The Effect of Digital Community-Based Tourism Platform to Hosts’ Livelihood

Pietari Keskinen; Niina Arvila; Heike Winschiers-Theophilus; Marko Nieminen

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-52014-4_1

The Effect of Digital Community-Based Tourism Platform to Hosts’ Livelihood

Pietari Keskinen^*, Niina Arvila, Heike Winschiers-Theophilus, Marko Nieminen

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Namibia University of Science and Technology

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Abstract

In this paper, we present results of a contextual inquiry study in a Community-Based Tourism (CBT) village. We investigate the influence of an enabling digital service platform for tourism that rural Tanzanians utilise to attract and host guests. Our interviews and observations show that hosting tourists delivers positive short-term livelihood outcomes (income, visitors), but the long-term impact (social, infrastructure) to the communities requires deeper consideration. We recommend that sustainable digital service platforms for CBT should be developed and assessed including their features in addressing long-term impacts on livelihood. We propose the following topics for consideration in future development of digital CBT platforms: the role of surrounding communities, rewards to platform contributors, enabling of indirect economic activities, understanding conflict-of-interest between communities and platform, empowerment all of the users, and monitoring the local performance of the platform for its users.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Evolving Perspectives on ICTs in Global Souths - 11th International Development Informatics Association Conference, IDIA 2020, Proceedings
Editors	Don Rodney Junio, Cecile Koopman
Publisher	Springer
Pages	3-16
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-52014-4
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-52013-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52014-4_1
Publication status	Published - 14 Jul 2020
MoE publication type	A4 Conference publication
Event	International Development Informatics Association Conference - Macau, China Duration: 25 Mar 2020 → 27 Mar 2020 Conference number: 11

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Name	Communications in Computer and Information Science
Publisher	Springer
Volume	1236

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Conference	International Development Informatics Association Conference
Abbreviated title	IDIA
Country/Territory	China
City	Macau
Period	25/03/2020 → 27/03/2020

Keywords

digital platforms
emerging economies
sustainable livelihood approach

UN SDGs

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Keskinen, P., Arvila, N., Winschiers-Theophilus, H., & Nieminen, M. (2020). The Effect of Digital Community-Based Tourism Platform to Hosts’ Livelihood. In D. R. Junio, & C. Koopman (Eds.), Evolving Perspectives on ICTs in Global Souths - 11th International Development Informatics Association Conference, IDIA 2020, Proceedings (pp. 3-16). (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 1236). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52014-4_1

Keskinen, Pietari ; Arvila, Niina ; Winschiers-Theophilus, Heike et al. / The Effect of Digital Community-Based Tourism Platform to Hosts’ Livelihood. Evolving Perspectives on ICTs in Global Souths - 11th International Development Informatics Association Conference, IDIA 2020, Proceedings. editor / Don Rodney Junio ; Cecile Koopman. Springer, 2020. pp. 3-16 (Communications in Computer and Information Science).

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Keskinen, P, Arvila, N, Winschiers-Theophilus, H & Nieminen, M 2020, The Effect of Digital Community-Based Tourism Platform to Hosts’ Livelihood. in DR Junio & C Koopman (eds), Evolving Perspectives on ICTs in Global Souths - 11th International Development Informatics Association Conference, IDIA 2020, Proceedings. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol. 1236, Springer, pp. 3-16, International Development Informatics Association Conference, Macau, China, 25/03/2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52014-4_1

The Effect of Digital Community-Based Tourism Platform to Hosts’ Livelihood. / Keskinen, Pietari; Arvila, Niina; Winschiers-Theophilus, Heike et al.
Evolving Perspectives on ICTs in Global Souths - 11th International Development Informatics Association Conference, IDIA 2020, Proceedings. ed. / Don Rodney Junio; Cecile Koopman. Springer, 2020. p. 3-16 (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 1236).

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