Browsing by Author "Pasape, Liliane"

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    Assessment of Indicators of Sustainable Ecotourism in Tanzania
    (2015) Pasape, Liliane; Anderson, Wineaster; Lindi, George
    This study aims at assessing indicators of sustainable ecotourism in Tanzania. Using a survey approach, 250 ecotourism stakeholders from the eastern and northern tourist circuits were interviewed. Qualitative research design was applied due to unsubstantial prior knowledge of the subject matter. Eighteen indicators of sustainable ecotourism were assessed, including consumption rate of natural resources; refurbishment of damaged cultural sites; preservation and human settlement; community's awareness, reliable public services, skilled community; and products’ quality. The findings categorize the indicators of sustainable ecotourism into four dimensions of conservation of natural and cultural diversity, participation of stakeholders, and reliable infrastructure. A number of useful indicators and parameters which can be used during planning, monitoring, and decision-making of ecotourism activities have been suggested.
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    Good Governance Strategies for Sustainable Ecotourism in Tanzania
    (Taylor & Francis Group, 2015) Pasape, Liliane; Anderson, Wineaster; Lindi, George
    This article assesses the role of good governance strategies in sustaining ecotourism. Using a qualitative method through exploratory research design, 18 good governance strategies that promote sustainable ecotourism were identified. Thereafter, a specific stakeholder survey (n = 250) was conducted in the eastern and northern tourist circuits in Tanzania. Through the discrete choice binary logit model, relationships between the identified strategies and specified ecotourism sustainability indicators were analysed by looking for the strategies that are more associated with each indicator. The findings show that sustainability of ecotourism in the country is mainly jeopardised by inadequate transparency, poor accountability practices and weak integration mechanisms between ecotourism operations and the country's development plans. As a result, poor governance has led to unproductive planning, inefficiencies and mismanagement of ecotourism resources. The study concluded by recommending accountability, transparency and integration between economic activities in order to ensure that ecotourism meets the needs of both current and future generations.
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    Sustaining Ecotourism in Tanzania through Community Empowerment
    (2014) Pasape, Liliane; Anderson, Wineaster; Lindi, George
    This study explores the contribution of community empowerment to the sustainability of ecotourism in Tanzania using education programmes, access to information and language. Through the survey approach data was collected from Tanzania’s ecotourism stakeholders (N=250) in the eight selected regions of Dar es Salaam, Pwani, Morogoro, Tanga and Zanzibar (for the eastern tourism circuit) and Arusha, Kilimanjaro and Manyara (for the northern circuit) and thereafter a qualitative analysis was employed complemented by estimation of the multinomial logistic regression model. The findings show that tourism stakeholders lack sufficient knowledge on ecotourism conservation and preservation. Likewise community members have poor access to information due to insufficient ecotourism publications, tourist information centres, a reliable mechanism for communicating with stakeholders and the use of foreign languages in most of the publications. It is therefore the study’s recommendation that community members be empowered through being provided with adequate education programmes and access to relevant information and the use of a language that is understood by them in order to broaden their level of understanding, enhance their management skills and contribute significantly to ecotourism-related activities.
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    Towards Sustainable Ecotourism through Stakeholder Collaborations in Tanzania
    (2012) Pasape, Liliane; Anderson, Wineaster; Lindi, George
    This paper aims to assess the stakeholders’ strategies towards sustainable ecotourism, with specific focus on networks and public private partnership strategies. A qualitative method through exploratory research design was applied to gather in-depth information about the existing networks and their roles towards promoting sustainable ecotourism in Tanzania. Thereafter, 23 common strategies in promoting sustainable ecotourism through collaborations were established from literature review, followed by a survey involving tourism stakeholders (n=250) which was conducted in the eastern and northern tourist circuits of Tanzania. The influence of respondent’s attributes on their perception towards sustainability of ecotourism was analyzed on each of the identified 23 collaboration strategies by specifying and estimating binary logistic model to understand the attributes associated with the identified strategies. The study results show that despite of the number of the stakeholder’s networks available, the level of their involvement in the management of ecotourism is still very low. There is also statistical evidence supporting that, the extent of public private partnerships in ecotourism activities is neither renowned nor formalized. To a large extent, this leads to inadequate seriousness and sense of ownership among stakeholders which jeopardizes both the development and promotion of sustainable ecotourism in the country. It is concluded therefore that, there is greater potential of sustaining ecotourism at any destination if all stakeholders will be represented via networks and public private partnerships within and between sectors.
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    Towards Sustainable Ecotourism through Stakeholder Collaborations in Tanzania
    (2013) Pasape, Liliane; Anderson, Wineaster; Lindi, George
    This paper aims to assess the stakeholders' strategies towards sustainable ecotourism, with specific focus on networks and public private partnership strategies. A qualitative method through exploratory research design was applied to gather in-depth information about the existing networks and their roles towards promoting sustainable ecotourism in Tanzania. Thereafter, 23 common strategies in promoting sustainable ecotourism through collaborations were established from literature review, followed by a ...
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    Towards Sustainable Ecotourism through Stakeholders’ Collaboration Strategies
    (2012) Pasape, Liliane; Anderson, Wineaster; Lindi, George
    This paper aims to assess the stakeholders’ strategies towards sustainable ecotourism, with specific focus on networks and public private partnership strategies. A survey involving tourism stakeholders (n=250) was conducted in the eastern and northern tourist circuits of Tanzania. Through binary logit modeling, relationship between various variables was analyzed by looking at the attributes associated with identified strategies. The study results show that despite the number of the stakeholder’s networks available, the level of their involvement in the management of ecotourism is still low. There is also statistical evidence showing that the extent of public private partnership in ecotourism activities is not so much clear and formalized. This leads to inadequate seriousness and sense of ownership among stakeholders especially community members and jeopardizes the development of ecotourism in the country. It is therefore authors’ opinion that there is greater potential of sustaining ecotourism in Tanzania if all stakeholders will be represented and collaborated via networks and public private partnerships.