21
views
0
recommends
+1 Recommend
2 collections
    0
    shares
      • Record: found
      • Abstract: found
      • Article: not found

      Tourism amid COVID-19 pandemic: impacts and implications for building resilience in the eco-tourism sector in Ghana's Savannah region

      research-article

      Read this article at

      ScienceOpenPublisherPMC
      Bookmark
          There is no author summary for this article yet. Authors can add summaries to their articles on ScienceOpen to make them more accessible to a non-specialist audience.

          Abstract

          The novel coronavirus which first emerged in Wuhan, China has affected many sectors of the global economy particularly, the tourism sector. While prior studies have explored how pandemics and crisis in the tourism sector can be managed, only a few have tackled how the tourism industry, especially in developing countries can be restructured to withstand shocks and remain resilient in the face of crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic in the future. This article sheds light on the socio-economic and ecological effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the eco-tourism sector of Ghana's Savannah region while offering short and long term strategies for building resilience to withstand shocks. Between September and October 2020, data was collected in the tourism enclave of the Savannah region in Ghana using focus group discussions and interviews. Results show that the major socio-economic impact of the pandemic was the loss of livelihoods. Ecological impacts were however mixed – both positive and negative. The study concludes that socio-economic impacts have been severe because they are closely tied to tourism. The study therefore recommends that immediate measures including stimulus packages be offered to local enterprises affected by the pandemic. In the long term, efforts should be made to diversify the local economy and promote domestic tourism in the country.

          Abstract

          Eco-tourism; Coronavirus; Hospitality Industry; Resilience theory; Crisis Management; Pandemic Impact.

          Related collections

          Most cited references37

          • Record: found
          • Abstract: found
          • Article: not found

          Purposeful Sampling for Qualitative Data Collection and Analysis in Mixed Method Implementation Research.

          Purposeful sampling is widely used in qualitative research for the identification and selection of information-rich cases related to the phenomenon of interest. Although there are several different purposeful sampling strategies, criterion sampling appears to be used most commonly in implementation research. However, combining sampling strategies may be more appropriate to the aims of implementation research and more consistent with recent developments in quantitative methods. This paper reviews the principles and practice of purposeful sampling in implementation research, summarizes types and categories of purposeful sampling strategies and provides a set of recommendations for use of single strategy or multistage strategy designs, particularly for state implementation research.
            Bookmark
            • Record: found
            • Abstract: not found
            • Article: not found
            Is Open Access

            Pandemics, tourism and global change: a rapid assessment of COVID-19

              Bookmark
              • Record: found
              • Abstract: found
              • Article: found
              Is Open Access

              Unexpected air pollution with marked emission reductions during the COVID-19 outbreak in China

              The absence of motor vehicle traffic and suspended manufacturing during the COVID-19 pandemic in China produced a unique experiment to assess the efficiency of air pollution mitigation. Up to 90% reduction of certain emissions during the city-lockdown period can be identified from satellite and ground-based observations. Unexpectedly, extreme particulate matter levels simultaneously occurred in northern China. Our synergistic observation analyses and model simulations show that anomalously high humidity promoted aerosol heterogeneous chemistry, along with stagnant airflow and uninterrupted emissions from power plants and petrochemical facilities, contributing to severe haze formation. Also, because of non-linear production chemistry and titration of ozone in winter, reduced nitrogen oxides resulted in ozone enhancement in urban areas, further increasing the atmospheric oxidizing capacity and facilitating secondary aerosol formation.
                Bookmark

                Author and article information

                Journal
                Heliyon
                Heliyon
                Heliyon
                The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd.
                2405-8440
                31 August 2021
                September 2021
                31 August 2021
                : 7
                : 9
                : e07892
                Affiliations
                [a ]Department of Community Development, Faculty of Planning and Land Management, University of Business and Integrated Development Studies, P.O. Box UPW3, Wa, U.W.R, Ghana
                [b ]Mole National Park, Wildlife Division of Forestry Commission, Mole, Savannah Region, Ghana
                [c ]Regional Health Directorate, Ghana Health Service, Savannah Region, Damongo, Ghana
                Author notes
                []Corresponding author.
                Article
                S2405-8440(21)01995-2 e07892
                10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07892
                8412235
                34493990
                9d92488b-242f-4c33-883b-81f763800da0
                © 2021 The Author(s)

                Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active.

                History
                : 24 June 2021
                : 17 July 2021
                : 25 August 2021
                Categories
                Research Article

                eco-tourism,coronavirus,hospitality industry,resilience theory,crisis management,pandemic impact

                Comments

                Comment on this article