Post on 04-Jan-2016
Tourism in Ngamiland is a Key Driver of Economic Diversification.
Government faces Challenges in Allocating Tourism Concessions
Environmental and Empowerment concerns must also be met.
Government faces Challenges in Allocating Tourism Concessions
How long should it take to establish a tourism concession?
Environmental, Social and Economic Goals must be balanced in a timely manner.
Presentation of theInception Report for the Consultancy on the
Identification of Tourism Sites in the Okavango Delta
By Natural Resources People (NRP)
for the
Tawana Land Board
Purpose of Presentation
Agenda:
1. Background - Tourism management planning
2. Methodology, timing and inputs required to meeting challenges
3. Motivation and benefits for proposed approach
Background – Tourism Management Planning
District Level – completed through ODMP
This road is the primary tour route serving the Panhandle
TDA.
Seronga
Nxamasere
Tourism Development Zones & Nodes
Road from river crossing to Seronga will be paved by end of 2008.
Shakawe
Tsodilo
Shakawe
Tsodilo
Tourism Development Node
Ecotourism Product Zones
Natural Tourism Resource Conservation Zone
Tourism Development Node
Ecotourism Product Zones
Natural Tourism Resource Conservation Zone
Area Level – completed by Government
ServiceCentreServiceCentre
FlyCamp
FlyCamp
TrailsCampTrailsCamp
42 Bedsin lodge zone
42 Bedsin lodge zone
10 beds10 beds16 beds16 beds
16 beds16 beds
10 beds10 beds
4 beds4 beds
2 beds2 beds
4 beds4 beds4 beds4 beds 2 beds2 beds 2 beds2 beds
Site Level – completed by developers
Background – Tourism Management PlanningDefinition of Terms
Tourism Site – ‘Footprint’
Tourism Development Zone
Tourism DevelopmentNode (TDN)
Tourism DevelopmentZone (TDZ)
Tourism DevelopmentZone (TDZ)
TourismDevelopmentArea (TDA)
Tourism DevelopmentNode (TDN)
Tourism DevelopmentZone (TDZ)
Tourism DevelopmentZone (TDZ)
TourismDevelopmentArea (TDA)
Lodge Sites & Footprint
WETLAND
Cultivatedlands
Cultivatedlands
Ecotourism Product Zones
Lodge Sites & FootprintLodge Sites & Footprint
WETLAND
Cultivatedlands
Cultivatedlands
Ecotourism Product Zones
Background – Tourism Management PlanningDefinition of Terms
Tourism Support Infrastructure
Tourism Route Visual Conservation
ServiceCentreServiceCentre
FlyCamp
FlyCamp
TrailsCampTrailsCamp
42 Bedsin lodge zone
42 Bedsin lodge zone
10 beds10 beds16 beds16 beds
16 beds16 beds
10 beds10 beds
4 beds4 beds
2 beds2 beds
4 beds4 beds4 beds4 beds 2 beds2 beds 2 beds2 beds
Tour route
Conserve visual landscape in this areaKeep visually unattractive structures & land
use activities beyond this zone
Tour route
Conserve visual landscape in this areaKeep visually unattractive structures & land
use activities beyond this zone
Government takes responsibility for allocation of potential tourism sites in the Ramsar site.
Background – Approach to Allocation
Challenge – How to Achieve Balance?
Economic Goals
Ecological Goals
Weighting
Social Empowerment
Goals
Challenge – How to Achieve Balance?
Challenge – Maintaining BalanceDuring Times of Uncertainty
Lodge Sites & Footprint
WETLAND
Cultivatedlands
Cultivatedlands
Ecotourism Product Zones
Lodge Sites & FootprintLodge Sites & Footprint
WETLAND
Cultivatedlands
Cultivatedlands
Ecotourism Product Zones
Challenge – How to Achieve Balance?
My Balance ….Is not
Your Balance
Challenge – How to Achieve Balance?
Will the approach
Promote or Deter
Timely Investment?
Meeting the Challenge
Develop a process based approach using a replicable model
Motivation• Open and transparent;• Adaptable to changing circumstances;• Allows for changing values.
How to Meet the Challenge
Tourism Potential InputsTourism Product by TDA:Limits of Acceptable Change – Visitor Experience Criteria – Appendix Five – Page 54
Impact of Tourism on Environment (Strategic Environmental Assessment Input):Limits of Acceptable Change – Biophysical Criteria - Appendix Four – Page 45
Environmental InputsLUCIS Model Goals and ObjectivesHOORC / ODIS DataReference Group Criteria and Rationale for Value Assignments
Source:Appendix Three – Page 41
How to Meet the Challenge
1. Land Use: Tourism
2. Goal: Land suitable for tourism
3. Objective: Existing sites
4. Input data layers: TIMS
5. Criteria for value assignment:
6. Rationale for value assignment:
How to Meet the Challenge
Empowerment InputsScorecard Criteria =
SEA / EMP / EIA
Social Impact
SCORECARD
1. Ownership
2. Representation
3. Management
4. Training
5. Procurement
6. Employment Equity
Who Meets the Challenge
Roles and Responsibilities
Tourism Planner
Land Use Planner
Environmental Planner / GIS Modeler
Project Management
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
?
SUMMARYFacing Challenges in
Sustainable Tourism Development
Addressing Complexity
in Times of
Uncertainty
Striking and maintaining a balance will be a long-term process.