The potential contribution of environmental impact assessment (EIA) to responsible tourism : the case of the Kruger National Park

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dc.contributor.author Pope, Jenny
dc.contributor.author Wessels, Jan-Albert
dc.contributor.author Douglas, Anneli
dc.contributor.author Hughes, Michael
dc.contributor.author Morrison-Saunders, Angus
dc.date.accessioned 2020-02-11T09:49:33Z
dc.date.issued 2019-10
dc.description.abstract 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 is legally mandated in most countries of the world. Tourism developments are subject to EIA under South African legislation, which requires consideration of the full range of sustainable development objectives. This paper highlights the parallels found in the discourses of EIA and responsible tourism, identified through a focused literature review, and develops a framework comprising five characteristics that EIA should embody to maximize its contribution to responsible tourism. It tests the framework by evaluating three EIAs conducted in the Kruger National Park since 2011, when South African National Parks (SANParks) formally committed to responsible tourism. The evaluation process confirmed the utility of the framework and highlighted areas in which responsible tourism principles could be more explicitly reflected in SANParks EIAs. en_ZA
dc.description.department Marketing Management en_ZA
dc.description.department Tourism Management en_ZA
dc.description.embargo 2020-10-01
dc.description.librarian hj2020 en_ZA
dc.description.uri https://www.elsevier.com/locate/tmp en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation Pope, J., Wessels, J.-A., Douglas, A. et al. 2019, 'The potential contribution of environmental impact assessment (EIA) to responsible tourism : the case of the Kruger National Park', Tourism Management Perspectives, vol. 32, art. 100557, pp. 1-14. en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn 2211-9736
dc.identifier.other 10.1016/j.tmp.2019.100557
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/73202
dc.language.iso en en_ZA
dc.publisher Elsevier en_ZA
dc.rights © 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Notice : this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Tourism Management Perspectives. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. A definitive version was subsequently published in Tourism Management Perspectives, ol. 32, art. 100557, pp. 1-14, 2019. doi : 10.1016/j.tmp.2019.100557. en_ZA
dc.subject Environmental impact assessment (EIA) en_ZA
dc.subject Responsible tourism en_ZA
dc.subject Sustainable development en_ZA
dc.subject Sustainable tourism en_ZA
dc.subject SANS1162 en_ZA
dc.subject South African National Parks (SANParks) en_ZA
dc.subject Kruger National Park (KNP) en_ZA
dc.subject Kruger National Park (South Africa) en_ZA
dc.title The potential contribution of environmental impact assessment (EIA) to responsible tourism : the case of the Kruger National Park en_ZA
dc.type Postprint Article en_ZA


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