Indigenous tourism and bush medicine: Is there a sustainable Nexus?
Abstract
This discussion paper seeks to explore new opportunities to develop or enhance already established indigenous‐run sustainable tourism operations (e.g. eco‐ and cultural tourism enterprises) in national parks. One aim is to investigate the conditions required for the successful establishment of strategic alliances between indigenous people, land management agencies, research scientists and the pharmaceutical industry — a collaboration which is anticipated to improve the cultural, social, economic and environmental sustainability of the indigenous tourism product. A so‐called ethnobotanical approach is suggested, which comprehends the need to collaborate and cooperate across sectors to address the enhancement of Aboriginal social and economic well‐being.
Citation
Pforr, C. and Locher, C. (2004), "Indigenous tourism and bush medicine: Is there a sustainable Nexus?", Tourism Review, Vol. 59 No. 2, pp. 26-27. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb058433
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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