In the above scenario, the Gauteng Department of Economic Development and Tourism would like to invest in a tourism development project at the Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve in Sedibeng, Southern Gauteng. Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve is a protected area which offers environmental education, outdoor recreation services, cultural-historical services and self-catering accommodation (in the form of basic huts on the hiking trails). It is positioned for nature-based tourism, […]
Posted: November 29, 2023
Covid cut jobs in SA’s tourism sector by a third and a full recovery will take years Business Insider SA, 20 MAY South Africa’s tourism sector shed close to 500,000 jobs during the first year of the Covid- 19 pandemic, with stubborn travel restrictions in 2021 piling further pain onto the embattled industry. Covid-19 crippled the global travel industry. Border closures, flight suspensions, and onerous […]
Posted: April 13, 2023
Community Based Tourism Development Find a community-based tourism development project/initiative in Southern Africa and present your findings in the form of an essay which covers the following questions: i. Based on literature, what is Community Based Tourism? ii. What is the historical background of the project/initiative? iii. How and to what extent is the local community involved in the project/initiative? iv. How is the local […]
Posted: October 26, 2022
Identify tourism destination who has experienced a natural disaster in the last 10 years and discuss the following: The impact of the natural disaster on the destination The impact of the natural disaster on the tourism industry Recovery plans in place Answers to Above Questions Natural disasters have a significant level of impact on the performance of an entire sector and ultimately on the entire […]
Posted: October 26, 2022