Tourism and African development

Sindiga, Isaac

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“…However, in the process of healing, a traditional healer may employ mystical powers to neutralize the powers of a witch if it is established that the cause of a disease/sickness is as a result of some witchcraft power. 15 This does not suggest that traditional medical practitioners double as witches. The researchers maintain that there are traditional healers schooled in ethnopharmacology.…”

Section: Literature Review Traditional Medicine In Perspectivementioning

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The Concept of Health Care Ethics among the Larteh of Ghana: Implications for Medical Practice in Ghana

Hackman-Aidoo

Kudzedzi

2023

EHASS

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This research analysed traditional healthcare ethics as perceived by the people of Larteh in Ghana. It is an ethnographic research that studied narratives of health care ethics and analysed their contents. The research attempted to extrapolate unique elements of what might be called the Larteh traditional system of health care ethics, showing their significance for health care in public and private health care centres and hospitals in Ghana. Thus using an ethno-medical approach, generally within the scope of Gyekye’s theory of communalism and Bertalanffy’s general systems theory, the paper argued that though some of the ethical ideas contained in the narratives constitute fragments of ethical behaviour among healers, they largely reflected ethics of health care practice known to Western or Orthodox medical practice such as confidentiality, professionalism, limited non-maleficence and paternalism. Nonetheless, other elements could provide important lessons for improving the care of patients in Ghana. The paper concluded that Larteh’s traditional ideas of health care provide ethical principles that not only preserve the dignity of the patient but also teach principles that can contribute to the development of health care generally. The significance of this paper is in its ability to provide a framework for interpreting traditional healthcare ethics. Keywords: Health care, ethics, indigenous knowledge systems, traditional medicine

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Section: Literature Review Traditional Medicine In Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

The Concept of Health Care Ethics among the Larteh of Ghana: Implications for Medical Practice in Ghana

Hackman-Aidoo

Kudzedzi

2023

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“…He addresses the potential to obliterate cultures, the commercialization of culture, the loss of authenticity, the manufacture of pseudo culture (ibid; 33). Concomitantly, the attitudes and behavior of Westerners towards deferential locals is surely another instance of tourists as "purveyors of the negative aspects of Western culture [51]." Effectively, through travel capitalism global geography has been recast for touristic benefits, the whole world re-organized around assorted varieties of "theme parks" for affluent visitors seeking their own self-actualization as global consumers [52].…”

Section: New Age Cultural Tourism Geographymentioning

confidence: 99%

The New Age Tourism Brand-Wagon in Ubud, Bali: Eat Pay Love!

Bell¹

2019

SARJALL

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Bali was well recognized as an appealing holiday destination before Elizabeth Gilbert"s 2006 book Eat Pray Love became an international best seller. That book, and the subsequent film, confirmed Bali and the inland town of Ubud in particular, as a significant setting for spiritual tourism, particularly for affluent Western women. Spiritual retreats and a wide range of New Age activities are now a substantial market niche in Bali. Private entrepreneurs outside of Bali sell their New Age products over the www. Ubud is a veritable hypermarket of free-enterprise New Age services and merchandise. Bali Tourism"s marketing pages on www do not promote Eat Pray Love tours or activities. There is no need, or advantage, for any official organization to advertise those attractions. For prospective Eat Love Pray visitors, de facto destination marketing via www sites, bloggers and Facebook posts are trustworthy. They supersede any local official destination marketing campaigns for this particular category of tourist. As the consumption of New Age products takes place over the web, the result is considerable economic leakage. Bali itself is intrinsic to the tourist product but has limited profits from the expenditure by these tourists. The services and products offered are not regulated in any way, but nor are they illicit. The discussion draws from interviews and participation observation on four fieldtrips, between 2015 and 2018. "A destination is both a geographical place and a metaphyscal space determined by a network of meanings and values that are attached to it [4]." Eat, Pray, Love has spurred a vigorous industry in Ubud for westerners seeking spiritual solace; quasi-spiritual practices in Ubud are wildly fashionable. The spiritual journey is also a physical one, with both Ubud and enlightenment / peace / harmony the destinations. It is maintained that Ubud has experienced an increase in tourism numbers by 400% since the book and film. Tourists themselves play a key role in promoting this town.

