Community Entitlement and the Failure

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Community Entitlement and the Failure of Tourism
as a Community Development Strategy
Walter F. Kuentzel Rubenstein School of
Environment and Natural Resources University of
Vermont USA
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Tourism and Community Adaptation

• Sustain and Diversify Local Economies
• Entrepreneurial Climate
• Community Identity

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Rock of Cashel
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International Visitors to Ireland
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Rock of Cashel Visitors
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Cashel Business Structure
Celtic Tiger
CAP Reform
EU Accession
Frugal Comfort
Trade War w/England
Lemass Economic Reform
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Tourism Businesses
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Tourism Growth and Business Structure
26 Decline
117 Increase
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Still a Market Town?
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Time-Series Analysis
Cross Correlation Auto-Regression
Ireland Visitors ns ns
Rock of Cashel Visitors ns -.0001 (p.00)
Agricultural Price Index .28 (3-year) (p.04) .01 (p.00)
Cross Correlation Auto-Regression
Ireland Visitors ns ns
Rock of Cashel Visitors ns -.0001 (p.00)
Agricultural Price Index .28 (3-year) (p.04) .01 (p.00)
Cross Correlation Auto-Regression
Ireland Visitors ns ns
Rock of Cashel Visitors ns -.0001 (p.00)
Agricultural Price Index .28 (3-year) (p.04) .01 (p.00)
Cross Correlation Auto-Regression
Ireland Visitors ns ns
Rock of Cashel Visitors ns -.0001 (p.00)
Agricultural Price Index .28 (3-year) (p.04) .01 (p.00)
Cross Correlation Auto-Regression
Ireland Visitors ns ns
Rock of Cashel Visitors ns -.0001 (p.00)
Agricultural Price Index .28 (3-year) (p.04) .01 (p.00)
Cross Correlation Auto-Regression
Ireland Visitors ns ns
Rock of Cashel Visitors ns -.0001 (p.00)
Agricultural Price Index .28 (3-year) (p.04) .01 (p.00)
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Why Hasnt Tourism Worked?
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Still a Viable Agriculture Sector

• Golden Vale
• Cashel Cattle Mart
• Horse Farms

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Tourism Infrastructure

• Small Bed Base
• Dense Downtown
• Day Visitation

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Community Cooperation

• Lack of Cooperation
• Community Factionalism?
• Community Capital

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Diversity of Adaptive Strategies

• In Addition to Agriculture
• Health Care Sector
• Pharmaceutical Industries

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Entitlement?

• Health Care
• Industrial Development Authority
• State and EU Money for Tourism

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