Sustainable development is a major conceptual framework for community and social development, and it typically incorporates a long term perspective on resource exploitation. General definition of sustainable development that is widely used for tourism-based communities is the so-called “triple-bottom-line”, in which policies and actions attempt to balance social, economic and environmental costs and benefits (Hall & Lew, 2009). This is because tourism is often viewed as an economic activity first, although it can also be conflicted with the environmental and cultural conservation goals of community sustainability. Sustainable development is also one of the most common prescriptions for making a community more resilient (Edwards, 2009). The assumption is that a sustainable community is more resilient than a community that has not adopted significant sustainable development policies (Folke et al., 2002). However, the linkage between resiliency and sustainable development remains an evolving field of speculation and study. While sustainability is a major focus area in tourism research, the concept of community resilience has barely been addressed on the literature on tourism development.