Abhatoo - Centre Nationale de Documentation

Protected areas (PAs) are set aside as representative areas to maintain ecological processes, genetic potential and environmental services. They also serve as tourist attractions and are sources of livelihoods for local communities in the developing countries. However, with the negative socio-environmental consequences of tourism there is a growing recognition of the need for sustainable approaches to tourism management in the PAs. While tourism has been acknowledged as a tool for conservation and for creating local livelihoods, it is widely debated that conflicting interests of multiple stakeholder groups can hinder tourism in achieving these social and environmental objectives. For transformational change in tourism management based on corporate socio-ecological responsibility, we identify key stakeholder-related factors that influence stakeholders’ participation and the domains where the integration takes place in tourism research. We further identify various organizational management models that have the potential to reduce conflicts, and to produce sustainable outcomes for tourism in PA destinations. This integrated approach to tourism research combines planning and management tools applied in these models to provide a holistic and collaborative tourism management system. We expect that this conceptual framework for PAs underscores social, economic and environmental sustainability