<![CDATA[This study addresses a specific gap in tourism-gentrification research: although Bali has been widely discussed as a cultural tourism destination, few studies comparatively trace how tourism-led gentrification operates across villages positioned at different stages of socio-spatial transformation. By examining Canggu, Ubud, and Sidemen as advanced, mature, and early/emergent cases, the study offers a staged comparative account of how displacement, cultural adaptation, and resilience develop over time. Using a qualitative multi-method design, the research combines nine months of ethnographic fieldwork, fifty semi-structured interviews with residents, entrepreneurs, customary leaders, and officials, and analysis of policy and land-use documents. Data were examined through reflexive thematic analysis. Findings show that cultural displacement occurs through commodification of ritual space, speculative conversion of agricultural and customary land, and changing measures of community success and belonging. Communities respond through cultural bricolage, including ritual rescheduling, cooperative enterprises, and digital cultural representation. The theoretical contribution lies in reframing resilience as a finite and gradually depleted community resource rather than a stable attribute, while extending gentrification theory beyond class and property relations to include cosmological, customary, and identity-based forms of displacement. The study recommends early Cultural Impact Assessments, stronger adat and subak land protection, multi-stakeholder village tourism forums, and cultural entrepreneurship within vocational tourism education.]]>
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