Community integration - Island tourism in Peru

This paper examines tourism planning and management in the Andean community of Taquile Island, Peru. A framework of community integration in tourism w as developed and applied to this community in a case study approach. The in tention of this framework is to help guide planning, development, managemen t, research, and evaluation of community-based tourism projects Community i ntegration in tourism was primarily defined in terms of decision-making pow er structures and processes, local control or ownership, type and distribut ion of employment, and the number of local people employed in the local tou rism sector. It was found that a high level of community integration on Taq uile Island led to greater socioeconomic benefits for a majority of residen ts.