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Measuring success of a wine festival: is it really that simple?
(Stellenbosh University, 2010)
One of the country's largest wine festivals, the Wacky Wine Festival, is held annually in Robertson, South Africa. Forty-eight wine farms participate actively in the Robertson Valley that forms part of the wine route and ...
Socio-demographic analysis of festival entrepreneurs in South Africa
(University of Pretoria, 2010)
The purpose of this article is to examine the socio-demographic differences between entrepreneurs at National Arts festivals in South Africa. Language, and specifically Afrikaans, English and African languages, was used ...
The relationship between tourism and trade in south africa
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2010)
This article explores the relationship between tourist arrivals and trade in South Africa. Two analyses were conducted – a panel data analysis, which included tourism and trade data of 40 countries with South Africa, and ...
Does loyalty pay? First-time versus repeat visitors at a national arts festival
(University of South Africa, 2010)
The aim of this research is to segment visitors to one of South Africa's biggest arts festivals based on the frequency of visits in order to distinguish between first-time and repeat festival attendees. Both first-time and ...
Travel motivation of tourists to Kruger and Tsitsikamma national parks: A comparative study
(Southern African Wildlife Management Association, 2010)
As countries and destinations try to increase their share of the international and national tourism market, it is important to understand why people travel and why they choose a specific destination. We here determine and ...
Environmental factors affecting tourists' experience in South African national parks
(Academic journals, 2012)
This study, the first of its kind involving South African National Parks, aimed to determine which environmental factors in these parks have a negative effect on tourists’ experience, and whether tourists who visit parks ...
Does conservation make sense to local communities?
(Taylor & Francis, 2012)
The Kruger National Park in South Africa is a key ecotourism attraction for both domestic and international tourists. The South African National Parks have recently come under pressure to uplift communities and to build ...
Lessons in managing the visitor experience at the Klein Karoo National Arts Festival
(Clute Institute, 2012)
The event industry, in particular arts festivals, is one of South Africa’s fastest growing tourism sectors in tourism industry. However, only minimal research has been done to identify factors that arts festival visitors ...
Determinants of visitor expenditure at the Tsitsikamma National Park
(Sabinet, 2012)
The Tsitsikamma National Park is Africa's oldest and largest marine reserve. It has considerable importance for the community and the region. In the face of declining government funding, it needs to attract more high ...
Understanding the reasons why tourists visit the Kruger National Park during a recession
(AOSIS, 2013)
The 2008 and 2009 recession increased pressure on travellers to cut costs on luxury items, such as going on holiday, and this has led to a global tourism decline of 8%. This, however, was not the case in the Kruger National ...