Evaluation of Ecotourism Potentials Through Gis and Remote Sensing: a Case Study in Hawassa Town and its Surroundings, Ethiopia
| dc.contributor.author | Tamirat, Hailegebreal | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-11-13T12:50:02Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-09T14:12:17Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-11-13T12:50:02Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-09T14:12:17Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-06-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Hawassa town and its surroundings, situated in the southern part of Ethiopia, have high ecotourism potential due to the abundant natural and cultural resource especially landscape, the lake and shore of the lake, moderate ecological conditions and wetlands that contribute to the development of the country by means of tourism. Therefore, the main objectives of this study were evaluating and identifying the ecotourism potential of the area using RS and GIS techniques for optimal exploitation of the area for tourism purpose. Ecotourism is considered as one of the most attractive subsets of tourism industry, which can contribute for natural resource conservation and local development, if properly managed. Integrated approaches of both RS and GIS techniques were used to generate visibility map, land-use/land-cover map (using 2011 TM satellite image), slope map, elevation map, proximity to the lake map, natural and cultural attraction sites point map, fauna and flora protection map, annual rainfall map, annual temperature map and proximity to the road map. These eleven factor maps were overlaid to evaluate the ecotourism suitability map of the study area. To make an accurate decision in relation to the most appropriate ecotourism suitability map, weighted overlay analysis and multi-criteria decision techniques were implemented. The results were classified in to four ecotourism potential areas (highly suitable, moderately suitable marginally suitable and no potential). These results are further verified by ecotourism potential sites point data collected in the field and pervious reports. The largest part of the area was identified as low suitable for ecotourism. Hence, this study concludes that Hawassa town and its surroundings can contribute for the national development through sustainable use of ecotourism potential of the area. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://10.90.10.223:4000/handle/123456789/23253 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Ecotourism | en_US |
| dc.subject | GIS | en_US |
| dc.subject | Multi-Criteria Evaluation | en_US |
| dc.subject | Remote Sensing | en_US |
| dc.subject | Site Suitability | en_US |
| dc.title | Evaluation of Ecotourism Potentials Through Gis and Remote Sensing: a Case Study in Hawassa Town and its Surroundings, Ethiopia | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |