Understanding the community-level impacts of tourism development : the case of Pond Inlet, NWT
This thesis aims to provide a better understanding of the economic and socio-cultural impacts associated with small scale tourism development in the Inuit community of Pond Inlet, Baffin Island. A brief history and economic profile of the community illuminate the reasons underlying its adoption of t...
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ftcanadathes:oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.68096 2023-05-15T15:35:28+02:00 Understanding the community-level impacts of tourism development : the case of Pond Inlet, NWT Grekin, Jacqueline Milne, Simon (advisor) Master of Arts (Department of Geography.) 1994 application/pdf http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=68096 en eng McGill University alephsysno: 001404714 proquestno: AAIMM94345 Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=68096 All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. Tourism -- Nunavut -- Pond Inlet Electronic Thesis or Dissertation 1994 ftcanadathes 2014-02-16T00:58:37Z This thesis aims to provide a better understanding of the economic and socio-cultural impacts associated with small scale tourism development in the Inuit community of Pond Inlet, Baffin Island. A brief history and economic profile of the community illuminate the reasons underlying its adoption of tourism as a source of income and employment. I then proceed to review past attempts to understand the relationship between tourism and community development. Despite the merits of these studies, they are shown to have largely failed to supply a theoretical framework capable of explaining the underlying factors that influence the scale and nature of the resulting impacts. I then propose that recent theoretical developments, based on the 'flexible specialization' approach, may better assist our attempts to understand the dynamic relationship between tourism and the communities that host it. The empirical section of the thesis is based on surveys of several key actors: residents, tourists, and the tourist industry. When combined with a simplified multiplier analysis, the findings indicate that the community's current tourism strategy is largely consistent with local economic objectives and that as a result residents support tourism development. Nevertheless, the results suggest certain weaknesses in the current approach to tourism development. They include: the potential for conflicts to develop between local hunters and wildlife watchers; a failure to link tourism to other sectors of the local economy; and difficulties reaching consumers in the context of a restructured travel industry increasingly dominated by computer technology. I then proceed to provide some policy and planning recommendations. This is followed by a brief evaluation of the theoretical approach adopted. I conclude by outlining some areas for future research. Thesis Baffin Island Baffin inuit Nunavut Pond Inlet Theses Canada/Thèses Canada (Library and Archives Canada) Nunavut Baffin Island Pond Inlet ENVELOPE(-77.960,-77.960,72.699,72.699) Watchers ENVELOPE(-56.115,-56.115,50.750,50.750) |
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This thesis aims to provide a better understanding of the economic and socio-cultural impacts associated with small scale tourism development in the Inuit community of Pond Inlet, Baffin Island. A brief history and economic profile of the community illuminate the reasons underlying its adoption of tourism as a source of income and employment. I then proceed to review past attempts to understand the relationship between tourism and community development. Despite the merits of these studies, they are shown to have largely failed to supply a theoretical framework capable of explaining the underlying factors that influence the scale and nature of the resulting impacts. I then propose that recent theoretical developments, based on the 'flexible specialization' approach, may better assist our attempts to understand the dynamic relationship between tourism and the communities that host it. The empirical section of the thesis is based on surveys of several key actors: residents, tourists, and the tourist industry. When combined with a simplified multiplier analysis, the findings indicate that the community's current tourism strategy is largely consistent with local economic objectives and that as a result residents support tourism development. Nevertheless, the results suggest certain weaknesses in the current approach to tourism development. They include: the potential for conflicts to develop between local hunters and wildlife watchers; a failure to link tourism to other sectors of the local economy; and difficulties reaching consumers in the context of a restructured travel industry increasingly dominated by computer technology. I then proceed to provide some policy and planning recommendations. This is followed by a brief evaluation of the theoretical approach adopted. I conclude by outlining some areas for future research. |
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Understanding the community-level impacts of tourism development : the case of Pond Inlet, NWT |
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Understanding the community-level impacts of tourism development : the case of Pond Inlet, NWT |
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1994 |
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Master of Arts (Department of Geography.) |
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ENVELOPE(-77.960,-77.960,72.699,72.699) ENVELOPE(-56.115,-56.115,50.750,50.750) |
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Nunavut Baffin Island Pond Inlet Watchers |
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