The growth of mass tourism in
Tanzania safari are resulted of tour guiding fits from perspective into sustainable tourism,also are result in many problems which became increasingly evident in many areas. Such problems include:
social and cultural degradation.
unequal distribution of financial benefit,
spread of diseases,
deforestation,
pollution,
soil erosion in some regions,
disturbances of wildlife ,
Alternative tourism emerged in order to address the problems of mass tourism. The report placed the concept of sustainable development at a center stage and promoted it as a vehicle for deliverance from experienced global environmental problems.
It defined sustainable development as development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
(a) Make optimal use of environmental resources that constitute a key element in tourism development, maintaining essential ecological processes and helping to conserve natural heritage and biodiversity
(b) respect the socio-cultural authenticity of host communities;
(c) conserve their built and living cultural heritage and traditional values.
(d) Therefore, tourism as one of the important development activities, and which pose serious negative impacts to the environment and the socio-cultural front, had to adopt the concept of ‘sustainability’ to its practices.
Tour guides play a central role in the implementation of sustainable tourism concept
Tour guiding constitutes a strategic factor in the representation of a destination area and in influencing the quality of the tourist experience, the length of stay, and the resulting economic benefits for a local community.
As principle providers of educational element (about natural and cultural environment) to tourists.
Guiding as an economic opportunity for local people.
Spend much time with tourists, and influence tourist experience of destination.
Provide guidelines, rules and regulations of the site/ site’s dos and don’ts
Make tourists comply with whatever restrictions imposed by the attraction sites
Inspire tourists to become supporters of conservation
Guides behavior and attitude send an important message to tourists and local people
Since guides visit tourist sites frequently, can be in position to notice and report negative impacts tourists make to the site/community
Can also do monitoring implemented measures to conserve resources by observing changes at the sites
Can link site’s administration and local people about conservation issues and other issues pertaining impacts of tourism
Sites/authorities must have effective control over the use of guides, and conditions under which guides will operate within the site .
Licensing tour guides who complies with relevant rules and regulations is a very effective mechanism.
Setting up a criteria for guides to attend training courses.
Relationship between sites/tour operators/tourism authorities and guides be maintained
Use local people as tour guides.
Encourage the creation of tour guides associations that will help to organize and coordinate guides.
Tour guides have to be conversant with the laws, rules and principles that govern the activity of guiding tourists or any other visitor in the site.In
Tanzania safari,this has to be taken as a compulsory to those aspiring to become guides of tourists in archaeological sites. The major role of a tour guide is to use the laws, guidelines and principles to influence behaviors of people while in an archaeological or historical site, irrespective whether they are tour guides themselves, site mangers or visitors/tourists.