Hermann, Uwe PeterDu Toit, Pieter Hertzog2024-07-232024-07-232024Hermann, U.P. & Du Toit, P.H. (2024). An Exploratory Review of the Challenges Faced by Lecturers of Tourism Research Methodology in South Africa. African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 13(1):168-173. DOI: https://doi.org/10.46222/ajhtl.19770720.494.2223-814X (online)10.46222/ajhtl.19770720.494http://hdl.handle.net/2263/97175Tourism higher education is an emerging discipline, more specifically tourism postgraduate study. Within these tourism postgraduate qualifications, the module research methodology is a common module. The tourism higher education landscape is in a state of volatility, affected by macro and micro environmental forces, the latter specifically relevant to the Generation Z cohort of current students. There are also specific challenges in the perception of research methodology as a module by students. This paper sought to explore challenges faced by lecturers of tourism research methodology in South Africa as a high-level benchmarking study using semi-structured interviews. We employed a thematic data analysis approach to analyse the interviews and by means of a constructivist epistemology, discuss these results and make recommendations in this regard. These recommendations call for the promotion of a constructively aligned competency-based research methodology curriculum.en© 2023 AJHTL /Author/s- Open Access-Online@http//:www.ajhtl.com.CurriculumTourism higher educationTourism research methodologySDG-04: Quality educationArticle