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VILA DAS CANOAS COMMUNITY-BASED TOURISM

Submitted by joonsbaek on Tue, 06/28/2011 - 10:20am

Countries

Brazil

Tags

community-based tourism

Themes

sustainable tourism
Link: 
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Stakeholders / Promoters: 
he main actors are the inhabitants of Vila das Canoas, who offer room in their houses for the lodging of the tourists. A local group, led by Eneida Santos, organizes this receptive tourism initiative. This project receives support from the Afro-Brazilian Incubator (IA) and from the Gênesis Institute of PUC-RJ. It has also the support for advertising and divulgation from Rio de Janeiro municipal government.
Background/ Context: 
The idea of lodging tourists in the houses of inhabitants of Vila das Canoas led the local community to organize themselves and mobilized them to carry out tourist activities with distinctive characteristics. The objective is to generate income for the community and, at the same time, to make possible the exchange of knowledge and the dialogue with the tourists (100% are foreign). Another goal is to enable the inhabitants to develop a new image of their home place (with an increase of self-esteem). Due to the place’s vicinity to natural attractions: Pedra da Gávea, Pepino beach and Tijuca Forest, this initiative also includes ecotourism activities. It thus helps to increase the community’s conscience about ecological issues.
Case Description: 

The idea is to offer lodging for tourists in the houses of inhabitants of Vila das Canoas community, to show another image of the shantytown, to generate income inside the community and to facilitate the exchange of experience and knowledge, particularly in the area foreign languages learning. This endeavor is community-based tourism initiative located in a shantytown.

Benefits (Social, and environmental benefits): 

Vila das Canoas community-based receptive tourism initiative fits in the Project for being an endeavor of the community itself that dared to consider to set in their home place a different activity (tourism and lodging in a shantytown). The consequences of the initiative brought benefits to the whole community.

Albergo Diffuso - System to manage territory

Submitted by admin on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 5:00pm

Countries

Italy

Themes

sustainable tourism, local resources valorization
Link: 
www.albergodiffuso.it
Background/ Context: 
According to datas given by CIPAS Carnia zones has lost half of its population in less then 50 years. This is due to the lack of a properly political and economical plan to give the population the possibility to remain there enhancing and using local resources.
Case Description: 

The project consists in hosting tourists in private houses, in this way the territory and the traditional values find new roles giving economical opportunities to the inhabitants, too.

This solution bring advantages both for the locals, because of new work possibility and the opportunity to actualized and giving value to local culture, and for the tourists that can enjoy a fulfilling experience.

Benefits (Social, and environmental benefits): 

The benefits are principally social ones. Infact the project gives a real economical chanche to people to stay there giving value to local culture.