Community involvement and participation in tourism development : a Zimbabwe study
- Authors: Moyo, Sakhile , Tichaawa, Tembi Maloney
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: Tourism development , Community involvement , Community participation
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/235971 , uj:24142 , Citation: Moyo, S. & Tichaawa, T.M. 2017. Community involvement and participation in tourism development : a Zimbabwe study. African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 6(1):1-15. , ISSN: 2223-814X
- Description: Abstract: This study seeks to provide insights into the extent of community involvement and participation in the tourism development trajectory within the urban community of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Face-to-face questionnaire surveys were administered to 384 adult members representing each household. The study revealed that communities were not adequately involved in terms of planning, decision making and participation in the development of tourism generally. Communities also perceive the benefits brought about by tourism to be confined to business and government officials as opposed to it being leveraged to the entire community. Communities acknowledge the potential of tourism to accrue benefits to them and express strong willingness to be involved in future development agendas. The paper advocates the need for a concerted effort to capacitate, educate and involve individuals and stakeholder groups in the efforts to remodel the tourism economy in Zimbabwe for long-term sustainability by adopting an innovative community based tourism approach.
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Die rol en bydrae van die Stedelike Stigting tot die politieke hervorming van Suid-Afrika
- Authors: Hoogenraad-Vermaak, Salomon
- Date: 2011-11
- Subjects: Urban Foundation , Community involvement , Community development , South Africa - Politics and government , Political reform - South Africa
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://ujcontent.uj.ac.za8080/10210/379356 , uj:5828 , ISSN 0018-229X , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/7845
- Description: Die Stedelike Stigting/Urban Foundation is in reaksie op die 1976-onluste en kwynende ekonomie gestig. Die doel was om die sakegemeenskap te verenig om toenemende verstedeliking te bestuur, sodat politieke onrus bekamp kon word, stedelike swartes se lewens verbeter kon word en 'n rol in die ekonomie aan swartes gegee kon word. Die Stigting het buiten vir 'n ontwikkelingsagentskapsrol, ook 'n veranderingsagentskapsrol gespeel. Die gemeenskapsontwikkelingsrol van die Stigting was baie suksesvol. Die veranderingsagentskapsrol was op verandering van die sakegemeenskap, maar ook van die politiek gerig. Dit het daartoe bygedra dat die sakegemeenskap verdemokratiseer het en beperkende en diskriminerende wetgewing gewysig is. Meer nog: die Stigting het 'n wesenlike en selfs deurslaggewende rol in die politieke hervorming in Suid-Afrika gespeel.
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