摘要:Over the last few decades, development
policy has been dominated by mainstream economic theories that focus on
economic growth to achieve sustainable development. The pace and scale of
tourism growth in Livingstone (Mosi-oa-Tunya) area in Zambia have seen over reliance on natural
resource utilisation by mass tourism developments. Compounded by insufficient
planning and limited co-ordination and collaboration among the institutions
involved in the tourism sector, tourism can have a negative impact and can
create conflicts. Tourism growth in Livingstone (Mosi-oa-Tunya) has
predominantly focused on the economic incentives in tourism and ignored the
social perspective and impact on the local population. In general, the government agency administration structures affect the
successful implementation of tourism policy and planning for sustainable
tourism development. Given the fact that the limited government
support, funds and appropriate knowledge in tourism limit Livingstone (Mosi-oa-Tunya) to develop as a sustainable “green”
destination and remain an enormously
difficult task to achieve.