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Social economic empowerment benefits of women’s participation in tourism activities in Serengeti district, Mara region, Tanzania,

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dc.contributor.author Manyarange, Mugweta N.
dc.contributor.author Warsanga, William B.
dc.date.accessioned 2023-08-16T08:44:33Z
dc.date.available 2023-08-16T08:44:33Z
dc.date.issued 2021
dc.identifier.citation Manyarange, N. M. & Warsanga, W. B. (2021). Social economic empowerment benefits of women’s participation in tourism activities in Serengeti district, Mara region, Tanzania, East African Journal of Social and Applied Sciences, 3(1), 117-126 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0856-9681
dc.identifier.issn 2714-2051
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.mocu.ac.tz/xmlui/handle/123456789/453
dc.description A full text article from Community and Rural Development available at:http//www.mocu.ac.tz en_US
dc.description.abstract This study assesses the social economic empowerment benefits of women participation in tourism activities in Serengeti district. Specifically, women’s tourism activities were identified, factors influenced their participation were analysed, and benefits of participating were determined. The total sample size of 97 women was selected by using simple randomly sampling and 4 key informants chosen purposively. The data were collected using questionnaire and interview guide; analysed by descriptive statistics, logistic regression model, and contextual analysis. It was found that majority of women in the study area are involving in selling cultural products to tourists (37.5%), housekeeping (21.9%), Waitress (16.7%) and gardener (7.3%). Significant factors influence their participation in tourism activities were the education level and years of residence in the community at 1% and 5% significant levels respectively. Socioeconomic benefits associated with their participation in tourism activities are assets ownership, employment opportunities, decision making, and self-reliability in various household expenses or needs (livelihood). It is recommended that since very few women (< 5%) are involved tour guide, hotel management, and security guard that are direct related to tourism activities, they should keep on what entails those activities so as to grab the opportunities. They should also seek for more tourism related trainings to participate fully as experts in the tourism industry. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher East African Journal of Social and Applied Sciences en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries vol.3;1
dc.subject Women en_US
dc.subject Participation en_US
dc.subject Empowerment en_US
dc.subject Benefits en_US
dc.subject Tourism and Tanzania en_US
dc.title Social economic empowerment benefits of women’s participation in tourism activities in Serengeti district, Mara region, Tanzania, en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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