Community-based tourism as a sustainable solution to maximise impacts locally? The Tsiseb Conservancy case, Namibia

摘要: Based on an in-depth field study in a rural area of Namibia, this article assesses the potential contribution community-based tourism enterprises (CBTEs) to poverty alleviation and empowerment. It shows that income captured locally improves households' livelihoods generates linkages local economy. On job learning, training sessions extensive support by non-governmental organisations donors are further shown empower actors unlock socioeconomic opportunities for future. In context, CBTEs can be characterised as pro-poor initiatives. However, provides counter evidence sustainability such community ventures is questioned. First, mainstreaming these projects within competitive commodity chain proves highly challenging costly; second, communities' institutional managerial capacity weak thus CBTEs' viability limited; finally, inadequate organisa...