The attitudes of tourists towards the  environmental, social and managerial  attributes of Serengeti National Park,  Tanzania

Kaltenborn, Bjørn P.; Nyahongo, Julius W.; Kideghesho, Jafari R.

dc.creator	Kaltenborn, Bjørn P.
dc.creator	Nyahongo, Julius W.
dc.creator	Kideghesho, Jafari R.
dc.date	2021-05-28T09:43:30Z
dc.date	2021-05-28T09:43:30Z
dc.date	2011
dc.date.accessioned	2022-10-20T13:09:28Z
dc.date.available	2022-10-20T13:09:28Z
dc.identifier	Kaltenborn, B. R. P., Nyahongo, J. W., & Kideghesho, J. R. (2011). The attitudes of tourists towards the environmental, social and managerial attributes of Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. Tropical Conservation Science, 4(2), 132-148.
dc.identifier	1940-0829
dc.identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/194008291100400204
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/3265
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/3265
dc.description	Full text article. Also available at https://doi.org/10.1177/194008291100400204
dc.description	Serengeti National Park is a world class icon for wildlife tourism attracting a diverse group of tourists from all over the world. The park has played a pivotal role in protecting large populations of wildlife species of the Eastern African savannah and the globally outstanding biological phenomena such as the annual migration of wildebeest. However, the history of the park is also characterised by resource use conflicts and pressures that could threaten the current quality of the visitor environment. In this paper we examine the attitudes of international visitors toward the management and attributes of the park. Overall, the tourists report a high degree of satisfaction with most aspects of their trip. Yet, the current tourists are concerned about possible future changes that could alter the visitor environment and idealized images of the African wild lands. Basic environmental attitudes (degrees of ecocentrism) have effects on attitudes toward management of the park. Tourists expressing a high degree of ecocentrism are more likely to support management actions aimed at controlling tourism activities, access and impacts. They also express a stronger interest in experiencing nature, wilderness and local culture. The results are discussed in light of the major impact factors and conservation issues facing the management of Serengeti National Park; poaching, poverty in surrounding communities, increasing population pressure, habitat degradation, and wildlife diseases.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Sage Publishing
dc.subject	Tourism
dc.subject	Ecocentrism
dc.subject	Tanzania
dc.subject	Serengeti National Park
dc.subject	National park
dc.subject	Wildlife tourism
dc.subject	Wildlife species
dc.subject	Wildlife diseases
dc.subject	Management
dc.title	The attitudes of tourists towards the environmental, social and managerial attributes of Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
dc.type	Article