Essays about: "south africa tourism"

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  1. 1. Analyzing the impact of marine protected areas on coastal zones : A case-study of Addo Elephant National Park Marine Protected Area, South Africa

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik

    Author : Laura Elana Babette Obbink; [2023]
    Keywords : Marine Protected Areas; Sustainability; Coastal Zones; Biodiversity; Local Environmental Awareness; South Africa;

    Abstract : The ocean is, with its extraordinary ability to regulate the climate and absorb carbon dioxide, a vital ecosystem for all life on the planet. Moreover, the ocean is highly important for coastal communities as a source of income and nutrition, and as a consequence of increasing dependence it is becoming more significant to mitigate the effects of these anthropogenic activities on the ocean and its resources. READ MORE

  3. 2. Regenerative Potential and Problems in Nature-based Tourism: The Case of Private Game Reserves in South Africa

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Elliot Mackenzie; [2023]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The importance of sustainable development has been firmly acknowledged worldwide. This is no less apparent than in the context of tourism, which despite its promise as a driver of development in low-income countries has produced a number of negative externalities for local communities, ecologies, and the environment at large. READ MORE

  4. 3. New Stories of Resistance: The Right to Say NO, Extractivism and Development Alternatives in South Africa

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Lisa Pier; [2022]
    Keywords : extractivism; development; resistance; re-imagination; decoloniality; alternatives; self-determination; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Despite growing interest in movements, mobilisations and communities rising up against extractivism, little research has focused on the radical political potential these mobilisations bear for envisioning just and sustainable futures. Taking the Right to Say NO in South Africa as a case study and point of departure, this thesis examines development alternatives envisioned within anti-extractivist resistance. READ MORE

  5. 4. SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISES (SMEs) IN THEDEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH : THEIR ROLE AND CHALLENGES

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för ekonomi, geografi, juridik och turism

    Author : Isaac Mantey; [2021]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The tourism industry in many parts of the world is highly developed and this is attributed to the influx and fast growing of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) operations in the sector. However, there seems to be paucity of studies on Small and Medium Scale Enterprises in the development of tourism in Africa in general and Ghana in particular. READ MORE

  6. 5. The effects of COVID-19 on safari tourism in South Luangwa National Park in Zambia

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

    Author : Dominique Shenton; [2021]
    Keywords : Africa; COVID-19; pandemic; Zambia; South Luangwa National Park; tourism; adaptation; crises;

    Abstract : 2020 has seen many businesses across all industries struggle and, in some cases, shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic declared in March 2020 by the World Health Organisation. Perhaps the most affected industry was and still is the tourism sector, with a reported 100% of global destinations restricting travel in different senses (UNWTO, 2020). READ MORE