Tourism Capacity Building in Developing Geographies: A Case for Open Educational Resources

This is a conceptual article that brings into focus the context-sensitive nature of tourism and its impact on knowledge transfer models from developed to developing geographies. Challenges in customization of content and the implications for pro-poor tourism (PPT) capacity-building interventions are discussed and interpreted within the context of development theories. The concept of digital open educational sources in tourism is proposed and its potential to address the challenges of customization and inclusiveness in the developing economies context is explored. The feasibility of implementing the tourism open educational resources (TOER) concept is examined and an alternative model for PPT capacity-building interventions is proposed.