Full report LR.pdf - DLIST Benguela

NACOMA Project - Preparation phaseRapid Assessment of the Development Plans, Biodiversity Conservation Projects and Socio-Economic Situation of the Namib Coastal RegionsSection inRDPTourismMiningReferences in RDPsKunene• Promote equitable indigenous cultural and local participation in the benefits derived fromtourism projects• Develop a regional promotion office within the Regional Council• Employ qualified staff and generate income through membership fee contributionErongo• Introduction and development of tourism and related business managementtraining/education primarily aimed at empowering emerging previously disadvantagedtourism operators• Improve access to credit and other support services for new entrants into the tourism sector• Encourage and promote community based tourism projectsHardap• Effective cooperation in tourism between different components of government and betweengovernment and the private sector• Develop tourist concessions within the Meob Conception area• Develop ecotourism within the Namib Naukluft Park (including guided horse trails)Karas• To develop a 4x4 route in the Sperrgebiet, to link Lüderitz with the Meob Conception area• To establish, through community involvement, horse and camel routes in the eastern areasof the Sperrgebiet• To compile a comprehensive tourism master plan for the Karas Region• To effect an agreement with South Africa to open the border post at Sendlingsdrift• To formalise the Sperrgebiet/Richtersveld cross border park• To adopt a national policy through Cabinet that regulated the allocation of an annual quotaof crayfish to the tourism industry at LüderitzKunene• Establish training programmes in all mining related aspects of environmental managementKaras• Reduce the potentially negative environmental impact of mining through effectiveenvironmental management: training programmes, awareness campaigns, EnvironmentalManagement Policy, training of miners• Conduct aerial geophysical surveys, promote mineral prospecting, produce geological mapsRelevance to NACOMA• NACOMA can support the review of theregions’ natural resources and associated valuesfor tourism through an economic assessment ofthe coast. It is also important to review thecurrent framework for tourism development,including destination of tourism revenues• NACOMA can support feasibility studies andimplementation of new or improved tourismprojects in the regions (through targetedinvestments) including some specified in theRDPs.• NACOMA can promote local participation intourism activities in protected areas along thecoast through targeted investments.• It is important to build on existing tourism plans(e.g. Hardap Region Tourism Plan) or preparenew tourism plans in line with the RDP, such asfor the Karas Region.• NACOMA can support environmental trainingof tourism operators and other players in thesector• NACOMA will build capacity in terms ofenvironmental assessment and monitoring ofmining activities37