Local Residents’ Participation in Tourism at a World Heritage Site and Limitations: A Case of Aksu-Jabagly Natural World Heritage Site, Kazakhstan

Akbar, Imanaly; Yang, Zhaoping; Mazbayev, Ordenbek; Seken, Aday; UDAHOGORA, Madeleine

doi:10.30892/gtg.28103-450

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“…Similarly, Ladkin and Bertramini (2002) argued that according to tourism stakeholders in Cusco, the current authorities should have controlled the development of tourism, but that there was a general view which stated that the stakeholders' ideas were not taken into consideration. A study conducted in Aksu-Jabagly Natural World Heritage Site in Kazakhstan, Akbar et al (2020) showed that fewer tourists and a lack of preferential policies supporting local residents were the obstacles hindering community participation. Eyassu et al (2019) ranked lack of coordination among stakeholders and poor community involvement among the reasons why the local community did not take advantage of tourism in Shonke Village, Ethiopia, despite the area having great potential in terms of tourism resources.…”

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“…Approximately 150,000 people live in the transition area of the nature reserve (Kazakhstan National Committee, 2014). In the last 10 years, ecological tourism has become highly popular in the reserve, mainly due to tourism for bird watching and plant research and wildlife seeing, and the 59 km area of Tulkibas is located along with the Western Europe-Western China (WE-WC) Highway (Figure 1), it provides convenience for auto travel to this nature reserve (Akbar et al, 2020b).…”

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Evaluation of the Community-Based Ecotourism Development Status in the Aksu-Jabagly Nature Reserve, Kazakhstan

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Many stakeholders believe that developing community-based ecotourism (CBET) in vulnerable nature reserves is an effective method of ensuring greater conservation of natural and cultural resources, empowering host communities, and improving their socio-economic well-being. This paper assesses the current status of the CBET development in the Aksu-Jabagly nature reserve (NR), located in the south part of Kazakhstan. In order to understand ecotourism development status, 222 representative households from two neighboring communities of Aksu-Jabagly NR were surveyed with 5-point Likert scale questions. At the same time, two tourism relevant experts were interviewed. The results of examining the three indicators (community tourism relevance, community participation rank, and community empowerment), showed that the neighboring community relevance with the tourism in AksuJabagly NR was low, the community residents' participation rank in tourism was also at the lower level, and the community’s empowerment status is not ideal. As a result, we initially asserted that the status of CBET development in Aksu-Jabagly NR is not well, in particular, the positive economic and social impact of tourism development is not so obvious.

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“…The main economic activities are agriculture, plant growing, and cattle breeding. The 59 km area of Tulkibas is located along the Western Europe-Western China (WE-WC) Highway (Figure 1), and it provides convenience to travel to village Zhabagly by car for visitors (AKBAR et al, 2020b).…”

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“…Approximately 150,000 people live in the transition area of the SNR. In the last 10 years, ecological tourism has become highly popular in the reserve, mainly due to tourism for bird watching and plant research and wildlife seeing (Akbar et al, 2020a).…”

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Tourism and ecological protection status of the Aksu-Zhabagly world heritage site of Kazakhstan

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Nowadays, the Protected Areas have become major destinations for rapidly growing tourism and recreational activities for its natural beauty, rare species of wildlife, and historical and cultural heritage sites.The article considers environmental issues of the Aksu-Zhabagly World Natural Heritage Site with high tourist and recreational potential. Objects of world heritage are widely known all over the world. It often attracts the attention of the tourism industry, especially travel agencies, tourism organizers and tourists. There is no doubt that following the relevant law on Specially Protected Areas, the development of some types of tourism in the buffer zones of the reserve is beneficial for the effective protection of the territory. The results of the analysis of materials related to the protection of the Aksu-Zhabagly State Nature Reserve show that the protected area has been efficiently protected under various laws of Specially Protected Areas. Besides, every year many events are held to preserve the original ecology of the reserve. One of them is the organization of various types of tourism, which, on the one hand, increases the importance of protecting the reserve, on the other hand, helps to raise funds for the protection of the reserve. We also noticed that sometimes international events are organized to protect the reserve, and sometimes financial support is provided by international organizations. We also found that sometimes international events are organized to protect the reserve, and sometimes financial support is provided by international organizations as well. One of the key issues identified in the article is the environmental safety of the reserve-the incomplete implementation of some projects for the protection of the reserve. This issue needs further study.

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Local Residents’ Participation in Tourism at a World Heritage Site and Limitations: A Case of Aksu-Jabagly Natural World Heritage Site, Kazakhstan

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