Governing Resilience for Sustainable Tourism Development: Public–Private Partnerships and Corporate Social Responsibility in the Namibian Tourism Industry

The Namibian government’s strategies emphasise the governance and resilience of tourism through public–private partnerships (PPP) by utilising corporate social responsibility (CSR). The overarching aim is to promote the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in tourism development. However, how different stakeholders perceive partnership and share their goals and benefits is not well known. An understanding of these questions can lead to more beneficial and inclusive partnerships while leveraging social responsibility in tourism. Based on 17 key stakeholder interviews, the qualitative research findings indicate that despite the partners’ good awareness of the existing policies, there is a disconnection between awareness and practices. An undeveloped social capital and a paucity of used mechanisms to measure progress were some of the key difficulties in tourism resilience building. It is concluded that there is a need to create greater policy and national agenda engagement among stakeholders in PPP at an operational level.