Promoting the Progression of Expeditions and Implementing Policies to Enhance Sustainable Tourism Development in Tanzania

Abstract

Development of sustainable tourism (new forms of tourism or non-consumptive) works on the principle that, for nature conservation efforts to succeed, the destination residents must participate and benefit from tourism activities. Although they provide alternative services that are not directly found within the resort, they exist only for specific expeditions and difficult to access their published data from tautological definitions that fail to address the complexity around the concept. The main purpose of this article is to explore the fundamental factors in promoting the progression of expeditions and implementing policies to enhance sustainable tourism development in Tanzania. A cross sectional survey design was employed due to its ability to explain the prevailing conditions as perceived by the respondents, the studies are carried out once and are not repetitive in nature. Muti-stage sampling was used to gather information from 210 respondents. The study is based on a questionnaire survey and takes the Northern Circuit Tourism as the research area to explore the problem existing in tourism destinations in Tanzania and briefly highlight the corresponding research suggestions to promote sustainable development. Data analysis involved both descriptive and inferential statistics (mean scores, standard deviations, reliability tests and correlation coefficients of the critical constructs). It was found that, although Tanzania is rich in natural and cultural resources to provide unique experiences to tourists; however, tourist destination hosts have not been able to benefit from tourism due to in-adequate and contradicting policies across sectors. Endorsed policies should stimulate sustainable tourism through financial incentives, development projects, and creation of entrepreneurial climate with less government intervention. The Government as a public interest protector through its bodies needs to create global networks to<b> </b>promote the progression of expeditions and easily implementable policies to capture markets to boost sustainable tourism. It is essential for tourism related policies to be clear and coherent to encourage active participation of destination hosts in tourism activities to promote the progression of expeditions to enhance sustainable tourism development.