Jarkko Saarinen is a Professor of human geography at the University of Oulu, Finland, and Distinguished Visitor Professor at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. His research interests include tourism and development, sustainability and responsibility in tourism, tourism-community relations, tourism and climate change, community-based natural resource management and wilderness studies. Geographically his research focuses on northern and Arctic regions and southern Africa. He is Editor for the Tourism Geographies and Associate Editor for the Annals of Tourism Research and Journal of Ecotourism. His recent publications include co-authored and co-edited books: Climate Change and Tourism in Southern Africa (2022), Resilient Destinations (2019), Borderless Worlds for Whom? (2019), Political Ecology and Tourism (2016) and Cultural Tourism in Southern Africa (2016).

Professor Berendien Lubbe is a Research Associate in the Department of Historical and Heritage Studies at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. Her research includes tourism management focusing on destination and regional competitiveness, the impact of mega-trends on tourism destinations, the role of air transport in tourism development and business travel. She has published in numerous journals and her books on Tourism Management in South Africa and Tourism Distribution have been widely prescribed. She has contributed to a number of local and international books with her latest chapters being on the Development of African Air Transport and the Use of ICTS in the Airline Industry. She holds a doctorate in Communication Management which was done on the tourism potential between Saudi Arabia and South Africa.

Dr. Naomi Moswete is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Environmental Science, University of Botswana. Her research interests include tourism as a strategy for rural development, community-based tourism; transboundary conservation areas, ecotourism, protected areas-people relationships, natural resources management, cultural - heritage resource management, poverty and gender - based empowerment via tourism. She is a member of the editorial board and associate editor of the Journal of Parks and Recreation Administration. She has published journal articles and book chapters at both local and international levels. Her latest publications were titled: Perceived wildlife based tourism and impacts at the Chobe National Park, Botswana (2018), and an edited book: Cultural Tourism in Southern Africa (2016).

Focuses on tourism and sustainable development needs in the southern African region

Emphasizes the need to understand global change drivers and local contexts in sustainable tourism development

Draws from empirical data about tourism management and rural development for sustainability

1 Sustainable tourism development in the southern African context: An introduction Jarkko Saarinen, Berendien Lubbe and Naomi Moswete

2 Sustainability consciousness in the hospitality sector in Zimbabwe Ngoni Courage Shereni, Jarkko Saarinen and Christian M. Rogerson

3 In pursuit of sustainable tourism in Botswana: Perceptions of Maun tourism accommodation operators on tourism certification and eco-labelling Godiraone T. Motsaathebe and Wame L. Hambira

4 Inbound tour operator participation in sustainable tourism practices: A focus on South Africa Ignatius Ludulph Steyn, Felicite Fairer-Wessels and Anneli Douglas

5 Tourism-led inclusive growth paradigm: opportunities and challenges in the agricultural food supply chain in Livingstone, Zambia Brenda Nsanzya & Jarkko Saarinen

6 Insourcing the Indigenous without outsourcing the Story Teller: A sustainable African solution Karen L Harris & Christoffel R Botha

7 Assessment of costs and benefits of joint venture partnerships in community-based tourism between the private sector and Goo-Moremi residents, Botswana Bontle Elijah, Naomi Moswete and Masego Mpotokwane

8 Socio-economic impacts of community-based ecotourism on rural livelihoods: A case study of Khawa village in the Kalahari region, Botswana Naomi Moswete, Jarkko Saarinen and Brijesh Thapa

9 Community-based tourism as a pathway towards sustainable livelihoods and well-being in southern Africa Alinah K. Segobye, Maduo Mpolokang, Ngoni C. Shereni, Stephen Mago and Malatsi Seleka

10 Changing environment and the political ecology of authenticity in heritage tourism: A case of the Ovahimba and the Ju/'Hoansi-San Living Museums in Namibia Isobel Green and Jarkko Saarinen

11 Perspectives on the applicability of nexus thinking to private protected areas: A case study of Mokolodi Nature Reserve, Botswana James Maradza, Raban Chanda and Naomi Moswete

12 Environmental change, wildlife-based tourism and sustainability in Chobe National Park, Botswana Maduo O. Mpolokang, Jeremy S. Perkins, Jarkko Saarinen and Naomi Moswete

13 The impact of rhino poaching on the economic dimension of sustainable development in wildlife tourism Berendien Lubbe

14 Locational heterogeneity in climate change threats to beach tourism destinations in South Africa Jonathan Friedrich, Jannik Stahl, Gijsbert Hoogendoorn and Jennifer M. Fitchett

15 Sustainable tourism development needs in the southern African context: Concluding remarks Jarkko Saarinen, Naomi Moswete and Berendien Lubbe