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Assignment - A Visit with the Bajo People Sustainable Tourism Evaluation
Read case study - A Visit with the Bajo People of Indonesia: Is this sustainable tourism? By Caleb Coppenger and Cynthia S. Deale
This case study examines sustainable tourism and its balance between the economic, socio-cultural, and environmental components of tourism and on the ethical ramifications of tourism practices. Please read the case and answer the following questions.
Questions -
1. What issues related to sustainable tourism does this case raise? Please explain.
2. This case provides one example, but in general how should those who operate a sustainable tourism business react when they see what they know to be unsafe practices, illegal practices, or perceive to be unethical practices regarding residents and tourists?
3. Does being aware of and/or a part of these activities make the tour operator and tourist complicit in environmentally unsound practices, or is that just part of observing another culture? Why or why not?
4. What are some ways that tourism businesses, fishing businesses, and/or the government can help the Bajo overcome some of their economic hurdles? Could volunteer tourism help? Please explain.