dc.contributor.convenor | Jenny Davies | |
dc.contributor.author | Shakeela, Aishath | |
dc.contributor.author | Ruahen, Lisa | |
dc.contributor.author | Breakey, Noreen | |
dc.contributor.editor | Michael Gross | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-03T15:59:51Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-05-03T15:59:51Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
dc.date.modified | 2011-09-28T06:50:47Z | |
dc.identifier.refuri | http://www.cauthe.com.au/proceedings.html | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/41024 | |
dc.description.abstract | Advocators of tourism development in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) promote tourism in policy agendas on the grounds that it can enhance the lives of local people through the creation of employment and income streams. However, empirical research conducted in the Maldives, a SIDS in the Indian Ocean, highlighted an array of social, human resource, economic, institutional and religious factors that inhibit the participation of the local community in the Maldivian tourism labour market. This paper specifically examines the findings related to the social factors that were identified as: negative images of the industry, proximity to home and work, social isolation, parental influence, effect on family life while working away from home island, role of woman as mother, the lack of awareness of tourism jobs, social problems at workplace, disinterest in tourism employment, tourism industry being male dominated, and issues with safety and security at workplace. A number of these findings are discussed, as is the role of tourism operators and the government in addressing the social inhibitors to tourism employment in the Maldives. | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.description.publicationstatus | Yes | |
dc.format.extent | 255876 bytes | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | University of South Australia | |
dc.publisher.place | South Australia | |
dc.publisher.uri | https://cauthe.org/services/conferences/conference-2011/ | |
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublication | N | |
dc.relation.ispartofconferencename | CAUTHE 2011 National Conference | |
dc.relation.ispartofconferencetitle | CAUTHE 2011: Tourism - Creating a brilliant blend | |
dc.relation.ispartofdatefrom | 2011-02-08 | |
dc.relation.ispartofdateto | 2011-02-11 | |
dc.relation.ispartoflocation | Adelaide, Australia | |
dc.rights.retention | Y | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Impacts of Tourism | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Tourism Management | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 150601 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 150603 | |
dc.title | The Local Gaze: Social Inhibitors to Engagement in the Maldivian Tourism Industry | |
dc.type | Conference output | |
dc.type.description | E1 - Conferences | |
dc.type.code | E - Conference Publications | |
gro.faculty | Griffith Business School, Department of Tourism, Sport and Hotel Management | |
gro.rights.copyright | © 2011 CAUTHE. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the conference's website for access to the definitive, published version. | |
gro.date.issued | 2011 | |
gro.hasfulltext | Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Shakeela, Aishath | |