Browsing ACoST - 2014 (Sustainability in Tourism) by Issue Date
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Innovation inequality within service sectors : preliminary evidence from the hospitality sector in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2014)Limited attention has been paid to the issue of NSD between sectors. To address this critique of the literature a comparative study of NSD strategy and process of the hospitality and financial sectors was conducted. The ... -
Community based tourism initiatives and sustainable tourism development : a case of Mwaluganje Elephant sanctuary in Kwale County, Kenya.
(Strathmore University, 2014)Sustainable tourism refers to tourism development that meets the needs of present visitors and hosts while protecting and enhancing opportunities for the future. It emphasizes the balance between environmental, social, and ... -
Insecurity and Kenyan tourism
(Strathmore University, 2014)Tourism contributes a significant portion of the Kenyan GDP. However, over the last few years the country has witnessed a drop in visitor arrivals from 1.8 million in 2011 to about 1.5 million in 2013. Tourism earnings ... -
Orature and nature: historical narratives on selected tourist sites in Luo Nyanza and Western Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2014)Literature, whether oral or written, is a reservoir for evidences of realities. Thus, Literature is a powerful tool for documenting social and historical- geographical landscapes. In this article landscapes are taken to ... -
The potential and challenges of promoting ecotourism in Kenya’s wetlands
(Strathmore University, 2014)In the last few decades, ecotourism has become well developed in many parts of the world. This is because it is increasingly viewed as a strategy for promoting sustainable livelihoods and biodiversity conservation. But, ... -
Community and ecotourism entrepreneurship in Kenya : sustaining tourism through valuation of ecosystem services
(Strathmore University, 2014)Tourism is a major driver for economic growth for developing countries. In Kenya Tourism contributes for about 12 per cent to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The main tourist attractions in Kenya are nature based ranging ... -
Tourism as a shared income earner : towards a viable community based tourism initiatives (CBTIs)
(Strathmore University, 2014)Tourism in Kenya has spurred sectorial growth in diverse sectors of the economy with concomitant increase in living standards and the overall economic growth and development. However, income from tourism has rarely been ... -
Eco-tourism as a strategy for biodiversity conservation in Rwanda
(Strathmore University, 2014)Biological diversity or biodiversity is a term used to describe the variety of life on Earth. It includes plants, animals and other organisms. On the other hand ecotourism has emerged as one of the fastest-growing sectors ... -
Tourism resource management and community participation - the case of Naboisho conservancy in Masai Mara Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2014)Kenya‟s tourism resources are diverse. Wildlife is one of the major attractions. Over the years, there has been ambiguity in the management of this resource. Traditionally, the state has protected wildlife through the ... -
Community participation in tourism development : a case study of Ada
(Strathmore University, 2014)This paper examines the effectiveness of community participation in tourism development and introduces the community based-tourism relationship model as applied to a case in Ada, Ghana. The application demonstrates that ... -
Community participation towards ecotourism initiative in Binsar Wildlife sanctuary, India
(Strathmore University, 2014)The community based ecotourism destination of Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the temperate broadleaved forest of the Middle Himalayas, the hill state of Uttarakhand, India. Ecotourism concept has been accepted by ... -
Community participation in tourism : the case of Lewa.
(Strathmore University, 2014)The local community is one of the most important stakeholders in tourism development. However, in most instances, private benefit of conservation to individuals, households and even entire community are not made clear or ... -
Challenges of biodiversity conservation through ecotourism
(Strathmore University, 2014)Over the past few decades ecotourism has emerged as one of India's fastest growing industries, thanks to its rich biological and cultural diversity and heritage. Historically, the increase of nature based and ecotourism ... -
Community based tourism as a strategy of collaboration and partnerships in protected area management : a case Tsavo National Park, Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2014)Kenya relies mostly on wildlife as her major tourism product. The country has a widespread protected area (PAs) system in place with 9 to 10% of her land area presently gazetted as national parks, national reserves or ... -
Community based tourism development - a framework for Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2014)The ostensible failure of mainstream conventional tourism has led many governments of developing countries in Africa to take up alternative means of tourism development. Community based tourism (CBT) has been advocated for ... -
Sustainability of park branding as a vision 2030 policy initiative in tourism sector in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2014)This paper is concerned with discerning the efficacy of park branding as a tourism policy initiative and assessing its impacts in influencing tourist choice behaviour. The study was undertaken by way of a Survey of local ... -
Sustainability in tourism : making tourism count to communities, ecosystems and businesses
(Strathmore University, 2014)Ecotourism is a nature based tourism which is ecologically friendly and gives benefits directly to the community. It involves learning about nature, the people and their interactions with nature. Biodiversity refers to all ... -
Critical Success factors for restaurant franchisees in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2014)In today‟s globalized world, businesses look to expand in order to have a global presence. Restaurant businesses have expanded internationally using franchising. This study seeks to determine the critical success factors ... -
The impact of community partnership approach to water hyacinth control : a case study of Lake Victoria
(Strathmore University, 2014)Water hyacinth is a free-floating perennial plant that can grow to a height of 3 feet. The dark green leave blades are circular to elliptical in shape attached to a spongy, inflated petiole and thick heavily branched, dark ... -
Law as a tool to enable community partnership in wildlife conservation though sustainable tourism
(Strathmore University, 2014)Wildlife Conservation and Management Act, Communities, partnership, co-ownership, sustainable tourism. The wildlife (conservation and management Act) 2013 currently recognizes communities as active participants in wildlife ...
