176 Citations
Tourism and development: a case study of Mdumbi Backpackers and Transcape non-profit organisations.
- Business
- 2014
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Barriers towards African youth participation in domestic tourism in post-apartheid South Africa : The case of Alexandra Township , Johannesburg
- Sociology
- 2016
Youth tourism is a new and rapidly growing sector in the global tourism economy representing a key element in fueling global tourism demand projections. However, not all youth, especially along class…
Tourism based Black Economic Empowerment [BEE]: Initiatives for local community development
- Business
- 2011
The South African government through a variety of tourism policies and strategies has tried to utilise the Black economic empowerment [BEE] initiative to improve economic benefits for the previously…
Africa’ s Comparative advantage In Travel Service Exports
- Economics
- 2009
Abstract While trade in African merchandise has lagged behind that of other developing countries, services exports – notably travel and tourism – have shown remarkable growth over the past decade.…
Small-Scale, Nature-Based Tourism as a Pro-Poor Development Intervention: Two Examples in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Economics
- 2006
Tourism is widely acknowledged as a key economic sector that has the potential to contribute to national and local development and, more specifically, serve as a mechanism to promote poverty…
Pro-Poor local economic development in South Africa: The role of pro-poor tourism
- Economics
- 2006
This paper describes features of the emerging nexus in South Africa between tourism, poverty alleviation and local economic development (LED) interventions. The South African experience of evolving a…
RECONSIDERING PARTICIPATION FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY WELL-BEING IN ECOTOURISM IN GHANA
- Business
- 2019
This study focused on enhancing participation in ecotourism development for local community well-being. A mixed methodological approach was employed in the data collection and analysis.…
Market segmentation and the changing South African hotel industry (1990 to 2010)
- Business, Economics
- 2011
Market segmentation is an expanding focus in tourism scholarship. Only limited application of this concept has been undertaken to interpret hotel business development, especially in sub-Saharan…
Evaluating and Disseminating Experiences in Local Economic Development: Observations on Integrated Development Programmes of the Free State, Republic of South Africa
- Economics
- 2006
The aim of this paper is to assess the degree to which the components of the Rural Economic and Enterprise Development (REED) framework have been incorporated into integrated development planning…