Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2014, 62(6), 1287-1292 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201462061287

Tourism as a Poverty Reduction Tool: The Case of Mukuni Village in the Southern Province of Zambia

Miroslav Horák1, Samuel Antwi Darkwah2, Nahanga Verter3
1 Department of Languages, Faculty of Regional Development and International Studies, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic
2 Department of Territorial Studies, Faculty of Regional Development and International Studies, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic
3 Department of Regional and Business Economics, Faculty of Regional Development and International Studies, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic

Globally, tourism is becoming one of the cornerstones of national economic growth and as a means of poverty alleviation, especially in the tourist attractions in rural areas. This article assesses the levels of utilization of tourism potentials in Zambia, in general, and the Mukuni village in the Southern province in Zambia, in particular, with reference to poverty reduction. The world famous Victoria Falls is situated in the Southern province and therefore this area is the most visited places in Zambia and attracts more tourists throughout the whole year. The main income of the local people, which includes the Tonga tribe comes from tourism. Even though tourism has brought positive results, including the realization of some local development projects and prosperity to the people, it has also brought some negative effects such as sociocultural change, pollution and waste in the tourist destination areas in Zambia.
For the Mukuni people and Zambia as a whole to fully exploit tourism potentials, stricter laws protecting the destruction of the environment and the preservation culture of the indigenous people should be enforced in the tourist destination areas. The government should use the levy from tourism to provide better infrastructure, create job opportunities and create wealth within the tourist areas for sustainable tourism development and poverty reduction.

Keywords: Community Based Tourism, Poverty Reduction, Southern Province, Zambia, Mukuni

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Horák, M., Antwi Darkwah, S., & Verter, N. (2014). Tourism as a Poverty Reduction Tool: The Case of Mukuni Village in the Southern Province of Zambia. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 62(6), 1287-1292. doi: 10.11118/actaun201462061287
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