Exploring the role of strategic environmental assessment in cultural heritage tourism planning: a case study of the Srirangapatna-Mysore region in India

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Table 1. Framework for analysing sustainability principles in the planning of CHT

Criteria	Sub-criteria (Question form)	Adapted from
Social equity	1. Do local communities participate in the planning process?	Dragouni et al. (2018); Ruhanen (2004); Nowacki et al. (2018); GSTC (2018);
	2. Is community-relevant values and attitudes accommodated?	Ruhanen (2004); Nowacki et al. (2018)
	3. Is the relationship between stakeholders addressed?	Hughes et al. (2016); Dragouni (2017); Ruhanen (2004); Nowacki et al. (2018).
Economic viability	1. Are economic benefits of tourism to the area considered? Especially in terms of impact on livelihoods?	Ruhanen (2004); Dragouni (2017); GSTC (2018); Nowacki et al. (2018)
	2. Are current visitor numbers, length of stay quantified?	Ruhanen (2004); Nowacki et al. (2018); Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) (2018)
	3. Is there allocation of economic resources for the maintenance of cultural heritage assets?	Weng et al. (2019); Mbaiwa (2005)
Cultural heritage	1. Is there any inventory strategy for heritage tourism assets?	Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) (2018); ICOMOS (2008),
	2. Is there any interpretation strategy at natural and cultural site?	Loulanski and Loulanski (2011); Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) (2018)
	1.3. Is there consideration for appropriate approaches for cultural heritage protection?	Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) (2018)
	2.4. Is there any strategy to provide guidelines for visitor behaviour at heritage sites to minimise adverse impact?	3. Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) (2018); Buonincontri et al. (2017); Jiang et al. (2017)
	4.5. Does the Government encourage training and education on CHT for relevant stakeholders?	5. Weng et al. (2019); Ramya and Senthil (2016)
Environmental responsibility	1. Have pollution impacts been identified (air, water, waste, biodiversity etc) that may be caused by tourism?	Giurea et al. (2018), Lemos et al. (2012).
	2. Are sensitive environments taken into consideration?	Ruhanen (2004); Nowacki et al. (2018); Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) (2018)
	3. Are cumulative impacts taken into consideration?	Clark (1994); Khosravi and Jha Thakur (2018)

Figure 1. (a) Unrestored, original armoury. (b) Restored whitewashed armoury

Figure 2. (a) Cannon balls in the kitchen garden. (b) Cannon balls in Museum

Table 2. Application of framework for analysing sustainability principles in the planning of CHT

Criteria	Sub-criteria	Performance
Social equity	1. Community participation	©
	2. Community-relevant values and attitudes	Ο
	3. Relationships between stakeholders	©
Economic viability	1. Economic benefit of tourism to the area	●
	2. Identification of current visitor numbers and length of stay	●
	3. Economic resource for the maintenance of Cultural Heritage	©
Cultural heritage	1. Inventory of heritage tourism assets	©
	2. Interpretation of natural and cultural site for tourists	©
	3. Guideline for visitor behaviour at heritage sites	Ο
	4. Consideration of cultural heritage protection methods	Ο
	5. Training and education on CH for relevant stakeholders	©
Environmental responsibility	1. Identification of environmental impacts of tourism	Ο
	2. Consideration of sensitive environments	©
	3. Consideration of cumulative impacts	Ο

● – Fully achieved within the constraints, © – Partially achieved, Ο – Not achieved or not considered

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