Presentation made at the Sustainable Tourism in Small Island Developing States conference, 23-24 November 2017, Seychelles. A partnership of the Seychelles Sustainable Tourism Foundation, IUCN WCPA Tourism and Protected Areas Specialist Group, University of Seychelles, Paris Tourism Sorbonne (IREST), and Global Sustainable Tourism Council.
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Session8 02 Vineeta Hoon
1. Using SOCMON as a Tool to Involve Islanders in Develop-
ing Community Based Tourism and provide need
based training to foster product Enhancement
• Vineeta Hoon
• Centre for Action Research on
Environment Science & Society
4. • Live in Biodiversity Hotspots - Coral reefs, Seagrass Mangroves
ecosystems.
• Anthropogenic pressures: High level of dependence on coastal and
Marine resources.
• Poverty and Limited employment opportunities
• Low social resilience
• The divide between local peoples knowledge of marine resources and
ecology and formal management
• issues related to climate change, ocean acidification and global warming
• Issues related to garbage disposal and bad fishing practices in some
areas
Key Learnings
Island Communities
5. • Once a potential for tourism is speculated well established
Hotel international chains move in develop the product and
take over the market
• Local community who do not have the wherewithal of
developing and marketing a product or capital to invest are left
behind and treated as nuisances that have to be dealt with.
• The only jobs they can get are the ones lowest in the resort
hierarchy.
• Land speculation and land grabbing which leads to the
islanders losing their only valuable resource for the next
generations.
• They have to deal with the disposal of tons of plastic garbage
that tourism inevitably brings.
The issue
6. The issue
• The resort owners hoteliers usually from outside do not understand or care
about the needs of the local community.
• For tourism to flourish equitably and sustainably an interface is needed to
provide a level playing field where both parties that are needed to develop
tourism can complement and work with each other
7. • SocMon is a set of guidelines for establishing a socioeconomic monitoring
programme at a coastal management site Level.
• The guidelines provide a prioritized list of socioeconomic variables useful to coastal
managers and other developers
• They are not rigid and can be tailored to each sites needs and purposes.
SOCMON as the interface
12. • listing whats needed to reach
the goal
• listing whats needed to change
to achieve the goal and
articulating what needs to be
done to bring that change
• Listing training needs
The Way Forward
Doing: Once a livelihood is chosen
Goal: Tourism to protect Natural and Cultural Heritage
• Strengths & Opportunities:
man power, own land,
marine area knowledge,
cultural practices
• Threats & Weakness:
Pollution, Marketing ,
Financial capital,
Conservation, Education, Enterprise, Livelihood
Suggested Solutions
• Govt Enabling Agency improve
transportation services, agree to co-
management of marine areas, support
LLMAs, protect land ownership/sales
• Outside expert: Marketing, Management
Training by doing, licences, certification
• Islanders Build capacity as owners, hosts,
guides and managers over time
Together deciding on the eco-solutions for
architecture, building materials for resort