Tourism development potentials and challenges in Shonke Village, Ethiopia.

African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure

Alubel Workie Eyassu¹  Yirdaw Asfaw Chekole²  Girum Teshome Tadesse³ 

[1] Head, Department of Tourism Management University of Gondar, Ethiopia;Lecturer, Department of Tourism Management University of Gondar, Ethiopia ;Officer, Kemissie Culture and Tourism Kemissie, Ethiopia ;

关键词: Tourism development;    potentials;    challenges;    Shonke Village;    Ethiopia;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The main objective of this study was to assess potentials and challenges of tourism development in Shonke village. A detailed section describes local community attractions and the general way of life of inhabitants. A descriptive research design within a qualitative approach was used and informants were selected from members of local communities, decision makers of government bodies, religious institution leaders, and tourism experts, using a purposive sampling technique. Eight individuals were selected for focus group discussions and twenty-three key informants for interviewing along with personal observation of potential and challenges for tourism development. The data were analyzed through arranging it into groups or classes according to their themes and the researchers then assigned symbols to each category of responses. Results indicated that Shonke village has great potential for tourism resources with its beautiful geographical landscape, magnificent terracing of farmlands, impressive architectural design of houses, and the impressive traditional and cultural lifestyles. However, local communities were not benefitting at all from tourism in terms of socio-cultural, economic and environmental aspects due to a lack of coordination problem among stakeholders, poor community involvement and participation in tourism development, a lack of funding, limited awareness, security concerned, insufficient marketing and promotion drives, poor physical infrastructure such as accommodation establishments, accessibility, pure water, health center, electric power and public toilets.

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