Ecotourism in Sub-Saharan Africa

Thirty Years of Practice

Kenneth Backman, Ian E. Munanura (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

242 Seiten

2017
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-63796-2 (ISBN)

Artikel merken

Since its first mention in the academic literature, ecotourism has been endorsed by NGOs and governments as the most environmentally sound and locally beneficial method of tourist development. Over the last thirty years sub-Saharan Africa has adopted ecotourism as the primary focus for tourism development; research into this has demonstrated mixed results. In this publication, we seek to explore the actual outcomes for African countries that have developed their tourism policy around the principals and values of ecotourism. The sheer scope and magnitude of the task means that a complete evaluation of ecotourism in Africa is impossible. Instead, included here are spot assessments of various aspects of ecotourism related to conservation, policy development, environment, governance, community and indigenous peoples in southern Africa. The studies cover a wide array of countries, including Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ghana, Zimbabwe, and South Africa. Though this is only the beginning of a needed long term evaluation of the positives and negatives of ecotourism, it provides a starting point from which to move forward. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Ecotourism.

Kenneth F. Backman, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management and Fellow of the Institute for Parks at Clemson University, USA, and associate editor of the Journal of Ecotourism. His research areas are sustainable tourism development, and ecotourism. Ian E. Munanura is an assistant professor in the Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society at Oregon State University, USA. He teaches ecotourism, and sustainable tourism planning. He also conducts a program of research on family wellbeing constraints influencing destructive forest use behaviour in rural communities, and the mitigation potential of ecotourism.

1. Introduction: Ecotourism in Africa over the past 30 years
Kenneth F. Backman and Ian Munanura

2. Neoliberalism in ecotourism? The new development paradigm of multinational projects in Africa Carol S. Kline and Susan L. Slocum

3. Analysing governance in tourism value chains to reshape the tourist bubble in developing countries: the case of cultural tourism in Uganda
Bright Adiyia, Arie Stoffelen, Britt Jennes, Dominique Vanneste and Wilber Manyisa Ahebwa

4. Conservation tourism and landscape governance in Kenya: the interdependency of three conservation NGOs
Arjaan Pellis, Machiel Lamers and René Van der Duim

5. Good governance strategies for sustainable ecotourism in Tanzania
Liliane Pasape, Wineaster Anderson and George Lindi

6. Community-based ecotourism: a collaborative partnerships perspective
Moren Tibabo Stone

7. Community agency and entrepreneurship in ecotourism planning and development in the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area
Chaka Chirozva

8. Ecotourism in Botswana: 30 years later
Joseph E. Mbaiwa

9. Ecotourism implementation in the Kakum Conservation Area, Ghana: administrative framework and local community experiences
Patrick Brandful Cobbinah, Rosemary Black and Rik Thwaites

10. Factors that influence support for community-based ecotourism in the rural communities adjacent to the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Botswana
Naomi Moswete and Brijesh Thapa

11. A review of ecotourism in Tanzania: magnitude, challenges, and prospects for sustainability
John T. Mgonja, Agnes Sirima and Peter J. Mkumbo

12. Climate change risks on protected areas ecotourism: shocks and stressors perspectives in Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania
N. P. Mkiramweni, T. DeLacy, M. Jiang & F. E. Chiwanga

13. The influence of homestay facilities on tourist satisfaction in the Lake Victoria Kenya Tourism Circuit
Eliza Buyeke Ogucha, Geoffrey K. Riungu, Frimar K. Kiama and Eunice Mukolwe

14. Conclusion
Kenneth F. Backman and Ian Munanura

Erscheinungsdatum	23.06.2017
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	174 x 246 mm
Gewicht	566 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft
ISBN-10	1-138-63796-3 / 1138637963
ISBN-13	978-1-138-63796-2 / 9781138637962
Zustand	Neuware