Community-based ecotourism: Its socio-economic impacts at Boabeng-Fiema Monkey Sanctuary, Ghana

• Authors: Gabriel Eshun , Joycelyn Naana Pokuaa Tonto
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

There is a lacuna in literature from Western Africa on how issue of participation influence socio-economic impacts at ecotourism destinations. This paper investigates the socio-economic impacts of ecotourism based on Boabeng- Fiema Monkey Sanctuary in Ghana. The paper is based on primary data generated from Boabeng and Fiema communities. Seventy mainly opened-ended questionnaires were administered face-to-face to purposively selected residents from the two communities, alongside, in-depth interviews with the management of the Sanctuary and focus group with purposively selected individuals from Boabeng and Fiema. The study reveals that the residents of the communities face burgeoning challenges such as shrinking livelihood options, inadequate involvement of community in the ecotourism, poor state of the visitor centre, inadequate government support and poor roads.

Keywords

EN

Community-based ecotourism; socio-economic impact; community participation; Boabeng-Fiema; Ghana

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 26
• Issue: 26
• Pages: 67-81

Dates

published

2014-12-01

received

2014-08-01

revised

2014-08-30

accepted

2014-09-02

online

2014-12-11

Contributors

author

Gabriel Eshun

• Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Culture and Tourism Programme, P.M.B. Kumasi, A/R. Ghana; University of Johannesburg, School of Tourism & Hospitality, South Africa;

author

Joycelyn Naana Pokuaa Tonto

• University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Geography and Rural Department, P.M.B. Kumasi, A/R. Ghana;

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/bog-2014-0045