LSM–02 Community Based Tourism (CBT) Karako | Long Term Volunteering Program Kyrgyzstan
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LSM–02 Community Based Tourism (CBT) Karakol 18+
About CBT:
“Community based” means supporting products, services, knowledge and practices found in local communities and offered by local stakeholders.CBT is the practice of providing natural, value-packed travel services that utilize local accommodation, food, music, art, crafts and traditions. CBT is an excellent value and travel experience that supports rational and sustainable development. CBT gives travelers authentic visits inside homes, villages and heritages while delivering proceeds directly to the families that visitors stay with and buy from.
Tourism is one of the most rapidly growing of all industries globally. But despite the industry’s enormity and pattern growth, everyday tourism destination citizens have commonly found themselves left out of the decision-making and investment
process. As a result, in all too many places among Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas, unsustainable tourism has degraded communities, increased crime, damaged natural resources, ruined artifacts and destroyed sites of heritage. CBT shifts the paradigm from focusing on aggregate “growth” to include participatory stakeholder decision-making, investment opportunity for traditionally local inhabitants and sustainable environmental practices. Thus, CBT is used to describe a variety of activities that encourage and support a wide range of objectives in economic and social development and conservation. CBT principles include:
• CBT relies on participation of local stakeholders
• CBT has to contribute to the local economic development through increasing tourism revenues
• CBT has to develop socially and economically sustainable tourism
Volunteer’s role:
Actively participate in current projects of the Association;
Create any PR materials for the organization (by wish): booklets, video clips, photo exhibition, etc. and translations (especially French and Spanish)
Actively participate in daily work of the association (to maintain a database of guides, porters, cooks, to provide information for tourists)
Participation in management of CBT
In May and June, CBT conducts practice trips into the mountains. If the volunteer is here during that time then they will also be able to participate in these tours. If the volunteer is here during another time, the opportunity may arise to go on other trips into the mountains.
Accommodation
Volunteers will live with a local host family; they will provide a private room and all the necessary conveniences. You will join your host-family for breakfast and dinner while lunch will be provided at the office with other members of the CBT.
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