SOCIAL PARTICIPATION IN SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

Social and cultural effects of tourism are discussed as well as the economical effects of Tourism. Local community and their socio-cultural values are very important for all the shareholders under the effect of tourism. Usage of these values under protection and enabling them to be usable in the future establish the base of sustainable tourism. The researches on how sustainable tourism developments should be showed a great increase in 21st century and the term of participatory tourism planning with the participation of local community and shareholders came into prominence. Development and management of tourism should be incentive and efficient for the participation of the community. Communitys participation to sustainable tourism development is of vital importance for reaching a consensus. Community"s participation in the development of tourism is a new term in developing countries and it is very difficult to change traditional mentality under these circumstances. In this study a solution is searched for the importance of community"s participation in the development of Tourism and its positive and negative effects and the method of integration of community into planning."