Effectiveness of Community-Based Tourism for the Achievements of Women's Social Independence in Tanzania

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25501018
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Tourism Studies
• Research Institution: Tamagawa University
• Principal Investigator: NAKAJIMA Mami 玉川大学, 文学部, 教授 (80555409)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: コミュニティ・ツーリズム / 観光 / 開発 / ジェンダー / タンザニア

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aims to examine the possibilities and limits of sustainable development through Community-Based Tourism (CBT) in Tanzania, especially aiming for the achievement of women’s social independence. CBT is often said it can provide some support of individuals' livelihood at the local level through its profits. Tanzania Cultural Tourism Programme has been conducted with the aim of the development. However, there is variability in degree of profits and benefits according to each site and discrepancies between men and women in the local communities in terms of their respective opportunities. In conclusion, in its present form, CBT works as partial support toward living expenses, but the job opportunities originating from it are too limited to fully secure the livelihood of those women and to generate other opportunities. The stakeholders should reconsider the original way of “development” through CBT from the perspective of possibilities of women’s social independence.

Free Research Field

観光社会学