Stakeholders' perceptions of tourism development in Cape Verde, Africa

Abstract

The perceptions of tourism stakeholders regarding the effects of tourism development in their communities are essential in ensuring the proper design and implementation of sustainable tourism development strategies in an area. We designed a survey to gather data about the attitudes of three stakeholders: tourists, residents, and business owners. The respondents were from the island of Sao Vicente in the African archipelago of Cape Verde, which is currently under expansion. The results showed that the three groups positively view increased tourism development in the area, with virtually no differences found between business owners and the other groups, although tourists had a more favourable opinion than residents. Engaging the three groups is essential for the success of tourism development.

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“…The inequality of different dweller groups' income can lead to contradictions among a community and antipathy between the locals and tourists [16]. Sánchez Cañizares et al (2016) reported that residents were doubtful about official support for future tourism development on the African island of São Vicente, Cape Verde, as they were discontent with the negative effects of tourism (crime, shortages of goods and services, and an absence of shopping spaces and establishments) [57]. For backpacker tourism on the Yasawa Islands in Fiji, a South Pacific island nation, Sroypetch (2016) reported that backpackers brought both active and passive changes to the sociocultural sphere.…”

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“…Why do tourists want to come to their region and how can these travel reasons be addressed? Many researchers have argued that the views of the stakeholders as well as their involvement are key factors in gaining success (Andriotis, 2005;Byrd, Bosley, and Dronberger, 2009;Dabphet, Scott and Ruhanen, 2012;Ellis and Sheridan, 2014;Sánchez Cañizares, Castillo Canalejo and Núñez Tabales, 2016).…”

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“…Related to this, various studies have named relevant actors and discussed their role within the process of sustainable tourism development [39,47,48,[51][52][53][54]. Within this field, five central stakeholder groups can be named: (1) members of the local community, (2) tourism industry representatives (e.g., from local entrepreneurs to international tour operators), (3) policy makers (e.g., local government within a destination), (4) administrators (e.g., destination management organization) and (5) external experts (e.g., consultants) [55][56][57][58]. While the first four can especially make contributions due to their expertise in local circumstances, the last group can be helpful in the area of more independent and objective advice based on experiences from other destinations [55].…”