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Environmental factors affecting tourists' experience in South African national parks
(Academic journals, 2012)
This study, the first of its kind involving South African National Parks, aimed to determine which environmental factors in these parks have a negative effect on tourists’ experience, and whether tourists who visit parks ...
Does conservation make sense to local communities?
(Taylor & Francis, 2012)
The Kruger National Park in South Africa is a key ecotourism attraction for both domestic and international tourists. The South African National Parks have recently come under pressure to uplift communities and to build ...
Lessons in managing the visitor experience at the Klein Karoo National Arts Festival
(Clute Institute, 2012)
The event industry, in particular arts festivals, is one of South Africa’s fastest growing tourism sectors in tourism industry. However, only minimal research has been done to identify factors that arts festival visitors ...
Determinants of visitor expenditure at the Tsitsikamma National Park
(Sabinet, 2012)
The Tsitsikamma National Park is Africa's oldest and largest marine reserve. It has considerable importance for the community and the region. In the face of declining government funding, it needs to attract more high ...
The influence of the economic recession on visitors to the Kruger National Park
(Sabinet, 2012)
The aim of this study was to identify the determinants of demand of visitors for the Kruger National Park (KNP) during a recession. From 355 questionnaires, the results revealed the following determinants that influenced ...
The question is not whether to promote or not to promote, but rather when to promote
(Taylor & Francis, 2012)
The Klein Karoo National Arts Festival (KKNK) is one of South Africa's largest and most popular arts festivals. The success of the festival is dependent on the number of tickets sold. Therefore, in order to ensure an ...
The impact of tourism on poverty in South Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2012)
This paper evaluates the potential impact of tourism on poverty in South Africa on the basis of recent survey data on international tourism spending patterns. It looks at three scenarios, using an applied general equilibrium ...
Determinants of spending: an evaluation of three major sporting events
(2012)
South Africa plays host to a number of major sporting events that takes place annually such as the Two Oceans Marathon, the Argus Cycle Tour and the Midmar open water mile. This research aims to identify the socio-economic ...
Identifying the "big spenders" at a national arts festival
(University of the Free State, 2012)
This article aims to apply expenditure-based segmentation to visitors to the Klein Karoo National Arts Festival. Surveys conducted at the Festival from 2005 to 2011 and ANOVA analyses were used to divide the visitors into ...
Does leisure have an effect on employee's quality of work life?
(University of Stellenbosch. Department of Sport Science, 2012)
The purpose of the research was to determine the effect of leisure on the overall Quality of Work Life (QWL) of Front Office Employees (FOEs). This paper presents the results of a self-administered survey, consisting of ...