Southern African Perspectives on Sustainable Tourism Management

1. Sustainable Tourism Development in the Southern African Context: An Introduction (Jarkko Saarinen, Berendien Lubbe and Naomi Moswete).- 2. Sustainability Consciousness in the Hospitality Sector in Zimbabwe (Ngoni Courage Shereni, Jarkko Saarinen and Christian M. Rogerson).- 3. In Pursuit of Sustainable Tourism in Botswana: Perceptions of Maun Tourism Accommodation Operators on Tourism Certification and Eco-labelling (Godiraone T. Motsaathebe and Wame L. Hambira).- 4. Inbound Tour Operator Participation in Sustainable Tourism Practices: A Focus on South Africa (Ignatius Ludulph Steyn, Felicite Fairer-Wessels and Anneli Douglas).- 5. Tourism-led Inclusive Growth Paradigm: Opportunities and Challenges in the Agricultural Food Supply Chain in Livingstone, Zambia (Brenda Nsanzya & Jarkko Saarinen).- 6. Insourcing the Indigenous without Outsourcing the Story Teller: A sustainable African Solution (Karen L Harris & Christoffel R Botha).- 7. Assessment of Costs and Benefits of Joint Venture Partnerships in Community-based Tourism between the Private Sector and Goo-Moremi Residents, Botswana  (Bontle Elijah, Naomi Moswete and Masego Mpotokwane).- 8. Socio-economic Impacts of Community-based Ecotourism on Rural Livelihoods: A Case Study of Khawa Village in the Kalahari Region, Botswana (Naomi Moswete, Jarkko Saarinen and Brijesh Thapa).- 9. Community-based Tourism as a Pathway Towards Sustainable Livelihoods and Well-being in Southern Africa (Alinah K. Segobye, Maduo Mpolokang, Ngoni C. Shereni, Stephen Mago and Malatsi Seleka).- 10. Changing Environment and the Political Ecology of Authenticity in Heritage Tourism: A Case of the Ovahimba and the Ju/'Hoansi-San Living Museums in Namibia (Isobel Green and Jarkko Saarinen).- 11. Perspectives on the Applicability of Nexus Thinking to Private Protected Areas: A Case Study of Mokolodi Nature Reserve, Botswana  (James Maradza, Raban Chanda and Naomi Moswete).- 12. Environmental Change, Wildlife-based Tourism

Jarkko Saarinen is a Professor of human geography at the University of Oulu, Finland, and Distinguished Visitor Professor at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. His research interests include tourism and development, sustainability and responsibility in tourism, tourism-community relations, tourism and climate change, community-based natural resource management and wilderness studies. Geographically his research focuses on northern and Arctic regions and southern Africa. He is Editor for the Tourism Geographies and Associate Editor for the Annals of Tourism Research and Journal of Ecotourism. His recent publications include co-authored and co-edited books: Climate Change and Tourism in Southern Africa (2022), Resilient Destinations (2019), Borderless Worlds for Whom? (2019), Political Ecology and Tourism (2016) and Cultural Tourism in Southern Africa (2016).


Professor Berendien Lubbe is a Research Associate in the Department of Historical and Heritage Studies at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. Her research includes tourism management focusing on destination and regional competitiveness, the impact of mega-trends on tourism destinations, the role of air transport in tourism development and business travel. She has published in numerous journals and her books on Tourism Management in South Africa and Tourism Distribution have been widely prescribed. She has contributed to a number of local and international books with her latest chapters being on the Development of African Air Transport and the Use of ICTS in the Airline Industry. She holds a doctorate in Communication Management which was done on the tourism potential between Saudi Arabia and South Africa.

Dr. Naomi Moswete is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Environmental Science, University of Botswana. Her research interests include tourism as a strategy for rural development, community-based tourism; transboundary conservation areas, ecotourism,