Ecotourism is gaining traction as a veritable approach to biodiversity conservation and livelihood sustenance in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).Thesuccessof this approachrests inpart, on the governance architecture of most states in SSA.However, empirical evidence on this subject is fragmented.This shades possibilities to frame conceptual andmethodological questions to advance ecotourism governance literature. This study undertakes a review of the literature on ecotourismgovernance in SSA, using thePROFORgovernance assessment framework as analytical lens. Content analysis, descriptive and inferential statistical methodswere employed to analyse 54 published empirical articles on ecotourismgovernance. The results indicated that studies conducted in Southern Africa (38%) and EastAfrica (30%) account for close to70%of the literature on ecotourism governance in SSA. Participation was the most studied ecotourism governance principle (96%),whileefficiency was the least (15%).Kruskal-Wallis test statistic showed no significant variation in the study of ecotourismgovernance principles in the different sub regions of SSA.Methodologically, most of the studies have either employed qualitative (50%) or quantitative (33%) approaches,with few studies employing mixedmethods (17%). Future studies need to prioritize mixed-method approaches to study principles such as efficiency and equity in the analysis of ecotourism governance. Equallymore empirical research studies should be undertaken in theWest and CentralAfrica sub-regions inorder to paint a better picture of the state of ecotourism governance across sub-Saharan Africa in general.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:90390 |
| Date | 22 March 2024 |
| Creators | Forje, Gadinga Walter, Awazi, Nyong Princely, Kimengsi, Jude Ndzifon |
| Publisher | IOP Publishing |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion, doc-type:article, info:eu-repo/semantics/article, doc-type:Text |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | 2515-7620, 042002, 10.1088/2515-7620/ac5f1c |
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