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Author : Andrew Rylance & Anna Spenceley
School/Work Place : Research Fellow, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Contact : andrewrylance@gmail.com
Year : 2017
OPA : 2017 Outstanding Paper Award Winner

The research is funded by the Centre for the Development of Enterprise and with the guidance of the International Trade Centre of UNCTAD. The authors would like to thank Pablo LoMoro at the International Trade Centre for his considerable support to the research, and also Sid Boubekeur from the Centre for the Development of Enterprise for making resources available to implement it. The authors thank Botswana Tourism Organisation (BTO) for their logistical support and guidance in the value chain analysis, and in particular Mokganedi Ntana and Jannet Keretese. The fieldwork team comprising Lily Mosheti, Precious Matengu, Georginah, Tidimalo K, Ogomoditse Keitirile, Michael Moithopedi are thanked for their considerable inputs and energy.

Rylance, Reducing economic leakages from tourism_A value chain assessment of the tourism industry in Kasane, Botswana PP.pdf

Rylance, Reducing economic leakages from tourism_A value chain assessment of the tourism industry in Kasane, Botswana.pdf


List of Articles
No. Subject Viewssort Date
7 Think Tank XVII Enclave tourism: a friend or a foe for small island de... file 1266 Aug 17, 2017

Earlier studies have stimulated much debate regarding enclave tourism development in developing countries (Britton 1982). However, it is increasingly being acknowledged that despite criticisms, all forms of tourism have the potential to cont...

Author: Perunjodi Naidoo 

Year: 2017 

6 Think Tank XVII Investigating the relationship between FDI and Tourism... file 1242 Aug 17, 2017

This paper employs a dynamic time series econometrics framework, namely a vector error correction model (VECM), to investigate the link between foreign direct investment (FDI) and tourist arrivals in Mauritius for the period 1980-2015. The r...

Author: Sheereen Fauzel, & Boopen Seetanah 

Year: 2017 

5 Think Tank XVII Managing open rock art sites for tourism, in the centr... file 1070 Aug 17, 2017

Rock art is found across the world and is a unique heritage which is divided into three main categories; rock paintings (pictographs), rock engravings, (petroglyphs), and geoglyphs (natural objects used as designs) (Anati, 1993; Clottes, 199...

Author: Claire Louisa Fordred & Kevin Mearns 

Year: 2017 

4 Think Tank XVII Making hotel guests voluntarily waive daily room cleaning file 1031 Aug 17, 2017

Tourism is the fourth largest economic contributor globally and outperforms the growth of the world economy (United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), 2013). But tourism growth comes at a cost. Not surprisingly, therefore, tourism i...

Author: Sara Dolnicar & Ljubica Knezevic Cvelbar & Bettina Grun 

Year: 2017 

3 Think Tank XVII A Structural Model Predicting Tourists Behavioural Int... 1028 Aug 17, 2017

The contribution of the tourism sector towards the development of host nations is undeniable in that it provides several benefits such as creation of employment, generation of added value and tax revenue, and boosting of inward foreign direc...

Author: Robin Nunkoo & Viraiyan Teeroovengadum & Boopen Seetanah & Robin Sannassee 

Year: 2017 

2 Think Tank XVII Lack of transparency - a barrier for the diffusion of ... file 545 Aug 17, 2017

Throughout the last two decades, the tourism industry has changed due to the revolutionary development in the realm of information and communication technologies (ICT) (Amaro & Duate, 2013; Law et al., 2004; Minghetti & Buhalis, 2010...

Author: Sven-Olaf Gerdt, Elisa Wagner & Gerhard Schewe 

Year: 2017 

1 Think Tank XVII Finding and Fostering Our Future Tourism Leaders: Unde... file 490 Aug 17, 2017

The hospitality and tourism industry is facing a serious skilled manpower shortage globally, and the best way to meet the manpower needs of the industry is through training and education. The shortage of skilled talent is a global issue in t...

Author: Grace K.S. Ho & Rob Law 

Year: 2017 

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