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infrastructure, facilities and

special events or festivals;
therefore, the cooperation of the
host community is essential to
access and develop these assets

appropriately (Murphy, 1985).

3. Public involvement functions
as a driving force to protect
the community’s natural
environment and culture

as tourism products, while
simultaneously encouraging
greater tourism-related income
(Felstead, 2000).

4. Because the tourism industry

is sensitive to both internal and
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TA- external forces, many tourism
HUN
KA- development plans are often only
BU-
PATEN partially implemented or not at
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all (Bovy, 1982). Moreover, even
those that are fully implemented
are not always sustainable. Thus,
to increase the feasibility and

longevity of projects, all plans
should be linked with the overall
socioeconomic development of

the community. (Okazaki, 2008)

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