Host Population Well-Being through Community-Based Tourism and Local Control: Issues and Ways Forward

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

The article is at a very low level. It is very difficult to indicate for what reason it was written. What was his purpose. The authors in the first part reviewed the literature, definitions from tourism, community-based tourism and well-bing. The CBT well-being relationship section is completely unprepared. Nothing follows from this part. The article lacks own author's research. We do not know what the relationship between CBT and well-being are. What does CBT give to the local community? What are the Benefits? These relations should be shown and presented with specific examples. The article needs to be improved. It is necessary to add the results of own research. Clearly define the purpose of the article. Subordinating the research carried out as part of the article to the indicated purpose.

Author Response

List of corrections done

Reviewer 1

 

The CBT wellbeing section – on our opinion was presented in the model. However we added further explanation in the main text body (all marked in red). We have also added an explanation what CBT give to the local communities and what are the benefits.

All changes and adds are marked in red

e.g.

A model, the bottom-up CBT model [142] include local entrepreneurship, local control (thus locality) and, as much as less produced, redistribution. Local control, the value of local culture and redistribution (although internal conflict can arise) intended as a “strong multiplier effect into agriculture and other local activities” are again proposed in as part of CBT characteristics [143]. A proposed  novel community-based diffused tourism (CBDT) model which link and put together the characteristics of CBT and ‘Albergo Diffuso’ within the context of Local Economic Development (LED) go further ahead. The CBDT model in which LED favor local well-being, shows how CBDT is intrinsically embedded in the locality (local control) and favor redistribution – “CBDT entities should also owned and managed so as to support redistribution” [5]. As much at different degree and in different ways locality and redistribution for part of CBT-local population well-being relationship.

 

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Reviewer 2 Report

The article is very interesting and well organized. However, it is necessary to include some bibliographical references that analyze different models of CBT.
This bibliographical reference is as follows:

Miedes-Ugarte, B.; Flores-Ruiz, D.; Wanner, P. Managing Tourist Destinations According to the Principles of the Social Economy: The Case of the Les Oiseaux de Passage Cooperative Platform. Sustainability 2020, 12, 4837. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12124837

In a new section, these empirical models should be related to the CBT model proposed by the authors. Therefore, the authors must include in the discussion bibliographical references that analyze the application of the CBT models.    

 

Author Response

List of corrections done

Reviewer 2

The new suggested reference and the indication of its model based on cooperative principles has been mentioned. References on other CBT models have also been added.

All add are marked in red in the tex.

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Reviewer 3 Report

Dear authors,

 

I appreciate your paper very interesting and actual. The results of your research could be very useful for the Academia community. However, there are some aspects that should be improved. Please find below my suggestions:

1. do not use so much quotes in the paper
2. the methodology section is missing. Please add the methodology section and revise the paper accordingly 
3. the methods used are too basic (the literature review is just narrative and doesn't respect a methodology). Please improve the paper considering this comment and see other papers published in the journal that present a subject theoretically. 
4. the mention ”The third section discusses how wellbeing is presented in CBT, and proposes a new model for research” (L101) is not approached in the article. The authors didn't explain in detail the new model, the methodology of development, the stakeholders involved, the effects, etc. Please add this part too.
5. the contribution of the authors is not clear. Please expand the Discussion section.
6. conclusion section is too weak. Please develop more this part and include the limits of the study and future research directions
7. the bibliography is based on old sources. please add new and actual sources too. 

All the best!

Author Response

1.– We have delated some quotes. The new text is in red. p. 2,3, 5.
The quote at p. 9 is kept – it is important for the paper

2.,3 - The methodology section was added – marked in red p. 3 and 4

4. - We have added the discussion, the proposed model is now discussed with more details – marked 
in red p. 5, 9, 11

5. The discussion section is expanded accordingly

6. We have developed the conclusion section, including limits of the study and future research 
directions p. 12

7. We have added more actual sources.
e.g. 
Miedes-Ugarte, B.; Flores-Ruiz, D.; Wanner, P. Managing Tourist Destinations According to the 
Principles of the Social Economy: The Case of the Les Oiseaux de Passage Cooperative Platform. 
Sustainability 2020, 12, 4837. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12124837
Zapata, M.J., Hall, M.C., Lindo, P., & Vanderschaeghe, M. Can community-based tourism contribute 
to development and poverty alleviation? Lessons from Nicaragua. Current Issues in Tourism, 2018, 14 
(8), 725-749
Giampiccoli, A., & Saayman, M. Community-based tourism development model and community 
participation. African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 2018, 7(4), 1-27.

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Round 2

Reviewer 1 Report

In my opinion the manuscript was improved.
So it can be published.

Reviewer 2 Report

The manuscript can be published

Reviewer 3 Report

Dear authors,

 

Thank you for your answer and for revising the paper. I consider the paper is more clear now and has more detailed information that help the readers to understand better your research. 

 

All the best!