Socio-Cultural Impacts of Tourism on Indigenous People: in the Example of Different First Nations in Ontario, Canada

Tourism is often seen as the best way of sustainable development, especially for discriminated people, like the different indigenous people of the world. Nevertheless, tourism has different kinds of impacts on the people most affected, and those impacts can be beneficial, but also negative. This book is divided in two main chapters. The first part, the literature review, forms the theoretical background that is needed for the field study. In this chapter, terms like culture, tourism, indigenous people and indigenous tourism are discussed. Also, an overview of the socio-cultural impacts of tourism on the host as seen in scholarly literature is given. The second part is the analysis of field research conducted on the socio-cultural impacts of tourism on indigenous people living in Southern Ontario. This discussion concludes in recommendations for tourism with fewer negative socio-cultural impacts. This book aims at tourism decision makers at all levels. It is a good basis for feasibility studies.