Tourism Innovation and Sustainability: Implications for Skills Development in South Africa

Booyens, Irma; Motala, S.; Ngandu, Stewart

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“…Among the innovative initiatives in the tourism sector, there is a growing interest in sustainability, leading to changes in the way these companies operate in the environment [1]. Innovation is pertinent, not only for competitiveness for tourism firms and destinations, but also for enhancing environmental protection and social benefits from the perspective of sustainable tourism [39]. The great importance of sustainability for the competitiveness of tourism destinations worldwide, and especially for developed destinations, has recently been confirmed, which should imply a change in the behaviour of destination managers in relation to sustainability [40].…”

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Determinants of the Propensity for Innovation among Entrepreneurs in the Tourism Industry

Montañés-Del-Río

Medina-Garrido

2020

Sustainability

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Tourism’s increasing share of Gross Domestic Product throughout the world, its impact on employment and its continuous growth justifies the interest it raises amongst entrepreneurs and public authorities. However, this growth coexists with intense competition; as a result of which, tourism companies must continuously innovate in order to survive and grow. This is evident in the diversification of tourism products and destinations, the improvement of business processes and the incorporation of new technologies for intermediation, amongst other examples. This paper expounds on the factors that explain the propensity for innovation amongst tourism entrepreneurs and it may help governments to promote innovation that is based on those determining factors. The hypotheses are tested using a logistic regression on 699 international tourism entrepreneurs, taken from the 2014 Global Adult Population Survey of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor project. The propensity for innovation amongst tourism entrepreneurs has a statistically significant relationship to gender, age, level of education and informal investments in previous businesses.

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Determinants of the Propensity for Innovation among Entrepreneurs in the Tourism Industry

Montañés-Del-Río

Medina-Garrido

2020

Sustainability

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“…In correspondence, Baum (2015) urge for skills development in tourism beyond a focus on technical skills. This research also calls for skills training in T&H, which is sector-specific (addressing the needs of tourism sub-sectors) and not necessarily formal (see Baum, 2007) to enhance employability of tourism graduates (also see Booyens et al, 2020). A further challenge is the lack of graduates' workplace experience.…”

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“…Within the tourism sector, hospitality (accommodation combined with food and beverages) employs the most persons -39% the total tourism workforce in 2017. The vast majority of hospitality workers was Black (78.2% in 2017), female (61.6% in 2017) and aged 40 years or younger (78.4% in 2015; see Booyens et al, 2020). Although not directly comparable to the QLFS figures, the TNA also alludes to overwhelmingly young hospitality workforce with 64% employees aged 35 years or younger, predominantly in elementary jobs.…”

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confidence: 97%

“…Of tourism employees in 2017, more than three-quarters were Black Africans (76%), followed by Whites (10%), Coloureds (10%) and Indians/Asians (4%)see Figure 1 for an employment figure table by race 4 and gender. Overall, females made up 41% of the tourism workforce in 2017 QLFS data reveals that up to 68% of the tourism workforce was aged 40 years or younger in 2015 (see Booyens et al, 2020). The picture concerning gender and age changes somewhat when a closer look is taken at the hospitality sub-sector.…”

Section: Tourism Employment With Reference To Gender and Agementioning

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Education and skills in tourism: Implications for youth employment in South Africa

Booyens

2020

Development Southern Africa

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The tourism sector is routinely offered as an option to grow employment in South Africa. Yet, questions need to be asked about the nature of employment in tourism, the state of education and skills training in the sector and its prospects for youth. Drawing on a national study, this paper interrogates tourism education and skills training issues in relation to youth employment and development. The findings reveal that youth in the sector find themselves in precarious employment: they typically have low level skills, do not continue their education or training after being employed and have few career progression options. At the same time, a mismatch between the outcomes of education and skills training in tourism and the requirements of the industry come to the fore. Enhanced skills development and the creation of pathways for learning; labour market access and upward career progression are needed to advance youth in tourism.

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“…Mooney and Jameson (2018) put forward that viewing a hospitality career as a 'calling' can put T&H employees on a path towards developing a hospitality identity and career. Therefore, from a human resource development perspective, employees need to be upskilled in order to facilitate upward career mobility in the T&H sector (Booyens et al, 2020).…”

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Tourisms development impacts: an appraisal of workplace issues, labour and human development

Booyens

2022

Handbook of Tourism Impacts

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Tourism's development role is an established focus in tourism studies and policy aimed at enhancing the socio-economic impacts of tourism. This chapter reviews the notion of development in tourism debates, drawing attention to impacts related to education and skills development, employment and livelihoods. While environmental protection is front-and-centre in climate change debates, current sustainability discourses underscore the need for a greater focus on human development. This chapter highlights the need for concerted policy development to enhance tourism impacts with respect to sustaining livelihoods, enhancing employee and community wellbeing, improving work conditions, and supporting overall human development.

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Tourism Innovation and Sustainability: Implications for Skills Development in South Africa

Cited by 4 publications

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Determinants of the Propensity for Innovation among Entrepreneurs in the Tourism Industry

Determinants of the Propensity for Innovation among Entrepreneurs in the Tourism Industry

Education and skills in tourism: Implications for youth employment in South Africa

Tourisms development impacts: an appraisal of workplace issues, labour and human development

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