Heritage Conservation And Sustainable Tourism Developmnet Practice In Zege Peninsula Bahirdar Ethiopia

This thesis focuses on assessing heritage conservation and sustainable tourism developmentrnpractice in Zege peninsula mainly in UraKidaneMihret Monastery. The study employedrndescriptive research design in line up with mixed research approach. Questionnaire, interviewrnand observation were instruments used to collect data. For the questionnaire, 157 internationalrnas well as domestic tourists and 8 key informants for interview (3 monasteries‟ monks, 3 expertsrnfrom culture and tourism office and 2 from local community representatives) were selected usingrnpurposive sampling method. The collected quantitative data were processed using SPSS versionrn24 and analyzed using descriptive statistical tools such as frequency, percentage and meanrnanalysis. The qualitative data were also analyzed using narrative analysis. The findings of thernstudy revealed that conservation practice in the area is in a poor condition that means nornconsideration has been given in the maintenance practice and there is no visitor controllingrnsystem during the time of visiting the heritage. Although the churches and the monasteries of thernZege Peninsula have played immense contributions, there are some common problems such asrnhandling cultural heritages, lack of restoration and conservation. Immovable heritages with wallrnpaintings are also going to be damaged because of the lack of professional paintingrnconservators. The findings of the study indicated that the area has unique cultural heritages andrnthe scenic beauty of the environment is the source of attraction .The area has also considerablernpotential for the development of tourism. Therefore, the researcher forwarded implementing wellrnplanned tourism product development for practicing different tourism activities like buildingrninfrastructure and promotion to the area. The government authority should be informed thernrelevance of practicing conservation or management that can maintain and improve thernenvironment in various ways such as conservation of natural areas, historical andrnarchaeological sites. Moreover, it is necessary to improve infrastructure and awareness ofrnpracticing manageable tourism development in Ura Kidane Mihret Monastery of Zege peninsula

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