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| The three main stages of ecotourism in Zimbabwe |
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| Activities in the first stage |
- Identifying and mapping ecotourism and related business opportunities,
- Developing new product prototypes and disseminating best practice/models
- Ecotourism business and related value chains Feasibility Assessments
- Baseline surveys and sector needs assessments
- Ecotourism value chains market surveys
- Audit of the Status of CBTEs and database management
- Appropriate forms of partnerships
Capacity building, Policy and advocacy
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| Activities in the third stage |
- Training community enterprise groups
- Ecotourism planning for local authorities and site planning for business groups
- Contributing towards tourism and related sectors policy
- Development of frameworks and guidelines for ecotourism
- Lobbying for pro-poor, responsible, green or sustainable tourism ethics and awareness on concepts and principles
- Developing frameworks and strategies
- Establishing platforms for networking and information exchange
- Facilitating broad based women’s economic empowerment initiatives in the tourism sector
Ecotourism Enterprises and development and landscape Conservation
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- Focusing on all ecotourism business possibilities such as community lodges, campsites, community based ecotourism businesses, natural products, indigenous foods, crafts, traditional dances, wildlife ranching, cultural villages, heritage sites, STEP facilitates -
- Enterprises product development
- Formalisation of community
- ecotourism business initiatives
- Prototype development and Branding
- Market entry
- Facilitating business partnerships of all forms aimed and enhancing inclusive tourism value chains
- Access to technologies
- Catchment conservation initiatives including reforestation, reclamation, wildlife management
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