Abstract
As a means of mitigating the effects of restrictions arising from the creation of the Mole National Park, a tourism intervention was introduced in Mognori, a village on one of the fringes of the famed park.This study assesses the Mognori Ecovillage Project especially in terms of its anticipated role in diversifying livelihoods. Qualitative research approaches were employed. Instruments such as In-depthInterview schedules were used to elicit information from household heads while focus group discussions (FGD) were used to elicit data from homestay operators and cultural dance troupes. Tourism was found to play an important diversification role in the sense that it provided both full-time and alternative means of income for some residents especially in the dry season. Tourism has become the “life wire” of some locales and the community needs to take steps to attract more tourists and provide a richer but engaging itinerary through improving cultural tourism resources such as the introduction of products like farm tourism and angling in the Mognori River. It is recommended that the homestay providers be trained in visitor reception skills including basic communication in Enghish language to enhance the experience of visitors.
 Keywords: Mognori Ecovillage, homestay, livelihood diversification, stipends, canoe safari
Highlights
The concept, ecovillages, has become popular in the world for some time and such projects are presented as models for a sustainable culture (Strasser, 2013)
Three categories of current livelihood portfolios in Mognori Ecovillage are revealed from the findings of this study namely: Direct Livelihoods; indirect livelihoods
The study found tourism to have impacted on the livelihood diversification effort of the indegenes mainly in three “realms”, which is, tourism generated livelihoods noted as direct livelihoods
Summary
The concept, ecovillages, has become popular in the world for some time and such projects are presented as models for a sustainable culture (Strasser, 2013). The main aim of this study was to assess the Mognori Ecovillage tourism project instituted in 2007 by exploring the forms of diversification brought in its wake in the advent of tourism’s introduction in the community and its impact on lives of the local people.
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