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“…Despite all these threats, it is estimated that about 80% of the Asian and African population use traditional medicine and products derived from forests for their healthcare needs (Oyebode et al, 2016). In Africa, some of these plants are an essential source of curative, preventive remedies for various ailments (Sindiga, 1995;Villena-Tejada et al, 2021) and also for preventive therapy for human beings (Hassan, 2020). For decades, knowledge of medicinal plant species has existed in the majority of African cultures (Sindiga, 1995).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In Africa, some of these plants are an essential source of curative, preventive remedies for various ailments (Sindiga, 1995;Villena-Tejada et al, 2021) and also for preventive therapy for human beings (Hassan, 2020). For decades, knowledge of medicinal plant species has existed in the majority of African cultures (Sindiga, 1995). In Uganda and Ethiopia, about 45 to 70 % of people are more likely to choose traditional medical care than conventional medicine (Tran et al, 2016).…”

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Medicinal plants and their economic value in Kakamega Forest Ecosystem: A case study of sustainable land/forest project in Western Kenya

Ojunga

Langat

Owange

et al. 2023

JMHE

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Forest Management of ecosystems plays a fundamental role in providing essential goods and services to rural communities. However, there has been a reduction in the natural forest cover due to resource utilization pressure. The pressure on forest resources is catalyzed by the expansion of markets for forest products, agricultural expansion and escalating poverty levels. An upsurge in the number of users of herbal medicine in urban and rural areas has increased the pressure on the forests, while modernization and change in lifestyle have led to the loss of traditional knowledge associated with medicinal plants utilization and conservation. No detailed economic evaluation of medicinal plants has been undertaken and the current illegal, unregulated and unreported exploitation of medicinal plants has led to overexploitation and loss of biodiversity. A better understanding of the abundance, distribution, uses and economic value of medicinal plants is important for the sustainable exploitation and conservation of forests. The study covered four forest blocks of Kakamega, North Nandi, South Nandi and Kibiri to determine plant species diversity, and their distribution in the disturbed and undisturbed areas of the forest; assess knowledge, utilization and economic estimate by willingness to-pay approach of medicinal plants to communities adjacent to the Kakamega Forest. Value chain analysis had been conducted for medicinal plants and forest user groups from Community Forest Association (CFA) had been trained in product development and access market were used in the study. Experimental Plot techniques were also used to gather ecological data on the frequency, density, diversity and distribution of the plants, whereas key informant interviews, focus group discussions and household interviews were utilized to gather information on ethnobotanical knowledge and household socioeconomic data. Thirty-two key species of medicinal plants were identified and used by local people around the Kakamega forest ecosystem. Forty-seven percent (47%) of these were trees, thirty four percent (34%) were shrubs, sixteen percent (16%) were herbs and climbers three percent (3%). Seventy percent (70%) of the medicinal plants were within the forest and thirty percent (30%) were outside the forest. The three most dominant families were Euphorbiaceae, Piperaceae and Fabaceae with leaves as the most common plant part used constituting 31 % (n=26) of the preparations, followed by roots with 20% (n=17),bark with 14% (n=14), fruits with 11 % (n=9), seeds having 11% (n=9), flowers 2% (n=2) and sap 2 % (n=3). The economic benefits generated from the medicinal plants within the forest ecosystem services in the Kakamega-Nandi landscape in terms of direct use value was about KES 601,918,256 (≈USD 5.19 million) per year, while indirect use value was KES 317,288,046 (≈USD 2.74 million) per year. Indigenous knowledge of the medicinal uses of the plants, their commercial aspects and distribution trends in the forest provision of wide scope for understanding relevant market systems may be tapped for decision support in rural health service planning, policy formulation for conserving the forest, tracking and mitigation of climate change impacts.

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Tourism and African development

Cited by 25 publications

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The Concept of Health Care Ethics among the Larteh of Ghana: Implications for Medical Practice in Ghana

The Concept of Health Care Ethics among the Larteh of Ghana: Implications for Medical Practice in Ghana

The New Age Tourism Brand-Wagon in Ubud, Bali: Eat Pay Love!

Medicinal plants and their economic value in Kakamega Forest Ecosystem: A case study of sustainable land/forest project in Western Kenya

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