• Exploring the use of visitor surveys as a tool for supporting EIA follow-up in protected areas : a case study of a conference centre in an iconic national park 

  Wessels, J.A. (Andries); Douglas, Anneli (Taylor and Francis, 2024)

  Impact assessment (IA) follow-up is necessary to determine the environmental effects of a project or plan to inform ongoing management. No previous research confirms if visitor surveys may be used to this extent for ...
• Millennials as potential creative tourists in South Africa : a CHAID approach to market segmentation 

  Douglas, Anneli; Hoogendoorn, Gijsbert; Richards, Greg (Routledge, 2024)

  Creative tourism has recently emerged as an important area of tourism development, particularly in the Global North. In the Global South, studies of the profile of creative tourists and their motives for partaking in ...
• Activities as the critical link between motivation and destination choice in cultural tourism 

  Douglas, Anneli; Hoogendoorn, Gijsbert; Richards, Greg (Emerald, 2024-01)

  PURPOSE : This study aimed to determine the motivations of a select group of South Africans in terms of their potential engagement with cultural tourism; more specifically, the study set out to show whether these motivations ...
• Work values, travel satisfaction, and organizational injustice as antecedents of corporate travel policy compliance 

  Douglas, Anneli; Weber, Mnandi (University of Lodz, 2023)

  Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, business travel spending is expected to reach two-thirds of the pre-pandemic levels in 2022. Therefore, travel policies remain essential for reducing travel expenses and managing traveller ...
• Visitor information centres’ contribution towards creating memorable visitor experiences 

  Tlabela, Kholadi Ramadimetja Uriel; Douglas, Anneli (Africa Journals, 2022-10)

  Information exchange is a process through which information, experience and skills are exchanged among stakeholders. While studies acknowledge the role of VICs in enhancing memorable visitor experiences, it remains unclear ...
• Generating opportunities for tourism businesses through information exchanges with visitor information centres in South Africa 

  Tlabela, Kholadi Ramadimetja Uriel; Douglas, Anneli; Fairer-Wessels, Felicite A. (Africa Journals, 2022-02)

  Information exchange is a process through which information, experience and skills are exchanged among stakeholders. While previous studies acknowledge that Visitor Information Centres (VICs) exchange information with ...
• Exploring creative tourism potential in protected areas : the Kruger National Park case 

  Wessels, Jan-Albert; Douglas, Anneli (Sage, 2022-11)

  Creative tourism strategies are often adopted by destinations as a result of its appeal to policy makers, without a serious assessment of tourists’ needs. Although there are significant cultural and heritage resources in ...
• Travelling to the Motherland : relating acculturation to diaspora tourism experiences 

  Du Preez, Elizabeth Ann; Govender, Lynette Kumarivani (Routledge, 2020)

  While India may attract international tourists with its mystique, different considerations come into play among Indian diaspora as potential travellers. Individuals’ levels of acculturation to their host country will ...
• Identifying the marketing channels that will attract millennials to national parks 

  Douglas, Anneli; Mostert, P.G. (Pierre); Slabbert, Liandi Magdalena (Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Sciences at Texas AandM University, 2019)

  Millennials will soon become the biggest tourist group to be served because of their sheer numbers as well as their current and potential future income. At the same time, previous studies have shown a decline in national ...
• The contribution of geological features to visitor experiences : comparison between two Geotourism attractions in South Africa 

  Du Preez, Elizabeth Ann (University of Oradea, Romania, 2019)

  Geotourism offers the opportunity to promote geoconservation as well as an understanding of geoheritage and -diversity. Though sites may have high quality geological resources, visitors to these sites have varied interests ...
• Mobile business travel application usage : are South African men really from Mars and women from Venus? 

  Douglas, Anneli (Emerald, 2019-09)

  PURPOSE : Research abounds highlighting the differences between males and females when they travel. Even in business travel, these differences have been acknowledged, with suppliers and marketers spending significant money ...
• The potential contribution of environmental impact assessment (EIA) to responsible tourism : the case of the Kruger National Park 

  Pope, Jenny; Wessels, Jan-Albert; Douglas, Anneli; Hughes, Michael; Morrison-Saunders, Angus (Elsevier, 2019-10)

  Environmental impact assessment (EIA) and responsible tourism both aspire to contribute to sustainable development. EIA is the process of identifying, assessing and managing the potential impacts of new developments and ...
• Measuring Kruger visitors’ place attachment to specific camps 

  Douglas, Anneli; Wessels, Jan-Albert; Pope, Jenny; Morrison-Saunders, Angus; Hughes, Mike (AOSIS Open Journals, 2019-09-17)

  Tourists become emotionally, physically and socially attached to national parks as they become familiar with the park’s settings and endow it with value. Researchers have pointed out that place attachment leads to ...
• The role of small and medium enterprises in development of tourism in a post-war context : the case of Angola 

  Jacinto, Formosa; Du Preez, Elizabeth Ann (Danubius University of Galati, 2018)

  Post-war countries face a challenge in the process of re-entering the tourism market for several reasons. The damages caused by the violent war environment create the challenges of restoring their image, their economy and ...
• To wish upon a star : exploring Astro Tourism as vehicle for sustainable rural development 

  Jacobs, Laeticia; Du Preez, Elizabeth Ann; Fairer-Wessels, Felicite A. (Routledge, 2020)

  Tourism is regarded as a key sector through which to bring about sustainable development in rural areas. A suitable product offering should be identified that matches the rural area’s unique resources with market demand. ...
• Business travellers’ use of mobile travel applications : a generational analysis 

  Douglas, Anneli; Lubbe, Berendien Anna; Van Rooyen, Adrene (Springer, 2018-04)

  Generational differences in the workplace, particularly in the area of technology usage, have become an area of increasing interest, both for academia and industry. Mobile travel applications have found a distinct role in ...
• Trail accreditation as a mechanism to enhance hikers’ confidence during decision making 

  Slabbert, Liandi Magdalena; Du Preez, Elizabeth Ann (Tourism Review International, 2017)

  Though regarded as a “soft” adventure activity, the growing popularity of hiking has led to increased documentation of associated risks and unfortunate incidents. Various systems are being used to facilitate adequate ...
• The impact of rhino poaching on tourist experiences and future visitation to National Parks in South Africa 

  Lubbe, Berendien Anna; Du Preez, Elizabeth Ann; Douglas, Anneli; Fairer-Wessels, Felicite A. (Routledge, 2019)

  Wildlife tourism attracts substantial numbers of tourists worldwide with Africa as the major wildlife viewing destination earning the bulk of its tourism revenue from such tourism. Iconic animals, such as the rhino, are ...
• A skills development framework for sports tourism : the case of South Africa 

  Du Preez, Elizabeth Ann (LAM Publications Limited, 2017-06)

  This study aimed to determine the education and training needs of the sports tourism industry. Multi-method research was conducted with South Africa as case study during 2013. Strategic documents of three national ...
• Determining the impact of information on rural livelihoods and sustainable tourism development near protected areas in Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa 

  Fairer-Wessels, Felicite A. (Routledge, 2017-04-26)

  It is well known that tourism can bring problems for poor rural people in less developed countries. This paper describes a pilot study of five rural communities in the vicinity of or within a South African protected area, ...

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