An integrated tourism management framework for the Kruger National Park, South Africa, 2003

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dc.contributor.advisor Wilson, G.D.H. en
dc.contributor.coadvisor De V. Maasdorp, E.F. en
dc.contributor.postgraduate Mabunda, Madoda David en
dc.date.accessioned 2013-09-07T11:43:36Z
dc.date.available 2004-09-15 en
dc.date.available 2013-09-07T11:43:36Z
dc.date.created 2004-04-08 en
dc.date.issued 2005-09-15 en
dc.date.submitted 2004-08-25 en
dc.description Thesis (PhD (Tourism Management))--University of Pretoria, 2005. en
dc.description.abstract This study sets out to address problems caused by the lack of an integrated tourism management framework that would give a strategic direction to the delivery of tourism services in the Kruger National Park (KNP). The lack of tourism management plans and capacity in protected areas can be traced back to the classic management approach that concentrates exclusively on biodiversity conservation while paying superficial attention to other equally important management elements such as tourism, community participation, financial viability and governance matters. As a result of such management deficiencies, protected areas are unable to raise sufficient revenue from their tourism business to adequately meet obligations of their conservation mandate, community expectations and maintenance of the tourism facilities. Financial problems lead to over-dependence on diminishing and inflation-eroded state subsidies, thus compromising the effective management of parks. A management approach that does not balance the elements that constitute the management function of a protected area has the potential to destroy the resource base on which the attractiveness of a protected area as a holiday destination hinges and risks alienating tourists. The practice of 'fortress conservation' with protected areas treated as distinct units from their surrounding communities is being challenged worldwide. Protected area managers are now constantly looking for management paradigms that can harmonize the fundamental functions of conserving biodiversity, delivering tourism services and ensuring financial viability whilst contributing to the socio-economic development and benefits for local people balancing conservation and socio-economic needs. This is the situation in which the KNP finds itself. The study recommends the adoption of an integrated tourism management framework based on adaptive tourism management principles to enable the Park to cope with continuous uncertainties, conflict management, dynamic systems of societal changes, economic changes, changes of ecosystems and bridging the gap between conservation and tourism. en
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dc.description.department Tourism Management en
dc.identifier.citation Mabunda, M 2004, An integrated tourism management framework for the Kruger National Park, South Africa, 2003, PhD thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27523 > en
dc.identifier.upetdurl http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08252004-113129/ en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27523
dc.language.iso en
dc.publisher University of Pretoria en_ZA
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dc.subject Integrated tourism management framework en
dc.subject Effective management en
dc.subject Bridging the gap between conservation and tourism en
dc.subject Benefits for local people en
dc.subject Tourism service-delivery in the kruger national pa en
dc.subject Protected area tourism en
dc.subject Integrated tourism management plan en
dc.subject Adaptive tourism management principles en
dc.subject Balancing conservation and socio-economic needs en
dc.subject UCTD en_US
dc.title An integrated tourism management framework for the Kruger National Park, South Africa, 2003 en
dc.type Thesis en


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