The socio-economic impacts of tourism in the Okavango Delta, Botswana

JE Mbaiwa, MBK Darkoh - … in Southern Africa: Local communities and …, 2009 - degruyter.com
The tourism industry has been one of the global economic success stories in the last 40
years (Coccossis & Parpaires, 1995). In Botswana, tourism was almost non-existent at …

The socio-economic and environmental effects of the implementation of the tourism policy of 1990 in the Okavango Delta, Botswana

JE Mbaiwa, MBK Darkoh - Botswana Notes and Records, 2008 - JSTOR
This paper evaluates the impacts of Botswana's Tourism Policy of 1990 on tourism
development in the Okavango Delta. This evaluation is selective and based on specific …

Poverty or riches: Who benefits from the booming tourism industry in Botswana?

JE Mbaiwa - Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Botswana is a key tourism destination in Southern Africa mainly because of the rich wildlife
resources and scenic beauty it sustains. Since the 1990s, the growth of wildlife-based …

The socio-cultural impacts of tourism development in the Okavango Delta, Botswana

JE Mbaiwa - Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
The objective of this article is to assess the socio-cultural impacts of tourism development in
the Okavango Delta, Botswana. This paper largely relied on the research work and reports …

The socio-economic and environmental impacts of tourism development on the Okavango Delta, north-western Botswana

JE Mbaiwa - Journal of arid environments, 2003 - Elsevier
The Okavango Delta is one of Botswana's leading tourist destination areas, mainly because
of the rich wildlife resources it sustains and its scenic beauty. Tourism has stimulated the …

Tourism development, dispossession and displacement of local communities in the Okavango Delta, Botswana

JE Mbaiwa - Political ecology and tourism, 2016 - taylorfrancis.com
Introduction Botswana's tourism industry has grown since the 1990s. This growth is partly
attributed to the adoption of the Tourism Policy of 1990 as it recognizes tourism as a means …

The problems and prospects of sustainable tourism development in the Okavango Delta, Botswana

JE Mbaiwa - Journal of sustainable Tourism, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
The objective of this paper is to assess the problems and prospects of sustainable tourism
development in developing countries with special reference to the Okavango Delta …

Developing tourism in Botswana: progress and challenges

C Leechor - Botswana documents, 2017 - library.wur.nl
Apart from its diamonds, Botswana’ s major competitive advantage is its diverse and
abundant wildlife and natural resources, including the renowned Okavango Delta and …

Tourism in Botswana in the last 50 years: A review

LS Stone, MT Stone, JE Mbaiwa - Botswana Notes and Records, 2017 - JSTOR
Using the concepts of ecotourism and sustainable tourism, this paper reviews tourism
development in Botswana since the country's independence in 1966. Findings from this …

Tourism development, rural livelihoods and biodiversity conservation in the Okavango Delta, Botswana.

JE Mbaiwa - Tourism strategies and local responses in …, 2009 - cabidigitallibrary.org
This chapter analyses the effectiveness of tourism development in achieving better means of
subsistence and conservation in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. The text is largely based …