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Tourism and Governance in Small Island Developing States (SIDS): The Case of Zanzibar
Author(s) -
Sharpley Richard,
Ussi Miraji
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
international journal of tourism research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.155
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1522-1970
pISSN - 1099-2340
DOI - 10.1002/jtr.1904
Subject(s) - tourism , small island developing states , corporate governance , state (computer science) , small island , tourism geography , dependency (uml) , business , development economics , economic growth , political science , geography , economic geography , economics , climate change , finance , ecology , algorithm , systems engineering , engineering , computer science , law , biology
Tourism in small island developing states (SIDS) has long been defined in terms of dependency. However, less attention has been paid to the role of the state in SIDS, particularly the extent to which it supports tourism as an agent of development. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to consider the governance of tourism development in SIDS, specifically the extent to which the state may promote or hinder tourism‐related development. Drawing on research in Zanzibar, it reveals the ways in which poor governance has acted as a barrier to development through tourism, concluding that the state has an unwillingness to support tourism. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.