The 2010 FIFA World Cup was clearly successful as a tournament and as an advertisement
for South Africa's capacity to host a global event. Expectations were high prior to the …

The African continent is not well represented in international tourism scholarship.
Nevertheless, tourism is afforded considerable policy importance in the region, not least …

Over the past decade, South Africa has enhanced its reputation as a sports mega-event
destination. Such events are perceived by the government and its agencies as an avenue …

A critical overview of the state of the art of research on urban tourism in South Africa is
undertaken. Conceptually, the investigation is framed by the contention that calls for growing …

Tourists tend to have a large environmental impact, consuming substantial quantities of
water, energy and other resources. As the primary supplier of these commodities, tourist …

Despite a growth of scholarship in African tourism only limited work has been pursued on
the accommodation sector in general and the hotel industry in Africa in particular. This article …

Market segmentation represents both a „pervasive‟ theme (Dickson and Ginter, 1987: 1)
and a „cornerstone‟ of international marketing literature (Boejgaard and Ellegaard, 2010; …

Hallmark events are favoured by policy-makers due to their assumed effects on destination
image, social and infrastructural developments and economic benefits. They are also …

Hosting mega-and hallmark-events is perceived as an important vehicle for tourism
development. However, in the case of the 2009 World Games, the first international hallmark …

This thesis aims at providing a theoretically grounded and empirically sound insight into the
change of the image individuals have of an event-organizing tourist-destination that occurs …