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Innovative community ecotourism coping and recovery strategies to COVID-19 pandemic shocks: The case of Mahenye

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  • Boycen Kumira Mudzengi
  • Edson Gandiwa
  • Never Muboko
  • Chiedza Ngonidzashe Mutanga

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The sustainability of community ecotourism under the Communal Areas Management Programme for Indigenous Resources (CAMPFIRE) in Zimbabwe is under stress due to shocks including the new coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The pandemic has potential to impede the efforts the community ecotourism sector has been making towards the attainment of the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. The specific objectives of the research were to: (i) document the shocks emanating from the COVID-19 pandemic on the Mahenye community ecotourism project and (ii) suggest possible coping and recovery strategies to the COVID-19 pandemic shocks at the Mahenye community ecotourism project. Qualitative methods were adopted encompassing data mining, expert opinion and key informant interviews. The overall impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Mahenye ecotourism elements have been negative. The present research results could enable ecotourism to be sustainable in the face of shocks emanating from infectious pandemics like COVID-19 and future others.

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  • Boycen Kumira Mudzengi & Edson Gandiwa & Never Muboko & Chiedza Ngonidzashe Mutanga, 2022. "Innovative community ecotourism coping and recovery strategies to COVID-19 pandemic shocks: The case of Mahenye," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 39(1), pages 68-83, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:deveza:v:39:y:2022:i:1:p:68-83
    DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2021.1980375
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