Serengeti General Management Plan

D. Tourism Management Programme
SENAPA will also collaborate with TATO in organising an annual Tour Operators Meeting in
Arusha, which will be held before the start of the high season (i.e. in early December). In addition,
the possibility of re-locating one of the Tour Driver-Management Meetings (mentioned
above) to Arusha will be considered, so as to link it with the Tour Operators Meeting and
provide a wider forum for involving tour drivers and management representatives from all the
northern parks.
Action 4.2.2: Promote and provide inputs into the development of a national
driver/ guide accreditation system
The accreditation of off-road drivers and guides (especially walking safari guides) is an important
longer-term objective for SENAPA. However, an accreditation system is an issue that
must be developed at the national level. To promote and support this process, SENAPA
management will use the experience of their awareness-raising, training and monitoring of
off-road driving and walking safaris to provide inputs into the development of a national driving
and guide accreditation system.
Mitigation of environmental impacts of major Tourism
Programme actions
This section evaluates the potential environmental impacts of the major Tourism Management
Programme actions and identifies mitigating measures to reduce, eliminate or offset
adverse affects, which will be incorporated into the implementation of the Action Plan. The
major Programme actions included in this assessment were selected because they were either
potentially controversial, represented a major capital expenditure, and/ or required significant
expenditures of TANAPA funding/ staffing resources.
Table D.8 below highlights the environmental aspects that are likely to be negatively affected
by the major actions of this Programme and the proposed mitigation measures and recommendations.
It will be the responsibility of SENAPA management to ensure that the proposed
measures are implemented.
Table D.8: Mitigation measures for major Tourism Programme actions
Major action Potential negative impact
1.2: tourism ac- Decline of visitor safety as
cess and use a result of diversification of
diversified in tourism activities into more
appropriate
ways
remote areas
Mitigation measure
� Ensure guides and off-road drivers are
appropriately trained and equipped
(c.f. Action 4.2.2)
� Ensure in-Park communications are
improved (c.f. Park Operations Programme
Action 1.2.2)
� Strengthen surveillance patrols in insecure
hotspots (c.f. Park Operations
Programme Action 1.2.1)
� Ensure emergency evacuation procedures
and protocol are in place
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