Doctoral Dissertation Research in DRMS: Decision-Making Processes for Resilient Tourism-Based Economic Development

DRMS 博士论文研究：基于旅游的弹性经济发展的决策过程

• 批准号: 2018122
• 负责人: Shauna BurnSilver
• 金额: $ 2.16万
• 依托单位: Arizona State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-08-01 至 2022-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2018122&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; DRMS; Decision; Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; DRMS; Decision

Since the turn of the 21st century, tourism has experienced exponential growth due to the increasingly interconnected nature of the world and the relative ease of travel. According to the United Nations World Tourism Organization, tourism is now one of the world’s fastest growing industries. Since the inception of tourism studies, a majority of research has focused on the positive economic benefits of the industry, overlooking the widespread negative economic, social, and environmental impacts. Similarly, studies have often focused on tourism from the perspective of consumers in developed countries. Tourism research that does focus on host destinations in developing countries are rare and also typically limited to the perception and attitudes of hosting residents. Research has not been focused on the decision-making processes of destination stakeholders. Globally, households in regions with high levels of tourism, particularly those invested in tourism-based livelihood strategies in rural areas, are rapidly diversifying their livelihoods to tourism-based ones. This research will investigate the social, cultural, economic, environmental, and institutional factors influencing their decisions to do so. This research project explores the livelihood and management decisions of stakeholders by drawing from the theoretical frameworks of complexity and commons theory and integrating this thinking with existing tourism literature. The research will be carried out in the Himalayan region of Upper Mustang, Nepal, a region particularly relevant because of dramatic infrastructural changes and its recently being opened to tourism in 1992. Pilot work in the area in 2018 and 2019 suggests that households are rapidly diversifying their livelihoods, resulting in an exponential increase in tourism activities since 2007. Using surveys, semi-structured interviews, and participant observation, this research will first investigate local inhabitants’ decision-making processes, regarding whether and how to engage in tourism-based livelihoods. Second, the research will engage elected officials to understand their decision-making processes in developing and managing tourism. This research contributes to transitioning and reframing tourism studies within broader interdisciplinary scholarship - one which considers tourism to be a set of choices open to people among other livelihood and management options linked to other social, cultural, and environmental outcomes. In addition, this research has the potential for real-time practical, institutional, policy, and managerial impacts, which will be valuable for effective management of tourism in the study region, as well as other tourist destinations facing difficult institutional and governance decisions.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

自21世纪初以来，由于世界上越来越相互联系的性质和相对的旅行，旅游业经历了指数级的增长。根据联合国世界旅游组织的说法，旅游业现在是世界发展最快的行业之一。自从旅游研究开始以来，大多数研究都集中在该行业的积极经济利益上，忽视了负面的负面经济，社会和环境影响。同样，从发达国家的消费者的角度来看，研究通常集中在旅游业上。确实专注于发展中国家的接待目的地的旅游研究很少见，通常也限于接待居民的看法和参加。研究并未集中在目的地利益相关者的决策过程上。在全球范围内，有高水平旅游业的地区的家庭，特别是那些在农村地区投资于旅游业的生活策略的家庭，正在迅速将其生计多样化为基于旅游业的人。这项研究将调查影响其决定的社会，文化，经济，环境和制度因素。该研究项目通过从复杂性和共享理论的理论框架中汲取利益相关者的生计和管理决策，并将这种思维与现有的旅游文献融合在一起。这项研究将在尼泊尔上野马的喜马拉雅地区进行，该地区特别相关，因为基础设施发生了巨大的变化，最近它在1992年向旅游业开放。2018年和2019年，该地区的飞行员工作表明，家庭正在迅速进行培训，从而导致了一次培养的次数，从而导致了一次培训，从事旅游活动，并进行了2007年的访问。这项研究将首先调查当地居民的决策过程，涉及是否以及如何从事基于旅游业的生计。其次，该研究将聘请官员了解他们在发展和管理旅游业方面的决策过程。这项研究有助于在更广泛的跨学科科学中过渡和重新构建旅游研究 - 该研究将旅游视为向人们开放的一系列选择，其中包括与其他社会，文化和环境成果相关的其他生计和管理方案。此外，这项研究还具有实时，机构，政策和管理影响的潜力，这对于有效管理研究区的旅游业以及其他旅游目的地，以及面临困难的制度和治理决策的其他旅游目的地。