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Use of Avifauna to Complement Marketing Strategies for Less Visited Protected Areas in Tanzania: A Case of Saadani National Park.

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dc.creator John, J.
dc.creator Hagwet, M.
dc.date 2018-09-07T12:39:59Z
dc.date 2018-09-07T12:39:59Z
dc.date 2017
dc.date.accessioned 2021-05-03T13:30:13Z
dc.date.available 2021-05-03T13:30:13Z
dc.identifier John, JRM & Hagwet BM (2017). Use of Avifauna to Complement Marketing Strategies for Less Visited Protected Areas in Tanzania: A Case of Saadani National Park. Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Management, 5(2):73-83.
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/4838
dc.identifier 10.15640/jthm.v5n2a8
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/4838
dc.description Avitourism is a growing industry throughout the world although it has not been taped by many African countries despite the fact that the continent’s protected areas offer a great deal for this specialised wildlife tourism. This is because traditional marketing strategies for wildlife tourism have capitalized on the game animals alone particularly the big five. Such strategies cannot be sustained for those areas where game animals are rare. In this study, we present data on avifauna of the Saadani, a less visited park, categorising species into common and rare based on the encounter rate from the field experiment conducted in summer of 2013, designed to conform to the actual birding trip. With over 300 bird species including the popular lesser and greater flamingos, we conclude that the park is a “Birders’ Paradise”. Thus, we recommend tourism marketing strategies to incorporate avitourism combined with game viewing, swimming, kayaking, boating and sport fishing.
dc.language en
dc.publisher Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Management
dc.subject avitourism
dc.subject game viewing
dc.subject timed species count
dc.subject woodland-bushed grassland
dc.title Use of Avifauna to Complement Marketing Strategies for Less Visited Protected Areas in Tanzania: A Case of Saadani National Park.
dc.type Journal Article, Peer Reviewed


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