TY - JOUR
T1 - Africans and protected areas
T2 - North-South perspectives
AU - Stone, Lesego S.
AU - Nyaupane, Gyan
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors wish to acknowledge the University of Botswana Staff Training Unit for the financial support they provided during the fieldwork for this study.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Elsevier Ltd.
PY - 2016/5/1
Y1 - 2016/5/1
N2 - The paper critically explores why most black Africans rarely visit protected areas. More specifically, the study examines non-Western tourists' perceptions of nature and nature-based tourism in comparison to Western tourists, using Botswana as a case study. The differences in perceptions are explored by adopting an interpretive paradigm to collect and analyze the data and using the North-South conceptualization of nature and tourism. Results indicate that for Western tourists visiting Botswana, nature symbolizes recreation, rejuvenation, and an opportunity "to get away from it all," whereas for Batswana, it is perceived as a part of everyday life, not an exclusive leisure space. Furthermore, Batswana's conceptualization, relation to nature, and historical, cultural, and political backgrounds help explain their non-participation in nature-based tourism.
AB - The paper critically explores why most black Africans rarely visit protected areas. More specifically, the study examines non-Western tourists' perceptions of nature and nature-based tourism in comparison to Western tourists, using Botswana as a case study. The differences in perceptions are explored by adopting an interpretive paradigm to collect and analyze the data and using the North-South conceptualization of nature and tourism. Results indicate that for Western tourists visiting Botswana, nature symbolizes recreation, rejuvenation, and an opportunity "to get away from it all," whereas for Batswana, it is perceived as a part of everyday life, not an exclusive leisure space. Furthermore, Batswana's conceptualization, relation to nature, and historical, cultural, and political backgrounds help explain their non-participation in nature-based tourism.
KW - Botswana
KW - Disengagement
KW - Domestic
KW - Non-Western
KW - Non-participation
KW - Protected areas
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U2 - 10.1016/j.annals.2016.03.003
DO - 10.1016/j.annals.2016.03.003
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84962288187
SN - 0160-7383
VL - 58
SP - 140
EP - 155
JO - Annals of Tourism Research
JF - Annals of Tourism Research
ER -