| 2454 | | 2022 | The interim report provides the context of the study focusing on enabling small, medium
and micro enterprises (SMMEs) survival and growth during and post the Coronavirus
Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic that has had devastating impacts on SMMEs that
have high levels of vulnerabilities associated with the lack of resources and capacity to
respond to disruptions. The aim, objectives and research questions are presented. In
relation to the rationale and purpose of the research, the importance of SMMEs generally
and tourism SMMEs in the South African context is highlighted. Specifically, SMMEs are
deemed to be critical to driving entrepreneurship and innovation, economic development
and job creation. Supporting tourism SMMEs to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic is
not only important for socio-economic development, but is central to ensuring that the
tourism sector is on pathways to recovery, sustainability and future resiliency. | University of KwaZulu-Natal | Report | Transformation and Tourism Value Chain | N4FUYHAX2DSF-245590710-97 | https://tkp.tourism.gov.za/ResearchRepo/SeminarDocs/UKZN_%20enabling%20SMME%20survival%20and%20growth%20during%20_post%20COVID19.pdf?csf=1&e=gbgHR9 | | Presentation | | | | | | | | 2022/06/20 11:01:30 | FINAL REPORT ENABLING SMALL, MEDIUM AND MICRO ENTERPRISES (SMMES) SURVIVAL AND GROWTH DURING/ POST COVID-19 DEFINITIONS Entrepreneurship: setting up a business or businesses | 1409 | https://tkp.tourism.gov.za/ResearchRepo/Shared Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx | pdf | False | pdf | | | |
| 2338 | | 2022 | The COVID-19 pandemic is catalysing changes in consumer demands as well as
necessitating a paradigm shift for research on tourist behaviour and decision making.
Demand is intensifying for safe spaces where social distancing is possible. The large
group movement of people, and therefore the phenomenon of ‘mass tourism’, has
been severely compromised as it imposes great health risks with travellers
vulnerable to health hazards and points to opportunities in alternative niche forms of
tourism. As a result of risk perceptions surrounding COVID-19, the tourism sector is
projected to see an expansion in various forms of special interest or ‘niche travel’
which is driven primarily by the confidence of travelling in smaller groups and a less
risk-prone environment Arguably in the ‘new normal’ of a post-COVID-19 world
consumers re-orient away from mass tourism experiences and instead search out
what are termed as ‘niche tourism’ products and experiences. South Africa's diverse
landscapes, rich natural and cultural heritage, and traditional knowledge can lay a
breeding ground for the promotion of alternative tourism within the country. Indeed,
niche tourism can play an ever more vital role in South Africa and is an opportunity to
investigate tourism offerings in which smaller-scale, controlled and operated niche
products can be established to satisfy the changing demands and needs of
consumers. The pandemic further underlines the importance of developing
interventions that are targeted to the requirements of specific niches. Research is
therefore necessary to inform interventions that should consider the changing
supply-demand situations of particular niches during and post COVID-19. Within the
competitive world of tourism similarity is the enemy and niche products are a way to
escape sameness. This points to the necessity for investigating supply and demand
issues around different forms of niche tourism. | University of Johannesburg | Report | Tourism Sector Demand and Supply | N4FUYHAX2DSF-245590710-101 | https://tkp.tourism.gov.za/ResearchRepo/SeminarDocs/Stimulating%20sector%20demand%20and%20supply%20through%20niche%20tourism%20development-%20the%20case%20of%20rural%20tourism%20in%20selected%20provinces.pdf?csf=1&e=2QnchY | | Presentation | | | | | | | | 2022/06/20 10:00:07 | FINAL REPORT STIMULATING SECTOR DEMAND AND SUPPLY THROUGH NICHE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT: THE CASE OF RURAL TOURISM IN SELECTED PROVINCES ii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The COVID-19 | 932 | https://tkp.tourism.gov.za/ResearchRepo/Shared Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx | pdf | False | pdf | | | |
| 2555 | | 2022 | The COVID-19 global pandemic has caused unprecedented socio-economic impacts
and, at the same time, raised awareness of the role social and environmental
sustainability need to play in our everyday life and economic activities. Despite the
significant negative impacts of the pandemic on tourism in South Africa, the crisis
provides an opportunity to transform tourism value chains towards responsible
consumption and production needed for a sustainable and inclusive recovery of the
sector. | Council for Scientific and Industrial Research | Report | Transformation and Tourism Value Chain | N4FUYHAX2DSF-245590710-96 | https://tkp.tourism.gov.za/ResearchRepo/SeminarDocs/CSIR_Transformation%20of%20the%20South%20African%20tourism%20value%20chain%20toward%20sustainable,%20resource%20effecient%20and%20inclusive%20growth%20path.pdf?csf=1&e=B9wGlt | | Presentation | | | | | | | | 2022/06/22 06:15:14 | i FINAL REPORT TRANSFORMATION OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN TOURISM VALUE CHAIN TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE AND RESOURCE EFFICIENT AND INCLUSIVE GROWTH POST COVID-19 ii TABLE | 590 | https://tkp.tourism.gov.za/ResearchRepo/Shared Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx | pdf | False | pdf | | | |