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Chapter 8 • Recommendations should be established exactly how the tourist experience will be integrated witl separated from the Shewula community. 8.2. SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS 8.2.1. Community capacity-building • The Trust, as an institution responsible for managing the tourism development and conservation / natural resource management associated with the project should represent the interests of the Shewula community and should be involved in the decision-making processes regarding developments in Shewula. Advice, capacitybuilding and skills training should be provided to those responsible for such management. : • The general Shewula community must be made aware of the potential benefits and costs of tourism development in the Shewula area, and should be informed about the psychology of tourism and the nature of the tourism industry. • The general Shewula community should be informed regarding specific issues listed in Section 4.11.2. 8.2.2. Environmental planning • The environmental legislation of Swaziland, in the form of the Environmental Audit, Assessment, & Review Regulations (1996), should be adhered to, so as to ensure that the relevant environmental issues are integrated into the planning process for the proposed tourism development in Shewula. • The generic Initial Environmental Evaluation (IEE) in Appendix 2 should be used as a template for the final IEE to be submitted to the Swaziland Environmental Authority (SEA), as per the process to be followed according to the Regulations. • When drawing up the IEE, all environment impacts and benefits that have been identified, and assessed should be verified to determine their relevance for the proposed tourism development. • A strategic assessment should be undertaken to determine the conservation status and natural resource distribution within the proposed Shewula Reserve, and in the greater Shewula area.
Chapter 8 - Recommendations 8.2.3. Tourism planning The key elements of tourism planning should include efficient planning, community participation, community ownership of the process, capacity-building and outside expertise to facilitate the long-term feasibility of the project. Market research • Market research should be conducted in order to determine the target market for the Shewula tourism development and to provide input for a marketing strategy. This should include research about: a) If attracting tourists from the upmarket section of the travel market to Shewula would be feasible or not; b) Whether the tourism devejopment should offer full or self-catering facilities or a combination thereof; 129 c) Which section of the market uses the microbus (4-7 seater) or Mercedes Microbus (i.e. is it the bottom, middle or upmarket or a combination thereof). • The possibility of undertaking trial or practice runs with tourists to Shewula, should be considered. Such trial runs would require intensive management and sensitivity to the preliminary nature of the visits. 130 Professional input • The planning process should integrate specialist expertise with local community knowledge. • Potential private operators should be contacted, with a view to getting input into what market(s) the proposed tourism development could tap into, or even create, in order to be sustainable. • The services of independent professionals should be considered for developing and possibly implementing marketing strategies and a tourism plan for the Shewula area, as well as formulating a tourism product. . Marketing strategy • A marketing strategy should be determined with the aim of attracting sufficient visitors to the area and to the tourism development.
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