Stakeholder perspectives on tourism development in the Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier
- Sinthumule, Ndidzulafhi Innocent
- Authors: Sinthumule, Ndidzulafhi Innocent
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Economic development , Mapungubwe , Tourism
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/286580 , uj:31011 , Citation: Sinthumule, N.I. 2018. Stakeholder perspectives on tourism development in the Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier. African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 7(5):1-11. , ISSN: 2223-814X
- Description: Abstract: Over the past three decades, several transfrontier conservation areas (TFCAs) have been established, particularly in southern Africa. TFCAs are touted as a strategy for re-establishing traditional migratory routes for wildlife to roam freely across the borders of countries artificially separated by political borders. As a strategy for peaceful coexistence and collaboration among countries in southern Africa, TFCAs are also popularly known as “peace parks”. From an economic perspective, TFCAs are viewed as a potentially huge tourism industry that could bring in much-needed revenue for development. This claim seemingly arose without empirical basis and needs to be subjected to scrutiny. This begs the question— in which ways do TFCAs materially give impetus to tourism? Does the establishment of TFCAs improve the space economy of the region, especially tourism and investment trends? This study uses evidence from the Greater Mapungubwe TFCA to argue that the TFCAs brand does not trigger tourism and economic development.
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- Authors: Sinthumule, Ndidzulafhi Innocent
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Economic development , Mapungubwe , Tourism
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/286580 , uj:31011 , Citation: Sinthumule, N.I. 2018. Stakeholder perspectives on tourism development in the Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier. African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 7(5):1-11. , ISSN: 2223-814X
- Description: Abstract: Over the past three decades, several transfrontier conservation areas (TFCAs) have been established, particularly in southern Africa. TFCAs are touted as a strategy for re-establishing traditional migratory routes for wildlife to roam freely across the borders of countries artificially separated by political borders. As a strategy for peaceful coexistence and collaboration among countries in southern Africa, TFCAs are also popularly known as “peace parks”. From an economic perspective, TFCAs are viewed as a potentially huge tourism industry that could bring in much-needed revenue for development. This claim seemingly arose without empirical basis and needs to be subjected to scrutiny. This begs the question— in which ways do TFCAs materially give impetus to tourism? Does the establishment of TFCAs improve the space economy of the region, especially tourism and investment trends? This study uses evidence from the Greater Mapungubwe TFCA to argue that the TFCAs brand does not trigger tourism and economic development.
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The ‘decision-making’ on the trade of 'Cultural Artefacts', applying the role of tourism to measure the economic perspective
- Authors: Baur, P. W.
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Cultural Artefacts , Cultural Significance , Tourism
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/285536 , uj:30881 , Citation: Baur, P.W. 2018. The ‘decision-making’ on the trade of 'Cultural Artefacts', applying the role of tourism to measure the economic perspective. African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 7(4):1-19. , ISSN: 2223-814X
- Description: Abstract: Tourism continues to flow into Africa and along with this flow of tourism, is the flow of tourist spending. Much of the spending is used to purchase goods and souvenirs that are unique to the region from which they are bought. While tourism spending greatly contributes towards the growth and development of these regions, there is also the added benefit associated with the trade of 'Cultural Artefacts'. Each year, thousands of historically significant artefacts exchange hands across the world. What makes these artefacts so significant is that they contain within them an element of ‘cultural value’. This ‘cultural value’ is specific to the information, subjective norm and institutional importance relevant to religious, social and geographic location. The flow of Art from these regions is highly correlated with the flow of tourism, and tourism facilitates the link between local and international art markets. Yet the trade of 'Cultural Artefacts' which are rich in 'cultural significance' operate on a different level to that of ‘works of art’. This paper looks at the way in which the value of items of 'cultural significance' are considered within an economic context and proposes a methodology, to determine the role of value, within an historical cultural framework.
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- Authors: Baur, P. W.
