Tourist guiding in the global South : how “Incredible” is India?

dc.contributor.advisorHarris, Karen Leigh
dc.contributor.emailchristoffel.botha@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.contributor.postgraduateBotha, Christoffel Rudolph
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-05T08:04:45Z
dc.date.available2020-08-05T08:04:45Z
dc.date.created2020
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptionDissertation (MSocSci)--University of Pretoria, 2020.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractTourist guides are located at the coalface of the tourism industry and occupy an extraordinary position within the contemporary demand and supply chain, seeing that they have the ability to enhance, manage and orchestrate the tourists sought after “unique” experience through their interpretation and commentary on tour. Within this context, most regard the tourist guide as an “ambassador” and “custodian” of a specific country‟s destination image – with India being no exception. This dissertation explores the complexity and multifaceted-nature of the tourist guiding phenomenon in a global South context, by considering the tourist guide of India as an international tourist guiding best practice example. The investigation will also evaluate key components and practical areas of India‟s tourist guiding domain. That consists of the country‟s national tourism and tourist guiding environments, legislative and regulatory frameworks, educational and training components, quality assurance mechanisms, as well as all other integral functional areas associated with the sector. These various research areas, along with the genesis of guiding, the various roles and responsibilities of a tourist guide, and the contextualisation of “international tourist guiding best practice”, all form the main components of the dissertation.en_ZA
dc.description.availabilityUnrestricteden_ZA
dc.description.degreeMSocScien_ZA
dc.description.departmentHistorical and Heritage Studiesen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBotha, CR 2020, Tourist guiding in the global South : how “Incredible” is India?, MSocSci Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/75565>en_ZA
dc.identifier.otherS2020en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/75565
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoria
dc.rights© 2019 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria.
dc.subjectUCTDen_ZA
dc.subjecttourist guidingen_ZA
dc.subjectguided toursen_ZA
dc.subjectbest practiceen_ZA
dc.subjectIncredible Indiaen_ZA
dc.subjectIncredible Indiaen_ZA
dc.subjectUCTD
dc.titleTourist guiding in the global South : how “Incredible” is India?en_ZA
dc.typeDissertationen_ZA

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