ORI Seminar Invitation

  Thursday 14^th,  March 2019  at 09:00 hrs

 Professor J. Mbaiwa will present a paper titled - Economic Development, Tourism and Conservation.

 

Abstract 

This paper draws on the sustainable tourism framework to examine the economic development, tourism and conservation in developing countries. The paper argues that the global tourism market has become more specialised and segmented, with nature-based tourism dominating in most developing countries. For example, much of southern Africa’s tourist industry relies on national parks, game reserves and other protected areas containing world renowned wildlife, biological diversity and natural attractions. The foreign income generated in destinations areas has stimulated the development of a variety of tourism infrastructure and facilities destinations areas. Most governments encourage the growth of tourism mainly because it encourages tourism investment and the expectation that it will contribute to economic development. Despite its positive socio-economic impacts, tourism in developing countries is associated with revenue leakages, corruption, human wildlife conflicts, wildlife declines due to poaching and negative environmental impacts. Governments in tourism destination areas have developed conservation policies and strategies to promote sustainable tourism. However, these policies suffer from lack implementation, monitoring and poor policy linkages with the domestic economy. To address these limitation, tourism development should adhere to the ideals of sustainability to achieve biodiversity conservation, improved rural livelihoods and sustainable economic in developing countries.

You are all invited....              Venue: ORI Seminar Room