Enhancing Community Participation in Ecotourism through a Local Community Participation Improvement Model

T. Gumede, A. Nzama
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This study aimed to explore the model that can be used to improve local community participation in ecotourism development processes. The study was conducted at the communities adjoining the Oribi Gorge Nature Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. A mixed methods design was adopted by the study during collection and analysis of data. A total of 384 respondents were sampled through convenience sampling technique. Questionnaires were used to collect data through face-to-face surveys. The study found that local communities had not been actively participating in ecotourism development processes, especially those undertaken within the rural setting as a result of different socio-economic factors including lacking necessary skills. This study asserts that this gap could be mitigated through implementation of local community participation improvement model (LCPIM) based on its potential for influencing enactment and/or amendment of policies on ecotourism development
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以社区参与改善模式促进社区参与生态旅游
本研究旨在探索改善当地社区参与生态旅游发展过程的模式。这项研究是在南非夸祖鲁-纳塔尔省奥里比峡谷自然保护区附近的社区进行的。本研究在数据收集和分析过程中采用混合方法设计。采用方便抽样法对384名受访者进行了抽样。采用问卷调查的方式,通过面对面的调查收集数据。研究发现,由于不同的社会经济因素,包括缺乏必要的技能,当地社区没有积极参与生态旅游的发展进程,特别是在农村环境中进行的生态旅游发展进程。本研究认为,基于当地社区参与改善模式(LCPIM)对生态旅游发展政策制定和/或修订的潜在影响,可以通过实施该模式来缓解这一差距
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