Interview acknowledgments on the main contributing factors for environmental management and the local climate crisis in your area from the table below
| Tourism ventures and entities | Interview Q.6.(c) What do you think is the main contributing factors for environmental management and the local climate crisis in your area from the table below? | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unsustainable eco-tourism activities, e.g. trampling of vegetation by vehicles; scratching and cutting of trees by tourists | Over-cultivation of the local forest areas, e.g. land degradation | Cutting of riparian vegetation, e.g. for orchards and roof thatching materials | Over-utilisation of biomass and tree resources, e.g. for fuel woods | Over-debarking of trees, e.g. for indigenous medicine and other material purposes | Over-utilization of mountain vegetation and tree resources, e.g. for timber harvest | Excessive dumping of residues by tourists, e.g. empty cans, plastic and other pollutants | Total | ||
| Beria Madzonga resort (Zwigodini village) | Count | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| % | 0.0% | 40.0% | 0.0% | 20.0% | 20.0% | 20.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | |
| Big tree holiday accommodation (Madifha Zwigodini | Count | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| % | 40.0% | 20.0% | 0.0% | 20.0% | 20.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | |
| Big tree nature reserve (Zwigodini ‘Madifha') | Count | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| % | 40.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 20.0% | 20.0% | 0.0% | 20.0% | 100.0% | |
| LED and Tourism info center (Musina municipal offices) | Count | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 40.0% | 20.0% | 0.0% | 40.0% | 100.0% | |
| Manalani lodge (Tshipise village) | Count | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| % | 0.0% | 20.0% | 0.0% | 40.0% | 20.0% | 20.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | |
| Nwanedi nature reserve and resort (Gumela and Folovhodwe villages gates) | Count | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| % | 20.0% | 20.0% | 20.0% | 20.0% | 20.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | |
| Total | Count | 5 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 30 |
| % | 16.6% | 16.6% | 3.3% | 26.6% | 20.0% | 6.6% | 10.0% | 100% | |
| Tourism ventures and entities | Interview Q.6.(c) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unsustainable eco-tourism activities, e.g. | Over-cultivation of the local forest areas, e.g. | Cutting of riparian vegetation, e.g. | Over-utilisation of biomass and tree resources, e.g. | Over-debarking of trees, e.g. | Over-utilization of mountain vegetation and tree resources, e.g. for timber harvest | Excessive dumping of residues by tourists, e.g. | Total | ||
| Beria Madzonga resort (Zwigodini village) | Count | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| % | 0.0% | 40.0% | 0.0% | 20.0% | 20.0% | 20.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | |
| Big tree holiday accommodation (Madifha Zwigodini | Count | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| % | 40.0% | 20.0% | 0.0% | 20.0% | 20.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | |
| Big tree nature reserve (Zwigodini ‘Madifha') | Count | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| % | 40.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 20.0% | 20.0% | 0.0% | 20.0% | 100.0% | |
| LED and Tourism info center (Musina municipal offices) | Count | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 40.0% | 20.0% | 0.0% | 40.0% | 100.0% | |
| Manalani lodge (Tshipise village) | Count | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| % | 0.0% | 20.0% | 0.0% | 40.0% | 20.0% | 20.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | |
| Nwanedi nature reserve and resort (Gumela and Folovhodwe villages gates) | Count | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| % | 20.0% | 20.0% | 20.0% | 20.0% | 20.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | |
| Total | Count | 5 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 30 |
| % | 16.6% | 16.6% | 3.3% | 26.6% | 20.0% | 6.6% | 10.0% | 100% | |
Source(s): Interviews by the Author, 2019
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