Changes in resident attitudes towards tourism development and conservation in the Okavango Delta, Botswana

Mbaiwa, Joseph E.; Stronza, Amanda

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.03.009

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“…Otros sugieren que los viajes que incluyen lugares naturales y otras manifestaciones culturales ofrecen representaciones inadecuadas de las culturas indígenas (Daltabuit et al, 2000;Hernández-Cruz et al, 2005;Magnoni, Ardren y Hutson, 2007) y clasifican al ecoturismo como una actividad problemática en la cual las comunidades suelen obtener muy poco de los beneficios económicos (Mbaiwa y Stronza, 2011).…”

Section: Tendencias Actuales Del Turismo Y El Problema Para La Conserunclassified

“…Las diferencias existentes entre las regulaciones y 14 El cintillo de cobro cinegético se entrega cuando el cazador ha cubierto el pago de cuota de conservación establecido por la Seduma. En efecto, el trabajo de las cooperativas es clave para el desarrollo de un turismo alternativo. Se ha visto que algunos beneficios que pudiera generar esta dinámica es que se causarían menores efectos negativos en el ambiente, crearía mayores oportunidades de trabajo para los habitantes que las implementen y pudiera generarse una mayor infraestructura (Mbaiwa y Stronza, 2011). Sin la presencia de las cooperativas en Sisal es probable que las actividades de turismo alternativo fueran menos conocidas pues, el involucramiento de estas agrupaciones con otras instancias y organizaciones, hace que los servicios que ofrecen sean promovidos en otros sectores y cuenten con las instalaciones y servicios necesarios para ello.…”

Section: Actividades Turísticas Del Puerto Y Sus Modalidadesunclassified

“…Algunos autores como Mbaiwa y Stronza (2011) y Lepp (2007 han evaluado los impactos y actitudes de los habitantes hacia el turismo, pero no han considerado la importancia de hacerlo en zonas costeras. En nuestra investigación estudiamos los impactos señalados por los autores desde la perspectiva de los habitantes de Sisal; para ello analizamos las opiniones identificando los recursos con los cuales consideran podrían implementar actividades turísticas.…”

Section: Impactos Del Turismo Desde La Perspectiva De Los Habitantesunclassified

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Interest of inhabitants of Sisal, Yucatán on the community development as a tourist centre through the use and management of its cultural and natural heritage

Lopez-Maldonado¹

2018

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This thesis analyzes the current dynamics and the phenomenon of the tourism in Sisal, a coastal area where there are natural and cultural attractions with great tourism potential. These sites maintain the beauty of the landscape and provide for the cultural identity of the local people. We could identify the factors included in the evaluation of tourism potential of a Yucatan Peninsula’s coastal community and its proposals that can provide a framework for the creation of tourism activities, promote environmental conservation and improve the quality of life of local people. Sisal was the main commercial port of the Peninsula until the XIX century’s last third and now there are resources with tourism potential on it, that we analyzed from the human ecology perspective, considering the relationship between society-nature. Nowadays the settlement has 1672 inhabitants and their main economic activities are artisanal fisheries and beach tourism. The fieldwork was conducted in May, and from October to December 2010, using a qualitative approach, with techniques such as participant observation and semi-structured interviews. The results allowed identify the use and handling that people makes to its own tourism resources, the interest that people have in the diversification of tourism activities through the site’s tourism potential assessment, emphasizing the combination of natural and cultural attractions of the study area. Also, in a first encounter with the inhabitants of the community we found that they are interested in the protection and management of their own natural and cultural heritage. The opinions of the participants permitted identify the tourism resources of the population such as sinkholes, springs, historical buildings and archaeological sites; analyze their potential attraction, their inclusion in tourism activities as alternatives, and the people’s attitudes towards tourism. An appropriate tourism resources management, with a local people active participation, would play an important role in the conservation of these goods and in the promotion of the place. We remarked the importance of involving local people in the planning of tourism development of the port. The diversity of attractions and its relationship with management, would allow include communities in the processes of tourism activities development.

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Interest of inhabitants of Sisal, Yucatán on the community development as a tourist centre through the use and management of its cultural and natural heritage

Lopez-Maldonado¹

2018

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“…Consideration of welfare gains in rural and urban dweller on the hypothetical conservation project is a worthy initiative in resource management strategies. Population's attitudes towards natural resources are sometimes positive because, in the some rural area, they have the belief that conservation could create economic benefits for them (Mbaiwa & Stronza, 2011;Rahman, Hasshim, & Rozali, 2015). It is a common practice nowadays to include local views and interests along with the other stakeholder groups into the natural resource planning and management process (Bandara & Tisdell, 2003).…”

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“…It is a common practice nowadays to include local views and interests along with the other stakeholder groups into the natural resource planning and management process (Bandara & Tisdell, 2003). Many studies have found different attitudes towards the environment between the rural and urban populations (Badola, Barthwal, & Hussain, 2012;Bandara & Tisdell, 2003;Datta et al, 2012;Mbaiwa & Stronza, 2011). Therefore, the study and analysis of different preferences towards Setiu Wetlands conservation could inform conservation manager and planner.…”

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Environmental Attitudes on Setiu Wetlands, Malaysia

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Olsen

Afandi

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This study addresses the attitudes of the urban and rural dwellers towards Setiu Wetlands conservation. The New Ecological Paradigm (NEP) scale is adopted to measure the degree of environmental concern. A series of factor analysis and regression is applied to analyze the urban-rural attitudes and to suggest three factors structure of attitudes to wetland conservation. The urban-rural residential variable is able to predict in part the overall NEP scores and element of anti-anthropocentrism which suggesting the urban communities are more positive towards wetland conservation. Hence, further outreach efforts in rural population are worthwhile to raise conservation awareness.

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