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Ecotourism Potentials of Xavi Bird Watching Sanctuary in Akatsi District of Ghana

Ghana Journal of Development Studies

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Title Ecotourism Potentials of Xavi Bird Watching Sanctuary in Akatsi District of Ghana
 
Creator Kuuder, CJW
Doe, GA
Yirbekyaa, EK
 
Subject Bird watching, Nature Sanctuary, Avitourism, Ecotourism, Community-based Tourism
 
Description The paper discusses an investigation into a fast emerging niche in ecotourism, bird watching or avitourism, as a pastime. The Xavi Sanctuary is a community-based resource, the largest and most popular of its kind in Ghana. A sample size of 168 respondents was obtained using the Fisher and associates (1998) formulae for calculating sample size. The analyses of results revealed that the residents of Xavi were content with the direct employment offered by the project to some members of the community within sections of the industry. However, most of them also benefited indirectly through the sale of handicrafts while others benefited from tourists’ donations to the local community and basic schools. These accruing benefits have inspired the local community to institute measures to safeguard the sanctuary in order to improve their gains. The paper suggests that promoting domestic tourism by way of awareness creation in the local media and adding more activities to help immerse visitors into the community could help boost their ecotourism potentials.KEYWORDS: Bird watching, Nature Sanctuary, Avitourism, Ecotourism, Community-based Tourism
 
Publisher Faculty of Integrated Development Studies, University for Development Studies
 
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Date 2015-04-16
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.ajol.info/index.php/gjds/article/view/115787
10.4314/gjds.v10i1-2.
 
Source Ghana Journal of Development Studies; Vol 10, No 1-2 (2013); 81-97
0855-6768
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.ajol.info/index.php/gjds/article/view/115787/105349
 
Rights Faculty of Integrated Development Studies, University for Development Studies, Ghana