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Heritage is that which people value, celebrate and it's a full range and this include people's
inherited traditions, monuments, objects and culture. Heritage site is an official location where
military, cultural, political and social history have been preserved due to their cultural heritage
value. Socio-economic benefits means of or pertaining to a combination of social and economic
factors aiding or helping or as an advantage. The essay below will elaborate on the
socioeconomic benefits of heritage sites in Zimbabwe which include educational purposes,
tourist attraction purposes, employment creation, presentation of cultural values, development
of infrastructure and entertainment.
Education on the importance of heritage sites in Zimbabwe is vital to the communities and
societies of Zimbabwe and can be done through teaching subjects like heritage and many other
ways. This helps everyone to know and learn about the past and how things have changed.
Educational tours also help hand down knowledge and information to the younger generation.
These tours also make us appreciate our national heritage and promote indigenous knowledge.
In addition, they also help us have good moral values and change our attitude and behaviour
for the better.
Tourists from all different parts of the world visit Zimbabwe to see attractive places like Victoria
Falls, Great Zimbabwe, Mutarazi Falls , Manapools only to mention just a few. These attractive
areas showcase beautiful scenery and nature in this country. The continuous coming of these
tourists who bring in foreign currency help boost the economy of Zimbabwe and improve the
living standards of citizens of this nation. Interacting with these tourists having conversations
with them is an advantage to us as we'll end up learning their language, knowing their lifestyles
and having an idea of how things go in those parts of the world they come from. Chatting with
the tourists will also help us improve our communication skills.
Presence of heritage sites in Zimbabwe aid in rise in employment creation and opportunities
near tourists attraction places and across the country. Hotels, lodges, restaurants and
supermarkets recruit and employ people from nearby communities. This is of great importance
as it help raise people's living standards. There is also self empowerment of locals through
craftwork, wood curving and basketry. People also earn a living through selling stone, beads,
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African batiq clothes and indigenous fruits. Others indigenous business like painting and arts,
knitting also help societies in nearby attraction places finance their selves as they sell these
items to tourists who'd pay with foreign currency.
Revenues generated from tourist attraction places like Victoria Falls, Great Zimbabwe and
Kariba increase the development of infrastructure in the country. Construction of roads which
are not accident prone is done and this also helps in employment of people to work on these
sites. New hospitals and clinics are built and old ones are revamped in order to provide proper
and best health care to the citizens of this nation and ensure that they have higher life
expectancy. More schools are built and others are renovated and this helps the nation to have
better education systems for every child such that they have a better future. Tall buildings and
other structures in different parts of the country are also renovated and this makes the tourists
have the desire to continue visiting our country Zimbabwe.
Heritage sites, waterfalls and game parks also provide some sort of entertainment. People tend
to enjoy themselves through game viewing, fishing, bunjee jumping and boat cruising. Tours in
national museums and monuments provide knowledge of the past which others find
interesting. Others enjoy themselves having picnics in beautiful places where there are great
views and some hold business meetings and weddings in those places.
Taking great care of heritage sites in our country helps us preserve our cultural values. People
learn different cultures of different societies for example from the Great Zimbabwe Shona
village and Khami ruins , the Ndebele village . Preservation of resources also help us as a nation
as this enable tourists to keep on coming and exploring our country.
Inspite of the above elaborated socioeconomic benefits of heritage sites in Zimbabwe, it comes
with certain negative impacts as there is monopolisation of our culture since there are many
different tourists who come from different countries from all parts of the world with different
cultures. Some of these tourists also come to our country sick and infected with different
diseases which tend to spread across the country for example covid-19 . As a result, there will
be loss of lives among Zimbabweans leaving many societies and families in grief which is nerver
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a good situation for us as a nation. Some tourists are troublemakers and racists and some tend
to leave us with problems which we will not have solutions to.

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