Regionalism in Tourism-The Case for Kenya and Ethiopia

Frost, Frederick A.; Shanka, Tekle

doi:10.1300/j073v11n01_03

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“…Included in the set of countries to be visited should be an "anchor" country, which would be used as primary attraction for visitors. This is similar to Frost and Shanka (2001) describes as "regional tourism." The strategy would necessitate setting up a common center for international tourism in Sub-Saharan Africa.…”

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confidence: 53%

“…However, these potentials could be turned into reality only if the right public policies and marketing strategies are employed by the nations of this region. It is just as Frost and Shanka (2001) once reiterated that: "international tourism can be a viable source of foreign exchange earnings . .…”

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confidence: 99%

“…By that estimation, and the upper-case scenario projection of 44.9 million visitors that would amount to a total of 98.78 million pounds of solid waste per day for Sub-Saharan Africa by the year 2010! There is also the problem of conflict of interests with the local communities as pointed out by Frost and Shanka (2001). For example, while the government may be interested in large number of tourists visiting a tourist attraction site, the local people may consider such a site sacred, an object of veneration, not of visitation by some unknown outsiders who may "desecrate" their object of worship.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Africa is in the race! (Dieke 2000(Dieke , 1994Frost and Shanka 2001) With 28 African countries having tourism receipts accounting for more than 15% of their total annual exports (World Bank, 2002), it was rightly said that international tourism has become a salient service sector in the economic development strategies of several African countries (Brown, 1998(Brown, , 2000Dieke, 1991;Gray, 2000). Even then, several authors have observed that the vast potential of international tourism in Africa remains to be fully realized (Ankomah and Crompton, 1990;Frost and Shanka, 2001;de Lisser, 2004;Wines, 2004).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Potentials of Sub-Saharan Africa in the Global Market for International Tourism

Oyewole

2006

Journal of Global Marketing

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This paper examines the future prospects of Sub-Saharan African region in the international market for tourism. This was achieved by analyzing past trends of international tourism arrivals and receipts in the region, and projecting these trends to the year 2010 using an amalgamation of four different time-series projection models after being evaluated by the MAPE. Results are given as confidence limits in three different scenarios. They show that arrivals of international tourists to Sub-Saharan Africa would increase from 17.9 millions in 2000 (end of observed period) to 28.9 million and 44.9 million tourists by the year 2010. The figures for receipts would go from $7.0b in 2000 to $11.0b and $15.3b by the year 2010. Receipts per capita (i.e., per tourist) would however decline at an annual rate of between 20.48% and 20.91% during the projection period. Socioeconomic impacts of these findings are given, and their implications for international marketing strategies and government public policies in Sub-Saharan Africa are discussed.

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confidence: 53%

Section: Marketng and Public Policy Implicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Marketng and Public Policy Implicationsmentioning

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Potentials of Sub-Saharan Africa in the Global Market for International Tourism

Oyewole

2006

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“…In fact, 28 African countries have tourism receipts accounting for more than 15% of their total annual exports (World Bank, 2002). Even then, the vast potential of international tourism in Africa remains to be fully realized (Ankomah and Crompton, 1990;Frost and Shanka, 2001). Several reasons could be advanced why tourists choose to visit one coun-try rather than the other.…”

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confidence: 99%

Editor's Note

Chon¹

2004

Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing

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Price of tourism is one of the major determinants of demand for international tourism. This paper assessed the relative price competitiveness of African countries in the international tourism market. It used a measure of price assessment that is based on the purchasing power parities of the ICP to ensure adequate comparability. Ethiopia, Malawi, and Zimbabwe were found to be the most price competitive; while the least price competitive countries proved to be Botswana, Tanzania, and Egypt. Changes in price competitiveness between 1985 and 2000 were analyzed according to sources of such changes. Policy and managerial implications of findings are discussed, and directions for future research are given. [Article copies available for a fee from The Haworth Document Delivery Service: 1-800-HAWORTH. E-mail address: Website:

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