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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​The Department identifies research as a critical area to advance the development and growth of the tourism sector. Since 2012, the Department has been collaborating with research institutions to conduct tourism research and offer financial support to post-graduate students pursuing tourism studies​ in these institutions. The outputs emanating from the research studies are disseminated through the Tourism Research Seminar/Webinar​ held on an annual basis. In addition this research repository offers a digital ope​n access to research reports, frameworks and models; theses and dissertations, journal articles, and conference papers produced in collaboration with resea​rch institutions.​
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Contact person: Ms Tsakani Baloyi​​
Telephone​: 012 444 6311
Email:TBaloyi@tourism.gov.za
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23352022Tourism is widely considered to be a viable vector for sustainable socio-economic development on the African continent due to the integrative nature of its value chain (forward and backward linkages with suppliers and service providers), as well as economic multiplier effect (tourism receipts, export products, employment creation, local economic development) (Matiza & Slabbert, 2019). However, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic-induced moratorium on international travel, tourism demand is expected to contract by up to 75% in 2020 (Ruiz-Estrada, Park & Lee, 2020). According to the World Tourism Organisation globally tourism contracted with 73% in 2020 and 72% in 2021 (UNWTO, 2022). Arrivals to Africa contracted by 69% in 2020 and 74% in 2021. The result was the same for South Africa where arrivals contracted by 73% in 2020 and 78% in 2021 (UNWTO). The discovery of the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron, disrupted global travel again in 2021. As a result, a significant proportion of tourism destination countries focused on pivoting from international tourism toward domestic tourism as a strategy to resuscitate the tourism market (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD - 2020). However, in South Africa, the over-reliance on international tourists for many years added pressure to the industry but also a recognition of the importance of domestic tourists that should be the backbone of the industryNorth-West UniversityReportTourism Sector Demand and SupplyN4FUYHAX2DSF-245590710-100https://tkp.tourism.gov.za/ResearchRepo/SeminarDocs/South%20African%20tourism%20sector%20demand%20and%20supply-towards%20post-COVID-19%20resilience.pdf?csf=1&e=xuzEPHPresentation2022/06/20 10:51:28FINAL REPORT SOUTH AFRICAN TOURISM SECTOR DEMAND AND SUPPLYTOWARDS POST- COVID-19 RESILIENCE ABBREVIATIONS GDP Gross Domestic Product SADC Southern African Development 489https://tkp.tourism.gov.za/ResearchRepo/Shared Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspxpdfFalsepdf
24542022The 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-NatalReportTransformation and Tourism Value ChainN4FUYHAX2DSF-245590710-97https://tkp.tourism.gov.za/ResearchRepo/SeminarDocs/UKZN_%20enabling%20SMME%20survival%20and%20growth%20during%20_post%20COVID19.pdf?csf=1&e=gbgHR9Presentation2022/06/20 11:01:30FINAL REPORT ENABLING SMALL, MEDIUM AND MICRO ENTERPRISES (SMMES) SURVIVAL AND GROWTH DURING/ POST COVID-19 DEFINITIONS Entrepreneurship: setting up a business or businesses 431https://tkp.tourism.gov.za/ResearchRepo/Shared Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspxpdfFalsepdf
2455Johannes Hermanus Engelbrecht2022The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of popular media representations, specifically film and television, on narratives of place and tourist destination image. The argument is based on the premise that popular media representations of potential tourist destinations, through wide dissemination and use, construct and sustain specific expectations and perceptions in potential tourists. This may ultimately influence motivational indicators for travel to or deterrents from travel to a specific destination. The dissertation reflects on various aspects in films, at destinations, and inherent to audiences that can have an influence on location filming, film tourism and filmic destination marketing. It further explores certain infrastructural arrangements that make location filming, film tourism and filmic destination possible. These aspects are first examined through international examples, then related to a South African context and finally to specific filmic representations of Johannesburg in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and by Director Neill Blomkamp between 2009 and 2018.University of PretoriaDissertationN4FUYHAX2DSF-245590710-1052022/07/14 17:40:53THE INFLUENCE OF FILMIC REPRESENTATIONS ON NARRATIVES OF PLACE AND TOURIST DESTINATION IMAGE: JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA Submitted as requirement for the degree 238https://tkp.tourism.gov.za/ResearchRepo/Shared Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspxpdfFalsepdf