The development of community-based tourism standard: A case study of Banteay Chhmar community-based tourism, Cambodia

Abstract

Through conducting pilot survey and reviewing previous studies, the author found that there are problems regaeding to operational process and environmental management in Banteay Chhmar community-based tourism (CBT) even it has been already labeled as the CBT standard by Cambodia Community Based Ecotourism Networks (CCBEN) in 2009. The aim of this study is to demonstrate gaps between Banteay Chhmar CBT standard operational processes with the CBT standard theory of Cambodia by comparing its operational processes with the CBT standard theory of Cambodia. The qualitative methodology was used by utilizing the documentary research, in-depth interview, survey check-list, survey research, and participant observation methods to find out the real practice of Banteay Chhmar CBT. The content and synthesize analysis methods were used to analyse the data. The contribution of the study, finally, will be useful guideline for improving knowledge and operational process for Banteay Chhmar CBT standard, relevant stakeholders, and other cases that have similar characteristics.