Wildlife Tourism Dynamics in Southern Africa (eBook)

This book discusses opportunities, costs, and governance issues within the wildlife tourism space in Southern Africa. Wildlife tourism is a very important sector in Southern Africa. As such,  the book discusses sustainable economic benefits local communities derive from wildlife tourism while also supporting wildlife conservation. It addresses several contemporary issues that have affected wildlife tourism, focusing on different countries in the region. These issues include international agreements such as CITES, the decline in wildlife species and reactions from the international community, human-wildlife conflicts and conflicts between states, indigenous communities living adjacent to protected areas hosting wildlife, and how to address these. As such, the book is a useful resource for researchers, tourism stakeholders, policy makers and students, especially those studying natural resource management, tourism and development and sustainable development in Southern Africaand other parts of the developing world.

Lesego Senyana Stone is an Associate Professor, Department of Tourism and Hospitality, University of Botswana, Botswana. Her research interests are in sustainable tourism development with specific reference to nature-based tourism, tourism marketing, community-based tourism, and community participation in tourism. Dr. Stone has published in several local, regional, and international journal. She teaches several tourism management courses.

Moren Tibabo Stone is an Associate Professor in Environmental Science and Tourism Studies at the University of Botswana, Department of Environmental Science. His research interests include sustainable tourism development and management, ecotourism, community-based tourism, protected areas conservation and community livelihoods improvement through tourism engagements.