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Group of zebras in Tarangire National Park \/ Tanzania. Photo credit Adumu Safaris.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

A<\/span>s the African tourism sector prepares to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, tourism experts and researchers have recommended that we put communities and conservation at the heart of Africa\u2019s recovery efforts.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

For example, Kaddu Sebunye, CEO of the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF),\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0that the need to sustain community livelihoods and conservation is apparent and that we should centre them in all recovery programs.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

I believe that he and many others are correct when they say that. My hope now is that what they say will be realised.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Why should Africa\u2019s tourism recovery centre on communities and conservation?<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Communities and the natural environment are vital contributors to the African tourism sector. Indeed they are its backbone.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

According to a\u00a0report<\/a>\u00a0published by the World Bank Group, community-based tourism (CBT) is undertaken by around 20% of \u2018adventure\u2019 tourists to Africa. That\u2019s about 3.8% of all tourist arrivals to the continent.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Tourists flock to Africa\u2019s protected areas to see the world\u2019s most spectacular wildlife in their natural habitat.\u00a0A survey<\/a>\u00a0of 145 tour operators by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) reveals that wildlife watching is the reason for 80% of visits to Africa. Conserving wildlife and their habitats can be credited for\u00a0this.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Owing to the fact that conservation and community are crucial \u2018assets\u2019 upon which our tourism sector derives its livelihood, it is essential that we place them at the core of tourism recovery efforts.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

African communities and conservation have been hit by COVID-19<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Counting the losses from African tourism during the COVID-19 pandemic,\u00a0local communities and wildlife have suffered most<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Marco Lambertini, director-general of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF),\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0that \u201cin countries like South Africa and Kenya, tourism is the revenue source for many communities as well as for protected and conserved areas such as wildlife parks, and conservation activities\u201d.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

And with COVID-19 halting tourism, the revenues have disappeared. Consequently, communities and conservation efforts have greatly been affected.<\/p>\r\n

This is an excerpt from an article by Edwin Magio, originally published by The “Good Tourism” Blog<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In this \u201cGood Tourism\u201d Insight, Edwin Magio calls upon African travel & tourism stakeholders to put their words into action. Given that communities and conservation efforts are heavily reliant on tourism and have been adversely affected by tourism\u2019s pause during COVID-19, it is important to ensure that they are at the centre of tourism\u2019s post-pandemic recovery efforts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":49468,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[675,16,130,535,3177,264,140],"tags":[3516],"yoast_head":"\nAfrica must put communities and conservation at the centre of tourism recovery<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In this \u201cGood Tourism\u201d Insight, Edwin Magio calls upon African travel & tourism stakeholders to put their words into action. 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