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标题：Eco-tourism within communities in Zimbabwean resort areas
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作者：Edmond Marunda ; Isaac Chaneta
期刊名称：International Journal of Development and Sustainability
印刷版ISSN：2186-8662
出版年度：2014
卷号：3
期号：5
页码：1066-1077
出版社：International Society for Development and Sustainability (ISDS)
摘要：Tourism in Zimbabwe is a vibrant economic activity encompassing many different sectors involving inbound travel for recreational, leisure, education or business purposes. Althoughvisitors inevitably gain a fulfilling experience through tourism, and the operators maximise on their equity returns, what is lacking is a guarantee to equitable access to benefits, derived from natural resources by the locals staying within the vicinity of tourist resort areas. The focus of this article is to identify ways through which Zimbabwe's communities can maximise on benefits of engaging eco-tourism and how the communities can be educated to mitigate on the negative impacts of tourism developments in their regions.Some 145 interviews were carried out in the major tourist resort areas of Zimbabwe. The article proffered a framework to support the development of a primary school curriculum, which can also be used as an education or training guideline by communities to enhance promotion of eco-tourism in regions adjacent to tourist resorts in Zimbabwe.
关键词：Eco-tourism; Management; Community benefits; Sustainability;Educational curriculum