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Cultural Artefacts , Cultural Significance , Tourism
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/285536 , uj:30881 , Citation: Baur, P.W. 2018. The ‘decision-making’ on the trade of 'Cultural Artefacts', applying the role of tourism to measure the economic perspective. African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 7(4):1-19. , ISSN: 2223-814X
- Description: Abstract: Tourism continues to flow into Africa and along with this flow of tourism, is the flow of tourist spending. Much of the spending is used to purchase goods and souvenirs that are unique to the region from which they are bought. While tourism spending greatly contributes towards the growth and development of these regions, there is also the added benefit associated with the trade of 'Cultural Artefacts'. Each year, thousands of historically significant artefacts exchange hands across the world. What makes these artefacts so significant is that they contain within them an element of ‘cultural value’. This ‘cultural value’ is specific to the information, subjective norm and institutional importance relevant to religious, social and geographic location. The flow of Art from these regions is highly correlated with the flow of tourism, and tourism facilitates the link between local and international art markets. Yet the trade of 'Cultural Artefacts' which are rich in 'cultural significance' operate on a different level to that of ‘works of art’. This paper looks at the way in which the value of items of 'cultural significance' are considered within an economic context and proposes a methodology, to determine the role of value, within an historical cultural framework.
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Tourism geographies and spatial distribution of tourist sites in Ghana
- Authors: Siakwah, Pius
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Tourism , Geographies , Spatiality
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/271501 , uj:28876 , Citation: Siakwah, P. 2018. Tourism geographies and spatial distribution of tourist sites in Ghana. African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 7(1):1-19 , ISSN: 2223-814X
- Description: Abstract: Appreciating and advertising the spatial distributions of tourist sites is one of the core challenges and opportunities for policy makers and development experts to promoting sustainable tourism sector development in Ghana. This article critically provides picturesque, geographical and spatial uneven distributions or patterns of tourism resources in Ghana in order to try to unpack the key potentials in the country’s tourism space. The review is based on a comprehensive analysis of tourism literature and policy documents in Ghana. The goal in this article is thus a modest attempt to provide a picturesque view of the uneven geographies of tourism in Ghana. Trends observed in the country’s tourism space in relation to disaggregating groupings destinations or tourism spaces into natural or man-made (socio-cultural heritage) and rural and urban. The analysis showed that tourism sites are distributed spatially in Ghana, and the sites can be classified in natural sites like parks and game reserves, rivers, mountains; and man-made or socio-cultural resources such as castles, museums, cultural heritages, artefacts and historical experiences. These resources are however, are poorly marketed, globally and locally. Effective marketing and coordination among actors and institutions can help promote tourism and sustain it in Ghana for the benefit of the people and future generations.
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- Authors: Siakwah, Pius
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Tourism , Geographies , Spatiality
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/271501 , uj:28876 , Citation: Siakwah, P. 2018. Tourism geographies and spatial distribution of tourist sites in Ghana. African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 7(1):1-19 , ISSN: 2223-814X
- Description: Abstract: Appreciating and advertising the spatial distributions of tourist sites is one of the core challenges and opportunities for policy makers and development experts to promoting sustainable tourism sector development in Ghana. This article critically provides picturesque, geographical and spatial uneven distributions or patterns of tourism resources in Ghana in order to try to unpack the key potentials in the country’s tourism space. The review is based on a comprehensive analysis of tourism literature and policy documents in Ghana. The goal in this article is thus a modest attempt to provide a picturesque view of the uneven geographies of tourism in Ghana. Trends observed in the country’s tourism space in relation to disaggregating groupings destinations or tourism spaces into natural or man-made (socio-cultural heritage) and rural and urban. The analysis showed that tourism sites are distributed spatially in Ghana, and the sites can be classified in natural sites like parks and game reserves, rivers, mountains; and man-made or socio-cultural resources such as castles, museums, cultural heritages, artefacts and historical experiences. These resources are however, are poorly marketed, globally and locally. Effective marketing and coordination among actors and institutions can help promote tourism and sustain it in Ghana for the benefit of the people and future generations.
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Factors inhibiting large enterprises from establishing sustainable linkages with black-owned tourism SMMEs in South Africa
- Authors: Harilal, V. , Nyikana, S.
