“…Tourism has become one of the fastest growing and largest economic sectors globally (Sharpley & Harrison, 2019). It has furthermore been associated with the creation of jobs and economic revitalisation of localities facing stagnation (Binns & Nel, 2002;Meyer & Meyer, 2015;Rogerson, 2019a). A significant number of destinations worldwide, including South Africa, have realised tourism's potential as a driver of socioeconomic progress (Brida & Pulina, 2010), which has been recognised in a range of policy documents (Republic of South Africa, 2010Africa, , 2017.…”