​​​LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Tourism is one of the main service industries worldwide with the potential to have a major impact on local communities and tourist destinations. In particular economic growth and employment creation in Tourism can be seen at the local economy level as tourism products are hosted at the local government level. 

Many of the important policies that have an effect on growth and development of tourism, such as zoning, licensing, environmental regulations are governed by local authorities acting within the framework of national policies and strategies. However, despite tourism’s significance, many local authorities have inadequate capacity or insufficient budget allocation to enable Tourism Local Authorities to deliver on the mandate of Tourism.

This Tourism local government subpage offers readers an opportunity to learn about various initiatives taken to enhance the capacity of Local Municipalities and Tourism Authority to plan and manage tourism sustainably. 

CAPACITY BUILDING

The National Department of Tourism (NDT) has acknowledged that the capacity of local government to deliver on the tourism mandate presents a challenge to the growth and development of the tourism sector...

SELF-ASSESSMENT TOOL

Although tourism is seen as an important sector, the National Tourism Sector Strategy (NTSS) presents as a challenge, the lack of tourism planning and budgeting across departments and spheres of government...

CONFERENCE

The National Department of Tourism (NDT) hosted the Local Government Tourism Conference on 26 - 27 February 2013 at the Sandton Convention Centre, Gauteng. The theme for the conference was “Tourism Development: Why...

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