- Date: 2019
- Subjects: Tourism , SMMEs , Linkages
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/293537 , uj:31918 , Citation: Harilal, V. & Nyikana, S. 2019. Factors inhibiting large enterprises from establishing sustainable linkages with black-owned tourism SMMEs in South Africa. African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 8(3):1-14. , ISSN: 2223-814X
- Description: Abstract: South African policy has identified the need for the tourism sector to undergo transformation, especially in relation to the black ownership of tourism companies. However, in reality the above has not taken place at the pace that the government desired, owing to various challenges. Of particular concern has been the uncertain nature of the effective linkages between large enterprises and smaller, black-owned enterprises, in relation to the opportunities that the large enterprises present for mutual benefit and participation in the tourism value chain. The current study aims at determining the main factors that inhibit large enterprises from establishing such long-lasting business linkages with black-owned SMMEs, for the sustainable development of South Africa’s tourism industry. A qualitative research design was adopted in conducting the study. Through a series of interviews with large tourism enterprises, the study reveals a number of factors that impede cooperation between large and small tourism enterprises. Among others are the negative perceptions that are held by large businesses regarding the capacity and resourcing of small black enterprises, as well as the lack of access between the two, linked to the procurement patterns of large enterprises, in particular. The study, therefore, proposes some potential strategies for nationwide adoption, which might serve to improve cooperation between the large and small enterprises for the overall benefit of the South African tourism industry, thereby forming sustainable linkages between the dominant large enterprises and the smaller, blackowned tourism SMMEs.
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- Authors: Harilal, V. , Nyikana, S.
- Date: 2019
- Subjects: Tourism , SMMEs , Linkages
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/293537 , uj:31918 , Citation: Harilal, V. & Nyikana, S. 2019. Factors inhibiting large enterprises from establishing sustainable linkages with black-owned tourism SMMEs in South Africa. African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 8(3):1-14. , ISSN: 2223-814X
- Description: Abstract: South African policy has identified the need for the tourism sector to undergo transformation, especially in relation to the black ownership of tourism companies. However, in reality the above has not taken place at the pace that the government desired, owing to various challenges. Of particular concern has been the uncertain nature of the effective linkages between large enterprises and smaller, black-owned enterprises, in relation to the opportunities that the large enterprises present for mutual benefit and participation in the tourism value chain. The current study aims at determining the main factors that inhibit large enterprises from establishing such long-lasting business linkages with black-owned SMMEs, for the sustainable development of South Africa’s tourism industry. A qualitative research design was adopted in conducting the study. Through a series of interviews with large tourism enterprises, the study reveals a number of factors that impede cooperation between large and small tourism enterprises. Among others are the negative perceptions that are held by large businesses regarding the capacity and resourcing of small black enterprises, as well as the lack of access between the two, linked to the procurement patterns of large enterprises, in particular. The study, therefore, proposes some potential strategies for nationwide adoption, which might serve to improve cooperation between the large and small enterprises for the overall benefit of the South African tourism industry, thereby forming sustainable linkages between the dominant large enterprises and the smaller, blackowned tourism SMMEs.
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How African is the African Journal of Hospitality Tourism and Leisure? An analysis of publishing trends for the period 2011-2018
- Rogerson, Christian M., Rogerson, Jayne M.
- Authors: Rogerson, Christian M. , Rogerson, Jayne M.
- Date: 2019
- Subjects: Tourism , Hospitality and leisure journals , Publishing patterns
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://ujcontent.uj.ac.za8080/10210/387968 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/294107 , uj:31993 , Citation: Rogerson, C.M. & Rogerson, J.M. 2019. How African is the African Journal of Hospitality Tourism and Leisure? An analysis of publishing trends for the period 2011-2018. African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 8(2):1-17. , ISSN: 2223-814X
- Description: Abstract: There is a subset of scholarship that relates to analysis of a particular discipline’s leading scholarly journals and their published articles. In the fields of tourism, hospitality and leisure is the appearance and rise of a body of international literature which examines variously the thematic contents, leading individual authors, institutions and citations of journals. In Africa only a limited literature exists about publishing in the field of tourism, hospitality and leisure. This paper offers an exploratory analysis of publishing and in particular of patterns of production and consumption of research articles in the African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure. Major attention is given to the African contribution to and of the journal. It is disclosed that the journal has expanded greatly in terms of its published output since 2014. Further, it has established a critical research focus on the tourism, hospitality and leisure sectors in Africa. Although the largest share of contributions are generated from and about South Africa the journal has a reach and impact beyond that country as indexed by the range of other African countries represented in the journal. Arguably, in terms of the consumption of published articles and research in the journal it is disconcerting to reveal the relatively high proportion of articles published in the journal which seemingly fail to attract any citations in other scholarship in the field of tourism, hospitality and leisure.
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- Authors: Rogerson, Christian M. , Rogerson, Jayne M.
