Opportunities and Challenges of Cultural Heritage Tourism: Socio-economic politics of sustainable tourism in South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia (original) (raw)
The Indonesian constitution has mandated the government to improve the welfare of communities and to maintain cultural identity. Realising the importance of the mandate, different levels of government have adopted sustainability and/or sustainable development in formulating tourism policies and planning. I bring together the theories of postcolonialism and sustainability to examine the conduct of cultural heritage tourism primarily to investigate whether policies of the government have achieved sustainable principles. All praise is due to ALLAH, the beneficent and the merciful for I have completed this thesis. The production of this thesis cannot be separated from the role of individuals who contributed in this research; supervisors, research participants, colleagues, friends and family. I would like to express my gratitude and appreciation to all individuals but here are some persons that I would like to particularly mention. My deepest gratitude firstly goes to my supervisors, Dr. Anne-Marie d'Hauteserre and A.Prof. Michael Goldsmith. Your support, guidance and invaluable insights helped me finish this thesis. Thank you for your time, encouragement and expert advice. Studying in New Zealand with highly qualified supervisors provided a great experience of learning and researching. Thanks to Dr. Anne-Marie, your door is always open whenever I need academic advice. My thanks also go to the examiners, Prof. Dallen J. Timothy and A.Prof. Brent Lovelock who assessed my work. Your recommendations were very useful in making this thesis more robust. Thank you to all participants who contributed in this research. I would like to thank government officials who provided their time to take part in this research. To the local and indigenous communities who took part in this research, thank you for your time and information. This thesis is part of my efforts to achieve your expectations. Thanks to Ibu Nurbaety who helped me deal with government officials in Jakarta. Special thanks to Dr. Syahrul Yasin Limpo, the Governor of South Sulawesi province of Indonesia and all staff in his governance for the financial aid. The doctoral program for the indigenous people of South Sulawesi has provided me the chance to contribute to the development of Indonesia in general and South Sulawesi in particular. I present this thesis as one of my contributions and I am ready to dedicate myself for the advancement of Indonesia.
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