Sustainable heritage management and tourism development: a case study from Elmina, Ghana
A research report submitted to the Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts by coursework and research report Date: February 2014 === The case of Elmina is one where heritage management, heritage...
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| Format: | Others |
| Language: | en |
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2015
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10539/18410 |
| Summary: | A research report submitted to the Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts by coursework and research report
Date: February 2014 === The case of Elmina is one where heritage management, heritage tourism and sustainable
development were interlinked through the Elmina Cultural Heritage and Management
Programme (ECHMP), an integrated urban management programme. Heritage was to be
regarded as a resource for economic empowerment, generating benefits for the local
community development through: (1) job creation in heritage management; (2) income
generation through local tourism development; and (3) effective involvement of
community stakeholders. Despite the successful rehabilitation of heritage properties and
other improvements in urban revitalization, sustainability could not be achieved in many
of the activities of the ECHMP. This was mainly due to a lack of funding and weak
stakeholder collaboration and challenges in the maintenance of achievements.
Involvement of the local community in Elmina’s tourism market is low and heritage assets
do not generate sustainable sources of income. |
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