Control Models of Tourism Development and Conservation Management with Respect to Indigenous Culture - Restorative Redevelopment of Devastated Ecocultural Landscapes - page 43

Traditional Indigenous Culture

Traditional
National Park

Development

Development Stage

Low Development Dense Development

FIGURE 5.4 The relationship model among control power, development, and tourism.

these three factors (Figure 5.4). For the indigenous people, they would want to
get close to the top of the model in Figure 5.4. On the other hand, the govern-
ment expects to have control power (shown on the lower-left corner of the model)
because of their highest conservation concern and (see the bottom right of the
model) because of the highest profits from tourism. Is indigenous sovereignty for
the Marsh Arabs the only option for them to keep their cultural and economic sur-
vival? Where is the compromise situation located in the model? Questions can be
examined in the model depending on different geographic and cultural contexts.
Using this model as a tool rethinks the relationship among government, tourists,
Marsh Arabs, and their culture.

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