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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 Views Datesort
7 Think Tank XVII Lack of transparency - a barrier for the diffusion of ... file 543 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 

6 Think Tank XVII The Role of Tour guide for Sustainable Tourism with th... file 4159 Aug 17, 2017

The emergence of information technology has a profound impact on tourism industry. Today, visitors are more inclined to have searched the Internet to gain more pre-tour knowledge for the destinations than before. The advances of the various ...

Author: Daisy Suk-fong FUNG 

Year: 2017 

5 Think Tank XVII Managing open rock art sites for tourism, in the centr... file 1066 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 Investigating the impact of climate change on the tour... file 2078 Aug 17, 2017

The tourism sector is vital for the development of small island developing states. However, climate change can negatively impact on tourism demand and affect these economies both on the economic and social level. The purpose of this study is...

Author: Sheereen Fauzel, Boopen Seetanah, Robin Sannassee & Robin Nunkoo 

Year: 2017 

3 Think Tank XVII Investigating the relationship between FDI and Tourism... file 1240 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 

2 Think Tank XVII Making hotel guests voluntarily waive daily room cleaning file 1028 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 

1 Think Tank XVII Responsible tourism and innovation practices by touris... file 1417 Aug 17, 2017

Responsible tourism incorporates economic, environmental and social imperatives in accordance with ‘sustainable tourism’ notions (Booyens & Rogerson, 2016a). This research argues that tourism firms need to innovate in order to be economi...

Author: Irma Booyens and Christian M. Rogerson 

Year: 2017 

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