Potential ecotourism site suitability evaluation for sustainable natural resource management in Kafta Sheraro National Park (KSNP), north-western Tigray, Ethiopia

Abrehe, Salamawi; Girma, Atkilt; Nigusse, Amare Gebremedhin

doi:10.1080/14724049.2021.1897599

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“…Land use–land cover The proportion of LULC class is a highly important criterion for ecotourism development (Ok 2006 ; Nino et al 2017 ; Abrehe et al 2021 ; Heshmati et al 2022 ). In this study, four major LULC classes: forest, waterbody, wetland–grassland, and others, were identified, resampled, classified, and later reclassified into suitable and unsuitable classes.…”

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“…The majority of areas in the southern and southeastern parts, and a portion of the northern part of the protected blocks fall under the high suitability potentiality zone, whereas the western part of these blocks remained marginal and or unsuitable due to a dearth of protected natural sites. Hence, areas far away from protected areas usually affect the development of potential ecotourism (Nelson 1994 ; Obua 1997 ; Abrehe et al 2021 ).…”

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“…Nevertheless, the countries’ ecotourism is far behind from top seven recipients of tourist arrivals in Africa (Ambecha et al 2020 ). It has been dealing with issues such as weak government policy, rapid population growth, pressure on foreign debts, desertification, and lack of capital over the past 6 decades (Abebe et al 2019 ; Deribew and Dalacho 2019 ; Abrehe et al 2021 ). The Ethiopia tourism statistics 1995–2022 report highlighted that the tourism receipts for 2018 were a 41.64% increase from 2017, and a nearly three-fold increase from 2016.…”

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Spatial analysis of potential ecological sites in the northeastern parts of Ethiopia using multi-criteria decision-making models

Deribew¹,

Mihretu²,

Abreha³

et al. 2022

Asia-Pac J Reg Sci

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The northeastern part of Ethiopia, particularly Raya area is a pilgrimage site famed for its antique civilization, archaeological sites, and rural landscapes. Despite existing ecotourism potentials, the area has not been utilized for tourism for millennia. While previous work looked at the availability of natural resources, it did not identify and prioritize the resources, so knowledge gaps continue to exist in prioritization of potential ecotourism sites. This study attempted to identify various ecotourism indicators, evaluate and produce maps of suitable ecotourism sites, and prioritize optimum protected areas that are best suited for sustainable ecotourism development of Raya areas. For this analysis, 13 spatial indicators from physical, environmental, archaeological, socio-cultural, and socioeconomic sectors were considered. Analytic Hierarchical Process (AHP) was used to calculate the details of the spatial indicators and class weights. The suitability maps were classified into four classes as Highly Suitable (S1), Moderately Suitable (S2), Marginally Suitable (N1), and Not Suitable (N2). The results revealed 114.37 Km 2 (10.33%), 13.36 Km 2 (1.91%), and 10.39 Km 2 (1.62%) fall under the highly suitable class in Blocks B, A and C, respectively. AHP weights with ultimate criterion and field observations also ranked lake Ashenge, Hugumburda, and Gratkhassu national forest priority areas as 1st, 2nd, and 3rd optimal zones, respectively. The outcomes of this study are crucial for conservation pioneer work in ecological development, and should be used as an ideal blueprint by ecotourism planners and decision-makers for sustainable ecotourism development strategies.

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Spatial analysis of potential ecological sites in the northeastern parts of Ethiopia using multi-criteria decision-making models

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Abreha³

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Asia-Pac J Reg Sci

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“…With these strengths and opportunities, a strategy can be taken to carry out socialization to increase the capacity and ability of the community to develop the tourism potential they have and manage forms of ecotourism in Bumiaji Village, while increasing promotion both nationally and internationally about the development of ecological tourism villages in the region. Efforts to increase promotion of ecological tourism villages have an impact on increasing number of tourists who come and can understand the concept of ecotourism villages where some of the profits from tourism products and services must be returned as conservation efforts and increase the economic level of local communities [30].…”

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“…The application of the ecotourism village model in the forest vegetation ecosystem is an approach in utilizing the ecosystem in order to create sustainability. Ecotourism activities are an effective alternative to overcome environmental problems in this ecosystem such as the level of overexploitation by the community by creating economic alternatives for the community [29,30]. Ecotourism activities are never separated or inseparable from conservation efforts, local economic empowerment and mutual respect for the socio-cultural conditions that exist in the village [31][32][33].…”

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Strengthening village community empowerment by optimizing ecotourism with participatory approach in Bumiaji

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The development of tourism has brought many changes in economic activity. Region with tourism objects will create jobs opportunity and improve the quality of infrastructure to support it. Bumiaji is one of the areas in Batu City which has many natural tourist attractions. Development of tourism in Bumiaji leads to ecotourism which favored by local people and outsiders. The natural potential supporting ecotourism emerge to be developed. This study reveals how the community empowerment strategy implemented by the government for developing ecotourism villages and how community participation’s level in the Ecology based Tourism Village in Bumiaji. The purpose of this study was to determine the strategy of strengthening empowerment and to determine community participation in the development of ecotourism village. This type of research is a field research using a qualitative approach with descriptive analysis. Sources of data in this study consisted of primer data and participants responses obtained through interviews, observation and documentation. Findings of the research stated that the strategy of increasing community empowerment which was accommodate by government to develop Bumiaji Ecological Tourism Village, was through a strategy with the stages of awareness, capacity, and empowerment. The local community in the Bumiaji Ecological Tourism Village also highly participates in supporting the optimization of ecotourism in all aspect.

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Enhancing ecotourism site suitability assessment using multi-criteria evaluation and NSGA-II

Akbari,

Pourmanafi,

Soffianian

et al. 2023

Environ Dev Sustain

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Potential ecotourism site suitability evaluation for sustainable natural resource management in Kafta Sheraro National Park (KSNP), north-western Tigray, Ethiopia

Cited by 13 publications

References 79 publications

Spatial analysis of potential ecological sites in the northeastern parts of Ethiopia using multi-criteria decision-making models

Spatial analysis of potential ecological sites in the northeastern parts of Ethiopia using multi-criteria decision-making models

Strengthening village community empowerment by optimizing ecotourism with participatory approach in Bumiaji

Enhancing ecotourism site suitability assessment using multi-criteria evaluation and NSGA-II

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