Spencer, J. P.Nethengwe, T.Manavhela, Pfarelo2014-01-102014-01-102014-01-10Manavhela, P. 2014. An assessment of the potential for sustainable community tourism development in the villages affected by the Nandoni Dam. . . http://hdl.handle.net/11602/143http://hdl.handle.net/11602/143Department of Business ManagementMPMCommunity participation in tourism developments at Nandoni Dam forms an integral part of the government objectives for the tourism industry, which are inter alia, to build a world class tourism industry, and to integrate historically disadvantaged people into the mainstream of the tourism industry. The purpose of this investigation was to analyse the potential for sustainable community tourism development in the rural areas of the Limpopo Province, in terms of community engagement/involvement in tourism development, preservation and conservation of natural sites, and tourism awareness, in order to make recommendations to sustain the development of tourism and improve service quality, with special reference to the Nandoni Dam. The following objectives were set for this study: • To determine the level of community involvement tourism development at Nandoni Dam. • To determine the level of understanding of environmental conservation of the area affected by the Dam. • To determine the level of tourism awareness among the Ha-Mutoti, Ha-Budeli and Dididi communities at the study area. • To identify the key problems affecting the development of tourism projects in the study area. The results from the survey indicate that there are a number of local people who really want to get in involved in tourism business ventures, such as traditional dancers at the Dam site; sell fruit and vegetables; braai meat at the picnic area; being a professional fisherman; traditional craft work, become cleaners and so forth. At the present moment Nandoni Dam's community involvement in tourism development in the site does not exist at all. There is no community participation at any level of development at the Dam site. Problems seem to be more prominent than benefits that were promised at the first stage of the Dam development. Some of the problem identified are: • The lack of jobs at Nandoni Dam. • On improvement in the genera! infrastructure. •The lack of tourism awareness has been identified as one major contributing factor that hinder community participation in tourism development, as well as the breakdown of communications between the villagers of Ha-Mutoti, Ha-Budeli and Dididi, and the Chief, including the Dam management. Some of the recommendations that emerged from the study include the following: • Tourism awareness campaign are needed for the Nandoni Dam community. • Community members interested in establishing any tourism projects must be encouraged and supported by all stakeholders. • Local educational institutions, government departments that deal with tourism and conservation, forestry, transport departments, and local authorities should become more efficiently engaged an important players at the local level. The capability of these official agent for facilitating participatory processes needs to be built up. Systems of feed-back, to enable appropriate policy decisions and strategic planning at higher levels needs to be put in placeenUniversity of VendaAssessmentsustainable communityUCTDTourismDevelopmentVillages338.47910968257Tourism -- South Africa -- LimpopoCommunity development -- South Africa -- LimpopoEconomic development -- Environmental aspects -- South Africa -- LimpopoDissertationManavhela P. An assessment of the potential for sustainable community tourism development in the villages affected by the Nandoni Dam. []. , 2014 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11602/143Manavhela, P. (2014). <i>An assessment of the potential for sustainable community tourism development in the villages affected by the Nandoni Dam</i>. (). . Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11602/143Manavhela, Pfarelo. <i>"An assessment of the potential for sustainable community tourism development in the villages affected by the Nandoni Dam."</i> ., , 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11602/143TY - Dissertation AU - Manavhela, Pfarelo DA - 2014-01-10 DB - ResearchSpace DP - Univen KW - Assessment KW - sustainable community KW - Tourism KW - Development KW - Villages LK - https://univendspace.univen.ac.za PY - 2014 T1 - An assessment of the potential for sustainable community tourism development in the villages affected by the Nandoni Dam TI - An assessment of the potential for sustainable community tourism development in the villages affected by the Nandoni Dam UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11602/143 ER -