Papers by Angelique Chettiparamb
‘Responsible tourism’ is a concept that overlaps significantly with concepts of sustainable touri... more ‘Responsible tourism’ is a concept that overlaps significantly with concepts of sustainable tourism, ethical tourism, pro-poor tourism and integrated tourism, but differs from these in the emphasis it places on the role of businesses in achieving sustainability. The genesis of the concept is squarely within the corporate social responsibility (CSR) and corporate social investment (CSI) practices of business concerns (George and Frey, 2010). The international appeal of the concept can be partly explained by the increased wider interest in CSR activities and the centrality given to the involvement and engagement of the private sector in managing impacts of tourism, in which the private sector is not only a fast growing presence but the major provider of experiences and services in most destinations worldwide (Ashley, 2005). Thus, besides offering a normative appeal, ‘responsible tourism’ also offers a pragmatic approach to plan and develop tourism in such a way that it could benefit the stakeholders at the destination communities. In this paper, we discuss a case study of the implementation of responsible tourism practices in Kumarakom, Kerala, India. Through the case study we seek to emphasise the role of the public sector and the local planning authority in the promotion, implementation and regulation of sustainable responsible tourism practices. In particular, we emphasise the key brokering role of planning in i) devising forums of broad based consultation; ii) locating and leveraging various interests and powers to plan and design particular tourism strategies which benefit the locality; iii) articulating space related adaptations of generic policy concerns; and iv) ensuring and managing tourism growth in tandem with a redistribution/welfare agenda
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International Planning Studies, Feb 1, 2010
... within industry, facilitated by technological advances and changes in industrial organization... more ... within industry, facilitated by technological advances and changes in industrial organization, meant that companies needed to more ... 10 Partnership, Collaborative Planning and UrbanRegeneration such areas, who suffered from a heightened incidence of unemployment, crime ...
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This paper discusses the implementation of the provision of school meals in Kodungallur in Kerala... more This paper discusses the implementation of the provision of school meals in Kodungallur in Kerala, India as a case of how vertical inter-governmental synergies and horizontal local linkages are brought together in programme design and implementation. The empirical data were collected for a larger cross-national study looking into homegrown school feeding undertaken by Morgan et al commissioned by the World
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Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events, Nov 1, 2012
This issue of JPRiTLE is a dialogue between the two disciplinary and professional domains of spat... more This issue of JPRiTLE is a dialogue between the two disciplinary and professional domains of spatial planning and tourism. Some of the overlaps of interest between tourism development and policy, and spatial planning policy, are beginning to develop a systematic literature. Hayllar, Griffin, and Edwards (2008), for example, point out that tourism activity in cities is geographically concentrated. The so-called precincts in which tourism can often be concentrated are both part of, and distinctive within, the city. How these connections between the city and the precinct work, and what their socio-economic and cultural implications might be, are questions which exercise policy-makers in spatial planning as well as tourism. These are simply a sample of questions which demonstrate some coincidences of interest between spatial planners and tourism policy-makers. In this issue, however, our focus is different. Professions and disciplines are partly constituted by distinctive ways of seeing the world; what we might call distinctive gazes. These gazes are inevitably spatial, as spatial relations are co-constituted with social relations. The significance of the spatiality of tourism – and particularly its relationship to places and their meanings for people – has been recognised for decades, for example, in discussions of urban tourism, and tourism geographies more generally (Mugerauer, 2009; Nepal, 2009). In examining tourism-related issues, through a planning lens, we hope here to reverse what can be termed the ‘gaze’ of the narrator. So, instead of looking at issues in communities and places from the position of a tourism policy-maker or analyst, in this issue we encourage a gaze at tourism from the broader society. A gaze that emanates from society, and planning for society, to the role of tourism and the contribution it makes to the society and planning for society. What then does such a gaze entail? Simply stated the concern in such a focus moves to the meaning and power of tourism to an external observer, a non-tourist. It raises issues of embeddedness and interaction that go beyond the seductive qualities of tourism to reveal and repair the disjunctions and overflows that make up tourism when viewed from the perspective of communities, societies and places. In such a project, the very rationale of tourism is called into question and the interrogation of tourism is not any more exclusively on goals set within the tourism and for tourism. Places then are more than ‘destinations’, arguably a dominant term in tourism studies that reifies the touristic gaze by reducing the complex realities of lived experiences in a location to one that is essentially tourist centred. The emphasis then is not so much on the creation of new attractive ‘tourist bubbles’ (Magerauer, 2009, p. 303), but is more on the liveability and attractiveness of ordinary spaces as well. Communities are more than ‘local communities’ that populate touristic destinations, staking instead a claim to be the ultimate client in tourism ventures. Recognising this in a number of studies of spatial planning’s engagement with tourism unearths a number
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ABSTRACT This paper discusses the notion of 'responsible tourism' and its current... more ABSTRACT This paper discusses the notion of 'responsible tourism' and its current use within the tourism literature. We argue that the concept as used currently means everything and therefore adds nothing to the conceptual terrain of tourism trends and nomenclatures. We then introduce our own understanding of the concept arguing that while responsible tourism is linked to sustainability initiatives such as alternative tourism, ecotourism, ethical tourism, green tourism, soft tourism, pro-poor tourism, geo-tourism, integrated tourism, community-based tourism, etc it also demarcates an analytical realm of its own. We suggest that the practical use of the term in areas where it has been adopted (such as South Africa and Kerala for instance) suggests a rather restricted use. We identified this realm as the tourism sector-specific manifestation of the corporate social responsibility (CSR) agenda. Following Flyvberg's [(2006). Five misunderstandings about case-study research. Qualitative Inquiry, 12(2), 219-245] call for exemplars and paradigmatic case studies to advance knowledge in a particular domain, the responsible tourism initiative in Kumarakon, Kerala, is presented. Discussion of the case study traces the particular governance context of Kerala and the position of tourism in the state economy. The responsible tourism initiatives at the state level and local level are then described highlighting the 'how' of the implementation and the impact that it has produced. Generic, non-prescriptive principles that could be said to be necessary in some form for the successful translation of responsible tourism principles to practices are then identified. Such an approach is contrasted with one that places faith in the voluntary adoption of 'responsible' practices by the private sector on its own. It is argued that responsible tourism can make a contribution to practice provided the conceptual terrain is delineated against other forms of tourism and if research within the terrain can unpack the particular forms of challenges that are thrown up by the delineation itself.
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... Later it was used more generally to inform structure-agency dualism, and questions surroundin... more ... Later it was used more generally to inform structure-agency dualism, and questions surrounding it ... 13It must be remembered that though external support from lawyers and courts helped reinforce ... a mechanism that is effective in the second order, that is to structure action, not to ...
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This paper reports upon attitudes, initiatives and hurdles in the incorporation of prior learning... more This paper reports upon attitudes, initiatives and hurdles in the incorporation of prior learning in the discipline of planning within one higher education institution in Wales in the UK. Incorporation of prior learning in higher education (HE) is placed as a normative value within the context of increasing diversity in HE promoted through widening access policies, the internationalisation of education and the drive towards interdisciplinarity. It documents challenges that staff face at the delivery end of teaching, the ways in which they attempt to negotiate the difficulties they face, and the institutional resources that come/do not come into play to aid this process. By focusing on the delivery end, this systematic documentation brings together otherwise disparate knowledge, allowing for a fuller appreciation of HE provision in contemporary UK. These descriptions it is argued, can also help generalise and normalise ways in which diversity might be addressed through learning, teaching and assessment in higher education.
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