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The significance of festivals to regional economies: measuring the economic value of the Grahamstown National Arts Festival in South Africa
(IT Publishing, 2011)
This paper estimates the economic value of South Africa's longest running national arts festival, the Grahamstown National Arts Festival in the Eastern Cape Province. The Eastern Cape is a middle-income province (6.6% of ...
Assimilation of tourism satellite accounts and applied general equilibrium models to inform tourism policy analysis
(IP Publishing, 2011)
Historically, tourism policy analysis in South Africa has posed challenges to accurate measurement. The primary reason for this is that tourism is not designated as an 'industry' in standard economic accounts. This paper ...
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 ...
Regional economic impacts of events: a comparison of methods
(AOSIS, 2015)
The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview and comparison of three related methods for modelling
the short-run economic impact of events, namely the partial Input-Output (I-O), Social Accounting Matrix
(SAM) and ...
Export market selection methods and the identification of realistic export opportunities for South Africa using a decision support model
(2009)
Market selection methods, of which a vast number exist, are a critical tool in firms’ and government’s policy, planning and budgeting processes. To this end, the primary aim of this paper is to determine the international ...
The economic impact of hunting in the Northern Cape province
(Southern African Wildlife Management Association, 2011)
We here estimate the economic impact of hunting (both biltong and trophy) on South Africa's Northern Cape province economy. This study used the input-output (social accounting matrix) and multiplier analyses to evaluate ...
The economic impact of hunting in the Limpopo Province
(University of Johannesburg, 2015)
This study evaluated the economic impact of hunting on the regional economy of South Africa's Limpopo Province. Data on biltong hunting was derived from a national survey conducted in 2009 and data on trophy hunting from ...
The economic impact of hunting: a regional approach
(University of Pretoria, 2014)
The core of South Africa tourism industry is based on wildlife tourism. Private game reserves and game farms which forms part of wildlife tourism constitute most of the wildlife products in South Africa. On these private ...