Journal of Sustainable Tourism
Editors: Bill Bramwell (Sheffield Hallam University) and Bernard Lane (Visiting Research Fellow, Sheffield Hallam University)
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Volume: 11 Number: 2 Page: 224–245
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Governance Capacity and Stakeholder Interactions in the Development and Management of Coastal Tourism: Examples from Morocco and Tunisia
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Alison Caffyn and Guy Jobbins
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This paper draws on the results of an EU research project into the sustainable management of coastal ecosystems in the southern Mediterranean. The paper focuses on the implications of the governance systems
in Morocco and Tunisia for the effective management of coastal tourism. It asks the question, to what extent can coastal tourism be developed and managed in a sustainable and integrated way in countries
with centralised governance systems and a deficit of local democracy? The work develops a theoretical framework drawing on literature in the field of sustainable tourism management and integrated coastal
management (ICM), plus Kooiman's sociopolitical theory of governance. One of the key elements of ICM has been the importance of involving local communities in the management of coastal resources. The paper
builds on the questions posed by Sorensen who queried how ICM would apply in non-democratic states. The research contrasts two sites in Morocco and Tunisia and identifies key stakeholder groups and the
key issues which need to be addressed through management plans and governance frameworks. The paper draws conclusions which will have wider implications for the sustainable development of coastal tourism,
relating to governance systems, power relationships, democratic processes and local participation.
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