The potential of ecotourism opportunities to generate support for mountain gorilla conservation among local communities neighboring Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda

Sabuhoro, Edwin; Wright, Brett A.; Munanura, Ian E.; Nyakabwa, Ingrid Nyonza; Nibigira, Carmen

doi:10.1080/14724049.2017.1280043

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“…The tendency to acknowledge natural protected areas as a tourist destination has a long tradition in the relevant literature-from a wide variety of viewpoints and geographic scopes [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17], yet rarely is their capacity to attract visitors analyzed [18].…”

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Tourist Mobility at the Destination Toward Protected Areas: The Case-Study of Extremadura

2018

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The use of natural protected areas has been analyzed abundantly in the relevant literature, although on many occasions these areas are studied from the viewpoint of their role as a tourist destination in themselves, while neglecting their role as a tourist attraction that can be visited from the main destination of their stay. In certain specific areas, as in the case of Extremadura, protected areas are often a complementary destination for visitors who are staying in popular tourist hubs. This study is based on data from 4 different spaces (with different degrees in their status as protected areas) about the flow of tourists they generate at the destination. In light of the data, this paper identifies the 41 towns and villages with the most tourists, later to determine their mobility towards natural protected areas. Information was collected from almost 14,000 surveys that were filled at 52 tourist offices. This information allowed us to map the flow of tourists from their places of stay to the protected areas analyzed here, which resulted in the mapping of relevant networks by means of a Geographic Information System following the criterion of shortest path available. The results here clearly demonstrate that each area has a varying capacity to attract visitors, although in a large proportion of cases, the 60-min isochrone is a boundary beyond which the number of visitors drops significantly.

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Tourist Mobility at the Destination Toward Protected Areas: The Case-Study of Extremadura

2018

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“…However, other scholars have questioned the effectiveness of tourism in improving community development and biodiversity conservation [ 9 , 16 , 25 ]. Swemmer et al pointed out that “benefit sharing is messy, is complex, and occurs at various scales with multiple trade-offs” [ 26 ] (p. 17).…”

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“…For instance, communities in Uganda’s Mgahinga Gorilla National Park were found to want benefits to compensate for crop and livestock losses caused by wildlife, park officials hoped to use tourism revenues to offset the costs of management, and the national government tended to allocate tourism revenues according to the conservation needs of the whole state [ 27 ]. In many developing countries, the government and park authorities have the power to determine the allocation of tourism revenues, and communities lack access to participation in the decision-making process [ 25 , 28 , 29 ].…”

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The Escalating Effects of Wildlife Tourism on Human–Wildlife Conflict

Cui

Ren

2021

Animals

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Human–wildlife conflict is a barrier to achieving sustainable biodiversity conservation and community development in protected areas. Tourism is often regarded as a tool to mitigate such conflict. However, existing studies have mainly adopted a socio-economic perspective to examine the benefits of tourism for communities, neglecting the ecological effects of tourism. This case study of macaque tourism on a peninsula in China illustrates that tourism can escalate rather than mitigate human–wildlife conflict. Fifty-three stakeholders were interviewed and secondary data were collected to understand the development of rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) tourism and community–macaque conflict. The results show that food provision and tourist–macaque interactions rapidly increased the macaques’ population, habituation, and aggressive behaviors, which led them to invade the surrounding community more often and exacerbated human–macaque conflict. Meanwhile, low community participation in tourism generated few benefits for residents and did not help alter residents’ hostile attitudes towards the macaques. Local residents gradually retreated from agriculture as the macaques became more intrusive. A holistic approach to evaluating the role of wildlife tourism in resolving community–wildlife conflict is proposed and practical suggestions for alleviating such conflict are given.

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“…These policies additionally highlight the significance of the protected areas to the livelihoods of the communities, acknowledging that communities should derive benef its such as job creation and sustainable livelihoods. Essentially, many studies accentuate the importance of viewing protected areas alongside their cultural and social ties to the host communities, delineating the change to including communities' views and opinions in the planning and management activities regarding the protected areas (Mellon & Bramwell, 2016;Sabuhoro et al, 2017;Zanamwe et al, 2018;Atanga, 2019) .…”

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Effects of Institutional Arrangements and Policies on Community Participation in Wildlife Tourism in Africa

Lekgau¹,

Tichaawa²

2019

GTG

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This study examines the effect of policies and institutional structures on the ability of communities to participate in wildlife tourism in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. The research utilized a qualitative approach with two case study sites being Askam (South Africa) and Tsabong (Botswana). The study incorporated 17 semistructured interviews with tourism stakeholders and 2 focus group discussions with members of the 2 communities, all of whom were purposely selected. It was found that although governing policies from the two countries were generally supportive, the specific park policies were seen to limit the contribution of wildlife tourism to communities' livelihood. Additionally, the institutional arrangements present in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park formed some barriers to community participation. Overall, the research provides insight on host community participation in wildlife tourism in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park using a cross-border perspective.

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The potential of ecotourism opportunities to generate support for mountain gorilla conservation among local communities neighboring Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda

Cited by 44 publications

References 17 publications

Tourist Mobility at the Destination Toward Protected Areas: The Case-Study of Extremadura

Tourist Mobility at the Destination Toward Protected Areas: The Case-Study of Extremadura

The Escalating Effects of Wildlife Tourism on Human–Wildlife Conflict

Effects of Institutional Arrangements and Policies on Community Participation in Wildlife Tourism in Africa

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