Towards Sustainable Ecotourism through Stakeholder Collaborations in Tanzania

Pasape, Liliane; Anderson, Wineaster; Lindi, George

doi:10.4172/2324-8807.1000109

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“…While this study has shed new light on destination marketing and management roles, challenges identified for rural tourism identified in this study were consistent with those found in the literature, including maintaining authenticity and sense of place [10,11,[18][19][20]30]; staffing and quality personnel [12]; seasonality [13]; pursuing target markets that minimize negative tourism impact and appreciate the uniqueness of the region [11]; coordination, cooperation, and partnerships among businesspersons, local leadership, and rural tourism entrepreneurs [9,10,22,23]; respect for local residents and positive economic impact for the community [11]; and economic diversification [10].…”

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confidence: 68%

“…There is greater potential of sustaining ecotourism at any destination if all stakeholders are represented via networks and public private partnerships within and between sectors [23]. Strategies identified to improve networks and public private partnerships included forming more ecotourism advocacy groups, involving local community members, business and service providers, government agencies, and researchers and academician in managing ecotourism, involving stakeholders at the local level, and establishing networks for the interests of stakeholders [23].…”

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confidence: 99%

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DMOs and Rural Tourism: A Stakeholder Analysis the Case of Tucker County, West Virginia

Arbogast¹,

Deng²,

Maumbe³

2017

Sustainability

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Rural destination management organizations (DMOs) are faced with considerable challenges as they attempt to promote economic prosperity through tourism. This study sought to identify rural destination management challenges in Tucker County, West Virginia; identify the roles and activities of the destinations DMOs in addressing these challenges; and develop a perceived destination management framework. DMO challenges include maintaining authenticity and sense of place; economic diversification; seasonality, low wage jobs, and lack of employees; connecting resorts to small businesses and communities; and establishing a common vision, identity, and coordination of activities. While the majority of tourism literature calls for DMOs to play a dual marketing and management role, this paper makes an important contribution by identifying the need for a Convention and Visitors Bureau and a separate organization with a specific mission to sustainably develop and manage tourism and coordinate activities of the stakeholder network.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 68%

Section: Study Areamentioning

confidence: 99%

DMOs and Rural Tourism: A Stakeholder Analysis the Case of Tucker County, West Virginia

Arbogast¹,

Deng²,

Maumbe³

2017

Sustainability

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“…Most of those people in ecotourism have been organized through networks such as networks of tour operators, hotel owners, agents and investor as revealed in the work of Pasape et al (2013). Anderson (2009) defined ecotourism network as a mechanism for the pooling of resources among two or more stakeholders to solve a problem or create an opportunity that neither can address individually.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…For instance, Pasape et al (2013) assessed the role of stakeholders' collaboration strategies towards sustainable ecotourism in Tanzania mainly focusing on stakeholders' networks and public private partnerships (PPPs). The main stakeholders' network strategies revealed in the study were: forming more advocacy groups in the community, involving local community members (which accounted for 95.6% of all responses) followed by business and service providers; government agencies; researchers and academician in managing ecotourism (93.4%), involving stakeholders at local level (92%) and establishing networks for stakeholders' interest (90.4%).…”

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“…Despite the existence of ecotourism networks in Tanzania, still their performance is unsatisfactory and their sustainability is at high risks, the reasons being a large number of unidentified and unresolved challenges (Pasape et al, 2013). In spite of that, the potential for ecotourism networks in the country is vividly clear and in view of that, stakeholders worldwide are getting more interested in working towards addressing challenges and assure its development.…”

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Towards success of ecotourism networks in Tanzania: A case of Tanzania association of tour operators

Pasape¹,

Mujwiga²

2017

J. Hosp. Manage. Tourism

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This study aimed to assess constraints to the success of ecotourism network in Tanzania. Following an intensive survey and literature review, data were collected from members of Tanzania Association of Tour Operators (TATO) using a semi structured questionnaire and key informant interviews and then analyzed by Chi-square. The findings indicate that the success of ecotourism networks needs a strong regulatory framework, financial and infrastructural support. Explicitly, findings may urge the government to reduce taxes and license fees. Moreover, extra effort is required to ensure availability of direct international flights, all-weather and feeder roads; to avoid unnecessary long routes, trail cycle paths as well as encourage individuals, groups and society at large to open more cultural heritage centers. The study recommends for TATO, government and stakeholders to establish and maintain high quality infrastructure, widen financial access to support ecotourism and further studies on ecotourism networks.

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Understanding Multi-stakeholder Complexity & Developing a Causal Recipe (fsQCA) for achieving Sustainable Ecotourism

Salman

Jaafar

Mohamad

et al. 2022

Environ Dev Sustain

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Ecotourism offers several economic, environmental, and cultural benefits; however, even after all these years, achieving ecotourism sustainability is still complex because of multiple stakeholders with diversified interests and influence. This study focused on the multiple stakeholders' complexity and management for achieving sustainable ecotourism in Penang Hill in Malaysia. Understanding the existence of multiple stakeholders with varying interests and their respective power of influence is critical for a tourism destination to be sustainable. This study aimed to create a multi-stakeholder management framework and understand stakeholder management's mediating role toward ecotourism sustainability in Penang Hill. Data were collected from Penang Hill key stakeholders and analyzed using SmartPLS and fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA). The findings revealed that stakeholder management plays a significant mediating role in achieving ecotourism sustainability. Stakeholders’ interests and their level of influence should be understood to develop engagement, empowerment, and monitoring strategies for managing stakeholders. Thus, the study contributes by validating the results through symmetric and asymmetric techniques, offering solutions to the emerging issues during the Covid-19 pandemic, and recommending policy changes. Lastly, the study also extends prior literature by displaying the mediating role played by stakeholder management on ecotourism sustainability, comparing indirect and total effects on stakeholder management support for achieving sustainable ecotourism in Penang Hill.

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Towards Sustainable Ecotourism through Stakeholder Collaborations in Tanzania

Cited by 27 publications

References 23 publications

DMOs and Rural Tourism: A Stakeholder Analysis the Case of Tucker County, West Virginia

DMOs and Rural Tourism: A Stakeholder Analysis the Case of Tucker County, West Virginia

Towards success of ecotourism networks in Tanzania: A case of Tanzania association of tour operators

Understanding Multi-stakeholder Complexity & Developing a Causal Recipe (fsQCA) for achieving Sustainable Ecotourism

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