- Date: 2019
- Subjects: Tourism , Hospitality and leisure journals , Publishing patterns
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://ujcontent.uj.ac.za8080/10210/387968 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/294107 , uj:31993 , Citation: Rogerson, C.M. & Rogerson, J.M. 2019. How African is the African Journal of Hospitality Tourism and Leisure? An analysis of publishing trends for the period 2011-2018. African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 8(2):1-17. , ISSN: 2223-814X
- Description: Abstract: There is a subset of scholarship that relates to analysis of a particular discipline’s leading scholarly journals and their published articles. In the fields of tourism, hospitality and leisure is the appearance and rise of a body of international literature which examines variously the thematic contents, leading individual authors, institutions and citations of journals. In Africa only a limited literature exists about publishing in the field of tourism, hospitality and leisure. This paper offers an exploratory analysis of publishing and in particular of patterns of production and consumption of research articles in the African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure. Major attention is given to the African contribution to and of the journal. It is disclosed that the journal has expanded greatly in terms of its published output since 2014. Further, it has established a critical research focus on the tourism, hospitality and leisure sectors in Africa. Although the largest share of contributions are generated from and about South Africa the journal has a reach and impact beyond that country as indexed by the range of other African countries represented in the journal. Arguably, in terms of the consumption of published articles and research in the journal it is disconcerting to reveal the relatively high proportion of articles published in the journal which seemingly fail to attract any citations in other scholarship in the field of tourism, hospitality and leisure.
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Profiling and examining travel patterns pertaining to domestic tourism in Lesotho
- Bob, Urmilla, Swart, Kamilla, Perry, Edwin C., Gounden, Dinolen
- Authors: Bob, Urmilla , Swart, Kamilla , Perry, Edwin C. , Gounden, Dinolen
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: Tourism , Tourist profiles , Lesotho
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/460798 , uj:41018 , Citation: Bob, U., Swart, K., Perry, E.C. & Gounden, D. (2020). Profiling and Examining Travel Patterns Pertaining to Domestic Tourism in Lesotho. African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 9(6):1076-1092. DOI: https://doi.org/10.46222/ajhtl.19770720-69 , ISSN: 2223-814X
- Description: Abstract: While some studies have examined aspects of tourism in Lesotho, there is limited research examining domestic tourist profiles and travel patterns, crucial to unlocking Lesotho’s domestic tourism potential. There is a need for such research to enable the development of appropriate tourism products and strategies. This study then critically examines results from a household survey that was undertaken in Lesotho to assess domestic tourists’ profiles, travel patterns, main motivations, and tourism products or services. Face-to-face interviews were conducted in 1 210 households across all administrative districts of Lesotho using a proportionate sampling approach. Within each District, a systematic sampling approach was adopted to minimise bias. Lesotho has several tourism products such as cultural and heritage sites, nature-based destinations and unique leisure experiences. Pre COVID-19 levels of domestic tourism and travel were relatively high. The study found that several socio-economic factors influence the willingness and ability of households to consume domestic tourism products. It is concluded that domestic tourism in Lesotho can be improved with better, more appropriate communication and marketing strategies, as well as an upgraded transport infrastructure and tourism services.
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- Authors: Bob, Urmilla , Swart, Kamilla , Perry, Edwin C. , Gounden, Dinolen
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: Tourism , Tourist profiles , Lesotho
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/460798 , uj:41018 , Citation: Bob, U., Swart, K., Perry, E.C. & Gounden, D. (2020). Profiling and Examining Travel Patterns Pertaining to Domestic Tourism in Lesotho. African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 9(6):1076-1092. DOI: https://doi.org/10.46222/ajhtl.19770720-69 , ISSN: 2223-814X
- Description: Abstract: While some studies have examined aspects of tourism in Lesotho, there is limited research examining domestic tourist profiles and travel patterns, crucial to unlocking Lesotho’s domestic tourism potential. There is a need for such research to enable the development of appropriate tourism products and strategies. This study then critically examines results from a household survey that was undertaken in Lesotho to assess domestic tourists’ profiles, travel patterns, main motivations, and tourism products or services. Face-to-face interviews were conducted in 1 210 households across all administrative districts of Lesotho using a proportionate sampling approach. Within each District, a systematic sampling approach was adopted to minimise bias. Lesotho has several tourism products such as cultural and heritage sites, nature-based destinations and unique leisure experiences. Pre COVID-19 levels of domestic tourism and travel were relatively high. The study found that several socio-economic factors influence the willingness and ability of households to consume domestic tourism products. It is concluded that domestic tourism in Lesotho can be improved with better, more appropriate communication and marketing strategies, as well as an upgraded transport infrastructure and tourism services.
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