Niche tourism research and policy : international and South African debates
- Rogerson, Christian M., Rogerson, Jayne M.
- Authors: Rogerson, Christian M. , Rogerson, Jayne M.
- Date: 2021
- Subjects: Niche tourism , Tourism policy , Special interest tourism
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/489702 , uj:44659 , Citation: Rogerson, C.M & Rogerson, J.M. (2021). Niche Tourism Research and Policy: International and South African Debates. African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 10(4):1131-1151. DOI: https://doi.org/10.46222/ajhtl.19770720-153
- Description: Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic is a ‘trigger event’ which is remoulding new patterns of demand and supply for the tourism sector. For policy makers and destination managers it highlights the potential significance of niche tourism products. South Africa is viewed as fertile terrain for the promotion of different forms of niche tourism. The aim is to investigate international and South African research debates concerning niche tourism. The paper analyses the conceptual development of niche tourism, international debates, the (re-) emergence of niche tourism on the policy agenda of tourism stakeholders in South Africa and the state of existing literature and debates surrounding niche tourism in the country. The article represents a contribution to the growing and vibrant scholarship around niche tourism and change in the global South.
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- Authors: Rogerson, Christian M. , Rogerson, Jayne M.
- Date: 2021
- Subjects: Niche tourism , Tourism policy , Special interest tourism
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/489702 , uj:44659 , Citation: Rogerson, C.M & Rogerson, J.M. (2021). Niche Tourism Research and Policy: International and South African Debates. African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 10(4):1131-1151. DOI: https://doi.org/10.46222/ajhtl.19770720-153
- Description: Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic is a ‘trigger event’ which is remoulding new patterns of demand and supply for the tourism sector. For policy makers and destination managers it highlights the potential significance of niche tourism products. South Africa is viewed as fertile terrain for the promotion of different forms of niche tourism. The aim is to investigate international and South African research debates concerning niche tourism. The paper analyses the conceptual development of niche tourism, international debates, the (re-) emergence of niche tourism on the policy agenda of tourism stakeholders in South Africa and the state of existing literature and debates surrounding niche tourism in the country. The article represents a contribution to the growing and vibrant scholarship around niche tourism and change in the global South.
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Stakeholders’ assessments of tourism policy and product development in Zimbabwe
- Makoni, Logistic, Tichaawa, Tembi M.
- Authors: Makoni, Logistic , Tichaawa, Tembi M.
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Stakeholder , Tourism policy , Tourism product development
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/279530 , uj:30020 , Citation: Makoni, L. & Tichaawa, T.M. 2018. Stakeholders’ assessments of tourism policy and product development in Zimbabwe. African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 7(4):1-19. , ISSN: 2223-814X
- Description: Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to determine the stakeholders’ assessments of tourism policy, and the state of tourism product development in Zimbabwe. The study is argued from the perspective that stakeholder views on tourism have remained an under-researched phenomenon in sub-Saharan Africa. Adopting an exploratory qualitative study design, semi-structured interviews were conducted with key tourism stakeholders identified by way of a purposive sampling technique. From the interviews, key issues that came to the fore, were that the tourism policy of Zimbabwe was said to be outdated, the distribution of tourism offerings limited, the economic performance poor, and the state of tourism offerings in the country having been negatively influenced by the political instabilities wracking the country. The study provides some insights into the importance of the role of tourism stakeholders in terms of policy formulation, planning and strategy implementation.
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- Authors: Makoni, Logistic , Tichaawa, Tembi M.
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Stakeholder , Tourism policy , Tourism product development
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/279530 , uj:30020 , Citation: Makoni, L. & Tichaawa, T.M. 2018. Stakeholders’ assessments of tourism policy and product development in Zimbabwe. African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 7(4):1-19. , ISSN: 2223-814X
- Description: Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to determine the stakeholders’ assessments of tourism policy, and the state of tourism product development in Zimbabwe. The study is argued from the perspective that stakeholder views on tourism have remained an under-researched phenomenon in sub-Saharan Africa. Adopting an exploratory qualitative study design, semi-structured interviews were conducted with key tourism stakeholders identified by way of a purposive sampling technique. From the interviews, key issues that came to the fore, were that the tourism policy of Zimbabwe was said to be outdated, the distribution of tourism offerings limited, the economic performance poor, and the state of tourism offerings in the country having been negatively influenced by the political instabilities wracking the country. The study provides some insights into the importance of the role of tourism stakeholders in terms of policy formulation, planning and strategy implementation.
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