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, ...

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 ...

OPSOMMING: Die fenomeen van pelgrimstogte aanvanklik as religieuse reise maar later as toeriste ervarings word bespreek. Die klem is op literêre toerisme of literêre pelgrimstogte wat mense onderneem deur die voetspore ...

This article reports on a study that was conducted which aims to understand the optimal usage of e-marketing in sport mega-events with reference to the 2010 FIFA Soccer World CupTM which was held in South Africa. A conceptual ...

Tourism is a viable economic sector with potential to improve people’s livelihoods particularly in rural areas of the developing world. However, due to ill management, tourism has in most instances failed to generate the ...

This article addresses the development of a Web-based tourism information system within the South African context. The development of Web-based information systems in tourism is briefly mentioned. The discussion focuses ...