Perunjodi Naidoo|Richard Sharpley
Local perceptions of the relative contributions of enclave tourism and agritourism to community well-being: The case of Mauritius
University of Technology, Mauritius|University of Central Lancashire
date limited attention paid contribution tourism wellbeing island residents general whether wellbeing varies according nature tourism development particular specifically island tourism frequently manifested resortbased enclave development form tourism often criticised assumed limited benefits wider community consequence alternative approaches agritourism increasingly proposed means enhancing community development wellbeing yet relative merits enclave agritourism explored within island tourism context paper addresses notable gap literature drawing questionnairebased survey mauritius considers compares perceptions local people extent enclave tourism agritourism contribute wellbeing results reveal types tourism development contribute positively negatively community wellbeing although enclave tourism perceived fewer positive outcomes one hand enclave tourism provides valuable cultural opportunities damages environment restricts entrepreneurship favours local elites hand agritourism although yet wellestablished mauritius perceived positively enhance cultural social spheres community life whilst supporting entrepreneurship