Motivation provides incentives towards a certain desired behavior [27]. During the decision making process motivation works as an internal driving force which equally influences direction and strength of behavior [29,30]. In order to determine municipalities' participative behavior, perceived benefits are of relevance to local communities and are crucial in motivating municipalities to participate. Perceived benefits of tourism which are relevant for the community were identified as a vital factor to motivate them to participate and was found to be a key determinant of the choice of participation in the community tourism participation context [21]. Following their research, to determine municipalities' participative behavior, it is posited that perceived benefits from the hydropower plants are of relevance to local community and are crucial in motivating a municipality to participate.