Tourist guiding legislation : South Africa, Australia and Canada in a comparative perspective

dc.contributor.advisorHarris, Karen Leigh
dc.contributor.postgraduateVan den Berg, Lize-Marguerite
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-31T06:08:12Z
dc.date.available2016-08-31T06:08:12Z
dc.date.created2016-08-31
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionDissertation (MHSC)--University of Pretoria, 2016.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractNot only is tourism becoming one of the fastest growing industries of both the developed and developing countries, it is also the point of entry into a country and its culture. The movement of people between countries and the burgeoning size of the tourism industry has created the need for the professionalisation of tourist guides within countries. Furthermore, there has also developed a need for implementing tourist guiding legislation to better regulate the tourism sector. The tourist guide has become one of the key industry players, because he or she is usually the first point of contact between the tourist and the country. As such, this study will focus on the development and implementation of tourist guiding legislation in three destinations: South Africa, Canada and Australia. It will compare the different regulatory measures each country has implemented and also look at the relationship between the tourist guide and government, as well as the relationship of the tourist guide and the tourist. The importance of the tourist guide as mediator or interpreter will also be focused on. Lastly the concept of cross-border tourism will also be considered, this is because people usually visit more than one country when they go on holiday and tourist guides will often have to operate between the two countries and take part in cross-border tourism. In short, this study will be a comparative one primarily concerned with tourist guiding legislation within South Africa, Canada and Australia. It will consider the place of the tourist guide within the historical and practical context.en_ZA
dc.description.availabilityUnrestricteden_ZA
dc.description.degreeMHCSen_ZA
dc.description.departmentHistorical and Heritage Studiesen_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Research Foundation (NRF)en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationVan den Berg, L 2016, Tourist guiding legislation : South Africa, Australia and Canada in a comparative perspective, MHCS Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/56518>
dc.identifier.otherS2016en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/56518
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoriaen_ZA
dc.rights© 2016 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.en_ZA
dc.subjectHeritage and Cultural Tourismen_ZA
dc.subjectUCTD
dc.titleTourist guiding legislation : South Africa, Australia and Canada in a comparative perspectiveen_ZA
dc.typeDissertationen_ZA

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