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Current Issues in Tourism
Editor: C. Michael Hall (Department of Management, College of Business and Economics, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand) and Chris Cooper (Foundation Professor of Tourism, University of Queensland, Australia)
Michael and Chris are joint editor of the book series Aspects of Tourism. Reviews Editor John Jenkins (University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia)
Although the QNP has all the necessary resources and features to provide specialised tourist facilities, the following were identified as the major factors affecting ecotourism development in the area: (1) the dispute over the legal tenureship of the land covered by the QNP; (2) the almost endless restructuring and re-organisation of departments and reporting structures in Agri-Eco and the Free State Provincial Government; (3) the inability of the Free State Provincial Government to provide clear policies and direction for ecotourism development in the QNP; and (4) the inefficiency in the manner in which the Free State Provincial Government conduct its funding operations. Unless the Provincial Department gets its house in order and starts making constructive decisions regarding the development in the Park, the future of ecotourism development is bleak. There is much at stake: the community in and around the Park cannot share in the benefits associated with ecotourism development, and in addition, South Africa stands to lose the use of one of its important sensitive catchment areas. © Multilingual Matters 2002
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