The impacts of climate change on development of tourism destinations in Uganda:

Abstract

The study was carried out with the aim of finding out impacts of climate change on protected areas for tourism destination development a case study of QENP national park in Kasese district. The objectives for the study were; to find out the role human activities on, protected areas for tourism destination development to find out the impacts of weather patterns on protected areas for tourism destination development and to find out the impacts of temperature changes on protected areas for tourism destination development. The researcher applied both qualitative and quantitative techniques in designing the research. A total of 45 respondents participated in the study and were selected using convenience sampling and random sampling method. The data was collected using questionnaires and interviews and presented using tables, graphs and pie charts for easy analysis. The study cited human activities, weather patterns and temperature changes as a source of climate change in Queen Elizabeth national park. The study also highlighted negative and positive effects of tourism activities on climate change, It relied on content analysis from the existing studies, and the outcome revealed that tourism activities on tourism destinations sites is responsible and contributes to climate change . It was however recommended that since tourism activities contribute to climate change the government should lay strategies in order to improve on the sustainability and growth of the tourism activities and tourism destinations for protected areas. It was also recommended that the government develops different strategies such as climate impact assessment strategies for tourism destinations, formation of tourism associations for wildlife and antiquity for investors to invest in the sectors while mitigating climate and others to promote the industry.