11. Village-based Tourism and Community Participation: A Case Study of the Matsheng Villages in Southwest Botswana

Moswete, Naomi; Thapa, Brijesh; Lacey, Gary

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“…Botswana is a semi-arid country with a total land area of 582,000 km 2 and a population density of 2.7 per km 2 (Atlhopheng and Mulale, 2009;Moswete et al, 2009). Temperatures are very high and rainfall is low and erratic.…”

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“…Tourism is based on wildlife and wilderness resources that are strictly controlled (Moswete, et al, 2009). The tourism attractions in Botswana are mainly to the north, around the Okavango Delta (Atlhopheng and Mulale, 2009;Mbaiwa and Darkoh, 2009;Moswete et al, 2009). Some of the popular protected areas that have experienced substantial increases in visitations are the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Central Kgalagadi Game Reserve, Chobe National Park, Moremi Game Reserve and Makgadikgadi National Park (Moswete et al, 2009).…”

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“…The tourism attractions in Botswana are mainly to the north, around the Okavango Delta (Atlhopheng and Mulale, 2009;Mbaiwa and Darkoh, 2009;Moswete et al, 2009). Some of the popular protected areas that have experienced substantial increases in visitations are the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Central Kgalagadi Game Reserve, Chobe National Park, Moremi Game Reserve and Makgadikgadi National Park (Moswete et al, 2009). The government is committed to nature-based tourism and has invested in wildlife conservation and associated tourism initiatives.…”

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The economic impacts of tourism in Botswana, Namibia and South Africa: Is poverty subsiding?

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Tourism in southern Africa is based on the region's wildlife and nature assets and is generally environmentally sustainable, but the extent to which it contributes to other aspects of sustainable development — overall income generation or poverty eradication — is less well explored. In this paper, we use social accounting matrices to compare the economic impacts of foreign tourism in Botswana, Namibia and South Africa. Overall impacts on GDP range from 6% (South Africa) to 9% (Namibia). However, South Africa's economy is more diversified than its neighbours' and more of the goods and services used by tourists and by the tourism industry are supplied domestically. Consequently, the impact per Rand spent is considerably larger for South Africa than for Botswana or Namibia. The poorer segments of the population appear to receive shares of tourism income that are smaller than their share of overall income in all three countries.

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“…The implications indicated that communities near the KTP (Botswana side) need to be consulted, while further communications between the KTP management and authorities and adjacent villages are required to initiate effective community conservation programs. Additional programs and community outreach initiatives would also enable positive attitudes and support of KTP.Sustainability 2020, 12, 1524 2 of 17 unreliable rainfall and recurring droughts, and population growth in villages flanking protected areas [6,10,13,21,26,34,[43][44][45][46][47]. In southern Africa, livelihood activities with sole dependence on forest and rangeland resources have caused, and in some instances, exacerbated soil and land degradation [48,49].…”

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Local Communities’ Attitudes and Support Towards the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in Southwest Botswana

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Protected areas are of national importance and have developed into sources of benefits while in other situations have sparked conflicts among stakeholders, including residents from adjacent local communities, and park authorities. In this study, we examined community residents' attitudes towards the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (KTP) in the Kalahari region (SW Botswana). This study assessed factors that influence support for, or opposition to, the KTP. A questionnaire with semi-structured questions was used to gather information from head of households (N = 746) in nine villages in the Kalahari region. Overall, positive attitudes and support for the KTP as a transfrontier park were documented, though tangible benefits were limited. Further based on analyses, literacy, proximity, and employment status were key variables that influenced support. In addition, any increase in residents' perceived benefits, land ownership, conservation awareness, and local benefits resulted in increased support for KTP. The implications indicated that communities near the KTP (Botswana side) need to be consulted, while further communications between the KTP management and authorities and adjacent villages are required to initiate effective community conservation programs. Additional programs and community outreach initiatives would also enable positive attitudes and support of KTP.Sustainability 2020, 12, 1524 2 of 17 unreliable rainfall and recurring droughts, and population growth in villages flanking protected areas [6,10,13,21,26,34,[43][44][45][46][47]. In southern Africa, livelihood activities with sole dependence on forest and rangeland resources have caused, and in some instances, exacerbated soil and land degradation [48,49]. Subsequently, instances of conflicts over natural resource use between different stakeholders that include park authorities and adjacent local communities [15,24,[50][51][52] have also fueled unsustainable livelihood activities such as illegal hunting, overharvesting of rare species of flora and fauna [32]. In response, rural communities have resorted to new livelihood ventures, such as park-based community ecotourism and wildlife safaris enterprises in the form of Community-based Organizations (CBOs) or Trusts near or in Protected Areas (PAs) [5,47,[52][53][54][55]. In Botswana, the government has introduced the concept of community based natural resource management (CBNRM) and community based organization (CBOs) (e.g., wildlife based Trusts) as a strategy to diversify rural livelihoods and reduce competition for the same resources among stakeholders [24,49]. It is through such initiatives that rural communities are encouraged to establish CBOs (Trusts) to develop community-based tourism enterprises from which they collectively plan, make decisions, manage and operate tourism enterprises and share benefits [5,56,57].Thus, many rural communities especially those found in or near resource rich (i.e., fauna, flora, and cultural-heritage) protected areas have formed CBOs/Trusts which are comprised of one or...

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Assessment of Costs and Benefits of Joint Venture Partnerships in Community-Based Tourism Between the Private Sector and Goo-Moremi Residents, Botswana

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Mpotokwane

2022

Geographies of Tourism and Global Change

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11. Village-based Tourism and Community Participation: A Case Study of the Matsheng Villages in Southwest Botswana

Cited by 19 publications

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The economic impacts of tourism in Botswana, Namibia and South Africa: Is poverty subsiding?

The economic impacts of tourism in Botswana, Namibia and South Africa: Is poverty subsiding?

Local Communities’ Attitudes and Support Towards the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in Southwest Botswana

Assessment of Costs and Benefits of Joint Venture Partnerships in Community-Based Tourism Between the Private Sector and Goo-Moremi Residents, Botswana

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