Transformation of the Tourism Sector in South Africa: A Possible Growth Stimulant?

Abrahams, Diane; Economics, South Africa

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“…The National Tourism Sector Strategy is currently the key strategic policy framework (Department of Tourism, 2017). "Transformation" is a core objective in order to make the tourism sector more "inclusive" (Abrahams, 2019). Within the expanding international scholarship on inclusive tourism, the South African case is distinctive because government policy focuses on achieving greater "inclusion" defined in terms of the incorporation into the mainstream economy of those groups who were formerly disadvantaged or marginalized under apartheid, including informal firms operating on the margins of South Africa's formal tourism economy (C. M. Rogerson, 2020a).…”

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“…Within the expanding international scholarship on inclusive tourism, the South African case is distinctive because government policy focuses on achieving greater "inclusion" defined in terms of the incorporation into the mainstream economy of those groups who were formerly disadvantaged or marginalized under apartheid, including informal firms operating on the margins of South Africa's formal tourism economy (C. M. Rogerson, 2020a). The policy emphasis is upon boosting Black South African entrepreneurs as owners and operators of tourism firms, in addition to Black communities and also women and persons with disabilities as beneficiaries of tourism as part of a commitment to affirmative action and Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) (Abrahams, 2019;Giddy et al, 2020). Policy interventions to support the expansion of the niches of "rural tourism" and by COVID-19 (Alonso et al, 2020;Breier et al, 2021;Bressan et al, 2021;Hemmington & Neill, 2021).…”

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Covid-19 Crisis Management Responses of Small Tourism Firms in South Africa

Booyens

Rogerson

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Tourism Review International

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Although the literature on COVID-19 is expanding, particularly in relation to crisis management responses pursued by large tourism enterprises, currently few studies exist on the responses of small tourism firms and more specifically of the crisis management practices of small and microaccom modation establishments. The aim in this study is to investigate the business management responses of small tourism firms to the COVID-19 pandemic crisis and restrictions in South Africa. Themes of concern are whether enterprises have been able to sustain operations and adopt certain coping mechanisms or management strategies to mitigate the pandemic’s impact. The article reports on an interview survey of small and microenterprises engaged in accommodation services (N = 75) in South Africa under lockdown restrictions as a means of assessing the responses and coping strategies during an unprecedented crisis of this core component of the country’s tourism industry. Among key findings are that small and microlodging firms that have suffered severe financial losses because of the COVID-19 shock have few viable mechanisms to cope with the impact of the crisis and that government support to aid recovery has been insufficient in South Africa. This research contributes to the limited body of international scholarship that examines how small and microaccommodation firms, a major group and contributor of many economies, are navigating the unprecedented COVID-19 environment.

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Covid-19 Crisis Management Responses of Small Tourism Firms in South Africa

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Rogerson

et al. 2022

Tourism Review International

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“…The primary reason related to the state of the tourism economy at the time, and the fact that a number of stakeholders in the industry were experiencing increasing financial pressures as a result of decreasing tourist numbers with downturns in both domestic and international tourism. Moreover, the industry also appeared to be focused on complying with national government driven transformation initiatives which sought to make the tourism industry more inclusive (Abrahams, 2019). Within this policy context the industry stakeholders viewed climate change-based sustainability initiatives as nothing more than "a nice to have" rather than being essential to the long-term survival or profitability of the tourism industry (Pandy andRogerson, 2018, 2020).…”

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Climate Change Risks and Tourism in South Africa: Projections and Policy

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2021

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The challenge of climate change and tourism is an evolving international knowledge domain. South Africa is one of the most vulnerable countries with respect to projected climate change. For the national tourism economy climate change is a significant topic of concern. The objectives in this article are to present climate change projections and potential impacts for South Africa’s tourism economy and to critically analyse the policy landscape concerning national government’s response to climate change as a whole and more specifically in relation to the tourism sector. It is shown key tourism assets of South Africa are at risk from the advance of climate change. The analysis discloses that the South African government has supported international efforts and obligations to address the challenge of climate change, commitments which have influenced policy development regarding tourism. Nevertheless, policy development towards climate change and tourism has not progressed greatly over the past decade. Arguably, this is an outcome of the overwhelming concentration in recent government tourism policy in South Africa towards issues of inclusivity and transformation.

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“…The discussion so far has concentrated on the direct maximisation of the benefits of rich municipal assets for tourism development and enterprise establishment or expansion. Another sub-focus of research was on questions relating to the transformation and expanding the involvement in the tourism economy of black entrepreneurs, which is a major objective of government policy (Abrahams, 2019). The potential stimulation of enterprise development through public procurement and leveraging of the supply chains associated with the municipal assets was explored.…”

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Using Municipal Tourism Assets for Leveraging Local Economic Development in South Africa

Rogerson

2020

Bulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series

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AbstractTourism development can be a vital component of place-based development initiatives in the global South. The nexus of tourism and place-based development thinking in the global South and of the role of local governments is only beginning to be investigated by tourism scholars. This article explores the record of using tourism assets in one South African local municipality for leveraging local economic development. Evidence is drawn from the experience of the King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality in South Africa's Eastern Cape province. The research results point to an unimpressive record on the part of local government in directing the use of local assets for assisting tourism development. Several challenges are revealed to explain the underperformance of potentially valuable local assets in this municipality. Institutional and governance shortcomings, including widespread corruption, underpin the observed weaknesses both in the everyday workings of local government in relation to service delivery and infrastructure support as well as its inability to implement plans for local economic development. Well-meaning policies proposed for tourism development are not implemented variously for reasons of funding, lack of local support, lack of entrepreneurialism by the municipality and lack of ability to implement because of capacity issues. Potential state assets which could bolster tourism and local development outcomes are not being realized and in many cases the assets themselves are in a state of deterioration because of neglect.

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Transformation of the Tourism Sector in South Africa: A Possible Growth Stimulant?

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Cited by 10 publications

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Covid-19 Crisis Management Responses of Small Tourism Firms in South Africa

Covid-19 Crisis Management Responses of Small Tourism Firms in South Africa

Climate Change Risks and Tourism in South Africa: Projections and Policy

Using Municipal Tourism Assets for Leveraging Local Economic Development in South Africa

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