Abstract
Globally the importance of the tourism sector for economic and sustainable development has already been acknowledged. Namibia is no exception. Endowed with natural beauty wildlife, deserts, and beautiful beaches the tourism sector is clearly acknowledged in the development policies and plans. Despite this, there are few comprehensive studies that deal with strategic aspects of neither the tourism sector nor frameworks to enhance innovative tourism for sustainable development. Due to such precincts and lack of comprehensive research, strategic management of tourism and its development to the fullest potential is difficult. Tourism is a powerful vehicle for economic growth and job creation is a reckoned global phenomenon. International tourist arrivals to SSA have been on increase making it one of the fastest-growing regions in the world. Hence, adopting an exploratory approach with a systematic literature review with contextual analysis this study aims to fill this gap and deliberates on the requisite strategic framework for innovative tourism and sustainable development in Namibia.
Highlights
Tourism activity has a very positive impact on the development - in social and economic terms – of communities
For this to happen there is a need to adopt as well as design strategic framework for innovative tourism and sustainable development in Namibia, adopting a exploratory approach with systematic literature review the core objective of this paper is to provide strategic framework for innovative tourism and sustainable development in Namibia
One characteristic of the impacts caused by the tourism activity is that they are multi-faceted, and difficult to plan for and manage needs to be understood and dealt in a innovative and sustainable manner
Summary
Tourism activity has a very positive impact on the development - in social and economic terms – of communities. This paper supports the idea that in order to be well integrated in the regional development the measures meant to improve the for tourism development at regional and local level should constitute a coherent ‘package’, including economic, legal, institutional, infrastructure, cultural and social elements. For this to happen there is a need to adopt as well as design strategic framework for innovative tourism and sustainable development in Namibia, adopting a exploratory approach with systematic literature review the core objective of this paper is to provide strategic framework for innovative tourism and sustainable development in Namibia. It highlights the current state of tourism development in Namibia and its potential contribution to regional development, considering the relatively well-balanced distribution of tourist resources on the national territory
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