘要

本文调查了社会和文化资本在（重新）塑造旅游资源治理方法以支持可持续生计成果方面的相对重要性。我们在孟加拉国吉大港山区 (CHT) 的远程案例研究环境中应用了“可持续生计框架 (CCSLF) 的资本共同管理”。在这种背景下，生活在历史政治不信任环境中的文化相距遥远的社区为我们的调查提供了一个非常细致入微的背景。基于通过多种定性方法收集的数据，我们发现权力结构和政治在资源配置中发挥着核心作用，从而阻碍了社区参与决策过程。作为一种参与机制，连接社会资本可以在促进建立共同管理结构方面发挥重要作用，通过这种结构，社区可以对在旅游发展中部署公共财产或社区资源行使更大的发言权。对于由不同社会群体和相关文化资本组成的旅游目的地，共同管理结构被视为在微观或地方社区层面具有最佳应用。这项调查挑战目的地区域规划者探索社会和文化资本的各个维度以支持（社区）旅游发展。对于由不同社会群体和相关文化资本组成的旅游目的地，共同管理结构被视为在微观或地方社区层面具有最佳应用。这项调查挑战目的地区域规划者探索社会和文化资本的各个维度以支持（社区）旅游发展。对于由不同社会群体和相关文化资本组成的旅游目的地，共同管理结构被视为在微观或地方社区层面具有最佳应用。这项调查挑战目的地区域规划者探索社会和文化资本的各个维度以支持（社区）旅游发展。