Ecotourism success story in Zimbabwe: The case of Tsholotsho CAMPFIRE project

This study exposes the untold success story of Zimbabwe's ecotourism projects. Literature is awash with publications on the failure by Zimbabwe to come up with, and run sustainable ecotourism projects that significantly benefit the community with very little or no effort being put on telling th...

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Main Authors: Oliver Chikuta, Mark Russell, Felicity Ncube
Other Authors: Botho University, Botswana
Format: research article
Language:English
Published: MSU Press 2023
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Online Access:https://cris.library.msu.ac.zw//handle/11408/5541
http://recon.io/index.php/thedyke/article/view/93/14
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description This study exposes the untold success story of Zimbabwe's ecotourism projects. Literature is awash with publications on the failure by Zimbabwe to come up with, and run sustainable ecotourism projects that significantly benefit the community with very little or no effort being put on telling the positive side of the ecotourism story. It is against this background that the researchers, using an exploratory design, investigated the story of the Ngamo CAMPFIRE project in Tsholotsho to establish the nature, and extent of its contribution to the environmental, socio-cultural and economic well-being of the local community. A qualitative research methodology was adopted which involved interviews with key informants (headman, Rural District Council [RDC] representative, headmaster), and panel discussions with local residents. The study revealed that indeed tourism has significantly impacted on the livelihoods of people in Tsholotsho especially in the Ngamo settlements which share a boundary with Hwange National Park. The key benefits include the construction of schools, employment, and training of local guides, scholarship programs, to mention just a few. The researchers recommended that other CAMPFIRE projects take a leaf from this project.
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spelling ir-11408-55412023-04-21T07:48:12Z Ecotourism success story in Zimbabwe: The case of Tsholotsho CAMPFIRE project Oliver Chikuta Mark Russell Felicity Ncube Botho University, Botswana National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe, Midlands State University, Zimbabwe Tsholotsho Ngamo CAMPFIRE Ecotourism Success This study exposes the untold success story of Zimbabwe's ecotourism projects. Literature is awash with publications on the failure by Zimbabwe to come up with, and run sustainable ecotourism projects that significantly benefit the community with very little or no effort being put on telling the positive side of the ecotourism story. It is against this background that the researchers, using an exploratory design, investigated the story of the Ngamo CAMPFIRE project in Tsholotsho to establish the nature, and extent of its contribution to the environmental, socio-cultural and economic well-being of the local community. A qualitative research methodology was adopted which involved interviews with key informants (headman, Rural District Council [RDC] representative, headmaster), and panel discussions with local residents. The study revealed that indeed tourism has significantly impacted on the livelihoods of people in Tsholotsho especially in the Ngamo settlements which share a boundary with Hwange National Park. The key benefits include the construction of schools, employment, and training of local guides, scholarship programs, to mention just a few. The researchers recommended that other CAMPFIRE projects take a leaf from this project. 15 2 1 12 2023-04-21T07:48:11Z 2023-04-21T07:48:11Z 2022-02-14 research article https://cris.library.msu.ac.zw//handle/11408/5541 http://recon.io/index.php/thedyke/article/view/93/14 en The Dyke 1815-9036 open MSU Press
spellingShingle Tsholotsho
Ngamo
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Ecotourism
Success
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Mark Russell
Felicity Ncube
Ecotourism success story in Zimbabwe: The case of Tsholotsho CAMPFIRE project
title Ecotourism success story in Zimbabwe: The case of Tsholotsho CAMPFIRE project
title_full Ecotourism success story in Zimbabwe: The case of Tsholotsho CAMPFIRE project
title_fullStr Ecotourism success story in Zimbabwe: The case of Tsholotsho CAMPFIRE project
title_full_unstemmed Ecotourism success story in Zimbabwe: The case of Tsholotsho CAMPFIRE project
title_short Ecotourism success story in Zimbabwe: The case of Tsholotsho CAMPFIRE project
title_sort ecotourism success story in zimbabwe: the case of tsholotsho campfire project
topic Tsholotsho
Ngamo
CAMPFIRE
Ecotourism
Success
url https://cris.library.msu.ac.zw//handle/11408/5541
http://recon.io/index.php/thedyke/article/view/93/14
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