Kyoung-Bae Kim

MA in Tourism(Hanyang University) MSc in Tourism Management(Bournemouth University)


Room: B22 SB
Tel: +44 (0) 115 8467750
Email: lixkbk2@nottingham.ac.uk

Current Status: Writing up
Year of Registration: 2009
Expected Completion Date: /09/2012

Primary Funding Source:
Self Funded

Research Topic:
The perceived role of key stakeholders' involvement in Sustainable Tourism Development

Research Details:
A clear understanding of the attitudes and interests of stakeholders is a necessary precursor to the management of sustainable tourism. Without stakeholder support in the community it is nearly impossible to develop tourism in a sustainable manner. For that reason, community participation, especially stakeholders' involvement, is an important subject to be explored in relation to this research theme. It is argued that the real success of a sustainable tourism development is achieved through balancing different goals and expectations from various stakeholders, and their participation. Also, incorporating stakeholder views can add knowledge and insights which may reduce conflict in the long-term and thus, stakeholder identification and participation is a key step towards achieving community participation within tourism.

Research Supervisor/s: Scott McCabe and Robert A. Lambert

Division: Marketing