Geoheritage Threats in South African National Parks

IF 1.2 Q3 HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM
K. Matshusa, Llewellyn Leonard
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Abstract

The uniqueness and potential of South African geoheritage to contribute to sustainable development is undoubtedly unmatched. However, little is known about the geoheritage threats in South Africa because geoheritage research is geographically skewed to the global North, while little focus is given to the global South. This study characterises the geoheritage threats in South Africa through a qualitative method design. This involved qualitative semi-structured interviews with 16 key informants (from the South African National Parks, national government, local communities as well tour operators, and tourism agencies). Consequently, qualitative content analysis was performed to outline geoheritage threats in South African national parks. The study concludes that the construct of geoheritage threats consists of human- and nature-induced threats. The identified human-induced geoheritage threats include mining, damage to heritage, and loss of biodiversity due to overcrowding. Furthermore, results showed that incorrect management of geoheritage has the potential to cause community conflicts, which can lead to a decrease in tourists visiting the destination. The identified nature-induced geoheritage threats are climate change, floods, and fires. These results suggest the need for the immediate protection of geoheritage sites within and outside protected area in South Africa. Thus, it is necessary to develop protection strategies to conserve South African geoheritage for current and future generations that involve protection areas managers, local communities, government departments and agencies, and academia.
南非国家公园的地质遗产威胁
南非地质遗产在促进可持续发展方面的独特性和潜力无疑是无与伦比的。然而,人们对南非的地质遗产威胁知之甚少,因为地质遗产研究在地理上倾向于全球北方,而对全球南方的关注很少。本研究通过定性方法设计描述了南非的地质遗产威胁。这包括对16名关键线人(来自南非国家公园、国家政府、当地社区以及旅游经营者和旅游机构)进行定性半结构化访谈。因此,进行了定性内容分析,概述了南非国家公园的地质遗产威胁。研究认为,地遗产威胁的构成包括人为威胁和自然威胁。已确定的人为地质遗产威胁包括采矿、遗产破坏以及过度拥挤导致的生物多样性丧失。此外,研究结果还表明,地质遗产管理不当有可能引起社区冲突,从而导致前往目的地的游客减少。已确定的自然诱发的地质遗产威胁包括气候变化、洪水和火灾。这些结果表明,有必要立即保护南非保护区内和保护区外的地质遗迹。因此,有必要制定保护策略,为当代人和后代保护南非地质遗产,这需要保护区管理者、当地社区、政府部门和机构以及学术界的参与。
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Tourism and Hospitality Management-Croatia
Tourism and Hospitality Management-Croatia HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM-
CiteScore
1.90
自引率
23.10%
发文量
33
审稿时长
15 weeks
期刊介绍: Tourism and Hospitality Management is an international, multidisciplinary, open access journal, aiming to promote and enhance research in all fields of the tourism and hospitality industry. It publishes double-blind reviewed papers and encourages an interchange between tourism and hospitality researchers, educators and managers. Editors of Tourism and Hospitality Management strongly promote research integrity and aim to prevent any type of scientific misconduct, such as: fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, redundant publication and authorship problems. All submitted manuscripts are checked using Crossref Similarity Check (iThenticate). Nurturing a scientifically based approach to research, the journal publishes original papers along with empirical research and theoretical articles that contribute to the conceptual development of tourism and hospitality management. Editors look particularly for articles about new trends, challenges and developments, as well as the application of new ideas that are likely to affect the tourism and hospitality industry. The general criteria for the acceptance of articles are: contribution to the scientific knowledge in the field of tourism and hospitality management, scientifically reliable research methodology, relevant literature review and quality of the English language.
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