Moscardo, Gianna (2022) Stories to Engage Protected Area Neighbouring Communities in Tourism Planning and Practice. In: Slocum, Susan L., Wiltshier, Peter, and Read, John B., (eds.) Tourism Transformations in Protected Area Gateway Communities. CABI, Wallingford, UK, pp. 155-167.

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A major theme in the broader literature on community development planning is the need to be more flexible and inventive, calling for greater creativity in the design of tourist experiences. These calls are especially applicable to gateway communities that rely upon, and are impacted by, tourism. The ‘story turn’ in social sciences offers an opportunity to pursue this creativity. This chapter uses Magnetic Island (MI), a gateway community to two protected areas (PAs), as a case study to explore how new stories of tourism destinations might enhance the sustainability and resilience of tourism. A simple story-based model of tourism is presented, and the role of stories in two aspects of this system is identified: the co-creation of new stories of tourism in the interactions between tourism planners and destination residents; and the use of stories in tourist experience design. Possibilities are presented to demonstrate the value of this story-based approach.

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