TRADITIONS AND BAMILÉKÉ CULTURAL RITES: TOURIST STAKES AND SUSTAINABILITY
Journal Title: Present Environment and Sustainable Development - Year 2013, Vol 7, Issue 1
Abstract
According to the World Travel Tourism Council, tourism is the first income-generating activity in the world. This activity provides opportunities for export and development in many emerging countries, thus contributing to 5.751 trillion dollars into the global economy. In 2010, tourism contributed up to 9.45% of the world GDP. This trend will continue for the next 10 years and tourism will be the leading source of employment in the world. While many African countries (Morocco, Gabon etc.) are parties to benefit from this growth, Cameroon, despite its huge touristic potential, seems ill-equipped to take advantage of this alternative activity. In Cameroon, tourism is growing slowly and is little known by the local communities which depend on agro-pastoral resources. The Bamiléké of Cameroon is an example faced with this situation. Nowadays in this region located in the western highlands of Cameroon, villages rich in natural, traditional or socio-cultural resources, are less affected by tourist traffic. This is probably due to the fact that tourism in Cameroon is sinking deeper and deeper into a slump, with the degradation of heritages, reception facilities and the lack of planning. In this country known as "Africa in miniature", tourism has remained locked in certain areas (northern part), although the tourist sites of Cameroon are not as limited as one may imagine. Due to this stagnant vision, Cameroon in general and the Bamiléké region in particular, run the risk of losing her tourist identity, thereby forcing local actors to limit their income only to the exploitation of biological resources (forest, local fauna ), agriculture and handicraft. Faced to such a situation, the central interest of this article is to present the tourism heritage of the Bamiléké people, likely to support the development of sustainable tourism in this community. In addition to this, the paper aims to develop cultural tourism, this with a real involvement of local communities.
Authors and Affiliations
Igor Casimir Njombissie Petcheu, Octavian Groza , Mesmin Tchindjang , Carine Sushuu Bongadzem
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