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Community-Based Tourism and Local People's Perceptions Towards Conservation: The Case of Queen Elizabeth Conservation Area, Uganda

Community-Based Tourism and Local People's Perceptions Towards Conservation: The Case of Queen Elizabeth Conservation Area, Uganda

Jim Ayorekire, Francis Mugizi, Joseph Obua, Grace Ampaire
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 27
ISBN13: 9781799873358|ISBN10: 1799873358|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799873365|EISBN13: 9781799873372
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-7335-8.ch003
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Ayorekire, Jim, et al. "Community-Based Tourism and Local People's Perceptions Towards Conservation: The Case of Queen Elizabeth Conservation Area, Uganda." Prospects and Challenges of Community-Based Tourism and Changing Demographics, edited by Ishmael Mensah and Ewoenam Afenyo-Agbe, IGI Global, 2022, pp. 56-82. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7335-8.ch003

APA

Ayorekire, J., Mugizi, F., Obua, J., & Ampaire, G. (2022). Community-Based Tourism and Local People's Perceptions Towards Conservation: The Case of Queen Elizabeth Conservation Area, Uganda. In I. Mensah & E. Afenyo-Agbe (Eds.), Prospects and Challenges of Community-Based Tourism and Changing Demographics (pp. 56-82). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7335-8.ch003

Chicago

Ayorekire, Jim, et al. "Community-Based Tourism and Local People's Perceptions Towards Conservation: The Case of Queen Elizabeth Conservation Area, Uganda." In Prospects and Challenges of Community-Based Tourism and Changing Demographics, edited by Ishmael Mensah and Ewoenam Afenyo-Agbe, 56-82. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2022. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7335-8.ch003

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Abstract

Uganda is among the most bio-diverse countries and a competitive wildlife-based tourism destination in the world. Community-based tourism approach has been adopted in the country's conservation areas as a strategy to ensure that local communities benefit and support wildlife conservation. This chapter analyses local communities' perceptions of conservation and the benefits they get from tourism in Queen Elizabeth Conservation Area. The study reveals that local communities were concerned about loss of protected resources and support their conservation irrespective of the benefits they get from tourism in the conservation area. There is need to design conservation programmes that focus on local community-conservation-benefits nexus which take into consideration the perceived conservation values, strategies for benefit sharing and incorporation of indigenous knowledge systems.

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