Velondriake Ecotourism Plan - 2008
This report describes an analysis of current tourism activities in Velondriake, its marketing environment and provides a strategy for future development. Velondriake consists of 25 small villages along the Malagasy west coast situated approximately 40 km south of district capital Morombe. Due to growing populations in the area the pressure on the marine resources of Velondriake, on which the local ‘Vezo’ people depend, has led to the suffering of the coastal ecosystems. Fishing the way the local population has done for centuries cannot provide sufficient income for all Velondriake’s inhabitants in the future. Therefore alternative livelihoods are searched in sea farming and ecotourism. Madagascar is one of the most poor countries in the World. The lack of international investments in the country together with the difficult accessibility and underdeveloped educational facilities provide a major constraint to the growth of the tourism industry in the country. The tourism masterplan for Madagascar (2004) has given the Velondriake region a long term priority. ******************************************* Maikel Koopman © Blue Ventures 2008
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