Challenges and Growth Trajectory of the Hospitality Industry in South Africa (1994-2020)
- Authors: Olowoyo, Mary , Ramaila, Sam , Mavuru, Lydia
- Date: 2021
- Subjects: Hospitality industry , Skill acquisition , Job satisfaction
- Language: English
- Type: Book chapter
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/486827 , uj:44294 , Citation: Olowoyo, M., Ramaila, S. & Mavuru, L. (2021). Challenges and Growth Trajectory of the Hospitality Industry in South Africa (1994-2020). African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 10(3):1077-1091. DOI: https://doi.org/10.46222/ajhtl.19770720-150 , ISSN: 2223-814X , DOI: https://doi.org/10.46222/ajhtl.19770720-150
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Business challenges of arts and crafts street vendors at key tourist attractions in Soweto, South Africa
- Authors: Moagi, Thato Joseph , Ivanovic, Milena , Adinolfi, Maisa Correia
- Date: 2021
- Subjects: Arts and crafts street vendors , Mandela House Museum , Vilakazi street
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/487885 , uj:44429 , Citation: Moagi, T.J., Ivanovic, M & Adinolfi, M.C. (2021). Business Challenges of Arts and Crafts Street Vendors at Key Tourist Attractions in Soweto, South Africa. African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 10(1):85-101. DOI: https://doi.org/10.46222/ajhtl.19770720-88 , ISSN: 2223-814X
- Description: Abstract: Soweto is South Africa’s most iconic tourist destination, providing local street vendors with an opportunity to sell arts and crafts. This paper presents a detailed overview of business challenges faced by a population of 60 arts and crafts street vendors operating at two main tourist attractions in Soweto, the Mandela House/Museum and the Hector Pieterson Memorial. The study employs a mixed methodology based on a four-stage exploratory sequential research design. The profile characteristics of arts and craft street vendors lead to some interesting conclusions whereby the triangulation of qualitative and quantitative results reveals the main challenges in operating their businesses. They are grouped as: a) inadequate infrastructure, especially a lack of dedicated trading space and storage facilities; b) lack of safety due to high levels of congestion and crime affecting daily trade; and c) non-compliance with legislation, lack of government funding and reliance on the cash economy. The study presents a contribution to tourism literature on the little-known challenges of informal businesses trading as arts and crafts street vendors at main tourist attractions in Soweto.
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‘In-Between’ Rural Tourism: Rethinking Rural Tourism Spaces for Policy Development in South Africa
- Authors: Rogerson, Christian M. , Rogerson, Jayne M.
- Date: 2021
- Subjects: Rural tourism policy , Rural tourism spaces , ‘In-between’ rural spaces
- Language: English
- Type: English
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/494783 , uj:44909 , Citation: Rogerson, C.M & Rogerson, J.M. (2021). In-Between’ Rural Tourism: Rethinking Rural Tourism Spaces for Policy Development in South Africa. African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 10(4):1394-1413. DOI: https://doi.org/10.46222/ajhtl.19770720-169 , DOI: 10.46222/ajhtl.19770720-169 , ISSN: 2223-814X
- Description: Abstract: Rural tourism is the focus of major international scholarship. This paper contributes to policy debates about rural tourism in the Global South using the example of South Africa. Specifically, it points to a need for rethinking of rural tourism spaces for policy development in South Africa. Arguably, ‘rural spaces’ cannot be viewed homogeneously simply as places outside of cities; instead rural tourism spaces must be unpacked and differentiated. The South African case is of special interest in Global South scholarship because national government launched initiatives to prepare an appropriate rural tourism policy. It is argued that a spatially differentiated approach to rural tourism policy is useful and recommends as a starting point drawing upon best practice international research which identifies (at least) three different categories of rural space, namely fringe, exotic/remote and in-between rural spaces. Insight is provided of two examples of ‘in-between’ rural spaces in South Africa, namely Greater Giyani Local Municipality in Limpopo and Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality in Eastern Cape.
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