ECOTOURISM IN UGANDA : A POLICY DIMENSION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
- 주제(키워드) ECOTOURISM , UGANDA , SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
- 발행기관 고려대학교 국제대학원
- 지도교수 이진상
- 발행년도 2013
- 학위수여년월 2013. 8
- 학위구분 석사
- 학과 국제대학원 국제학과
- 원문페이지 83 p
- 실제URI http://www.dcollection.net/handler/korea/000000045991
- 본문언어 영어
- 제출원본 000045763425
초록/요약
The world today is going green in all aspects of life. Technology is becoming green and so is travel. Travel is green in a sense that travelers are now interested in preserving environments where they travel, contributing to well beings of communities staying in tourist destinations while enjoying the benefits of interacting with nature and the cultures of the local people. Although Uganda has a variety of natural and cultural resources and promoting and selling these resources as eco, the bulk of what the country sells is in actual sense nature based tourism which if often confused with ecotourism by many tourism practitioners in the country. It is therefore essential for the country to develop an ecotourism strategic plan to guide all ecotourism developments in the country. Proper planning and implementation of the plan will undoubtedly catalyze the development and wealth creation agenda of the country through enabling Uganda transform from a peasant and agro-based economy to a middle income and prosperous country. The social and economic benefits of tourism will be more wide spread enabling the people in return to conserve and preserve the tourism resources from which they derive a living. More jobs will be created and people's standards of living will improve. The challenge however is to effectively implement the plan as many plans have failed due to inefficient monitoring and implementation mechanisms. The proposed plan highlighted in this study shows areas that need intervention for ecotourism to triumph among which include establishing and developing model ecotourism sites, training and awareness of ecotourism, establishing the ecotourism fund, marketing and promoting the country as an ecotourism destination, among others.
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Chapter 1. Introduction 1
Chapter 2. Concepts of Ecotourism and Sustainable Development 6
2.1 The Concept of Eco-tourism 6
2.2 Ecotourism Demand 10
2.3 Relationship of Tourism and the Natural Environment 14
2.4 Sustainable Development Concept 16
2.5 Ecotourism Planning and Role of Government 17
Chapter 3. Empirical Study of Ecotourism in Uganda 21
3.1 Key Ecotourism Products and Services in Uganda 21
3.2 Tourism Statistics and Economics 25
3.3 Tourism Planning and Management 29
3.4 Recent and On-going Ecotourism Initiatives 31
3.5 A SWOT Analysis of Ugandas Ecotourism industry 34
Chapter 4. New Policies and Strategies for Future Ecotourism Development in Uganda 39
4.1 Proposed Guidelines of a National Ecotourism Plan 40
4.1.1 Ugandas Key Ecotourism Sites and Services 41
4.1.2 Product Development 42
4.1.3 Marketing and Promotion 44
4.1.4 Education and Training. 46
4.1.5 Support Programs 47
4.1.6 National Ecotourism Fund 48
4.1.7 Monitoring and Evaluation 48
4.2 A Strategic Ecotourism Plan Matrix 50
Chapter 5. Conclusion 54
Bibliography 58
Appendices 65
