Expansion and Specification of Knowledge, Skills, Attitudes and Practices Survey Model for Community-Based Tourism Development

Oliver Mtapuri, Tran Duc Thanh, Andrea Giampiccoli and Anna Dłużewska
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Oliver Mtapuri: College of Humanities, School of Built Environment and Development Studies, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban 4000, South Africa
Tran Duc Thanh: Group of Tourism and Hospitality, School of Business and Law, Saigon International University, Ho Chi Minh City 71300, Vietnam
Andrea Giampiccoli: Department of Hospitality and Tourism, Ritson Campus, Durban University of Technology, Durban 4000, South Africa
Anna Dłużewska: Department of Earth Sciences and Spatial Management, Maria Curie Sklodowska University, 20-718 Lublin, Poland

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 19, 1-12

Abstract: This paper investigates the use of the Knowledge Attitude Practices (KAP) survey and suggests its extension to Knowledge Attitude Skills Practices (KSAP). It brings value to tourism theories at the level of the tourist and hosts, and argues that communities must be capacitated with the knowledge, attitudes, skills, and practices that transcend tourism. This is a conceptual paper, compiled using secondary data that already exists in the public domain. The paper suggests carrying out surveys that incorporate KSAP regarding CBT at level 1, tourism at level 2, and livelihoods at level 3, for a holistic understanding of these aspects among community members, tourists, and other stakeholders. The KSAP model posited in this paper is a tool that may be used by considering the prevailing local conditions and contexts, and the appropriate unit of analysis from tourism stakeholders.

Keywords: KAP survey; KSAP survey; knowledge; attitudes and practices; knowledge; skills; attitudes and practices; community-based tourism; tourism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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