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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
354 Think Tank XVII Investigating the impact of climate change on the tour... file 2536 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 

» Think Tank XVII Reducing economic leakages from tourism: A value chain... file 2603 Aug 17, 2017

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 sup...

Author: Andrew Rylance & Anna Spenceley 

Year: 2017 

OPA: 2017 Outstanding Paper Award Winner 

352 Think Tank XVI Responsible High Performance Sport Travel – Opportunit... file 2624 Jul 02, 2016

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Author: Kerstin Heuwinkel 

Year: 2016 

351 Think Tank XVIII Connecting through Stories: Adapting Communication to ... file 2674 Jan 07, 2019

Key words: story-telling, landscapes, interpretation, sustainable tourism experiences

Author: Gianna Moscardo & Karen Hughes 

Year: 2018 

350 Think Tank XVI Towards Sustainable Tourism: Whatfactors most influenc... file 2686 Jul 02, 2016

Tourism is a major activity for some Mediterranean economies. While the growth of tourism over the last few decades has had many positive effects, it has also harmed the environment when this growth has not been planned in a sustainable way...

Author: Arayeh Afsordegan, Mar Vila, NúriaAgell, Mónica Sánchez 

Year: 2016 

349 Think Tank V Response Strategies to Climate Change Impacts file 2688 Oct 13, 2013

This study addresses the threat of climate change impacts on the sustainability of the economic benefits for, and environmental assets of, tourism destinations. It discusses the challenges for both the demand and supply side of tourism to fo...

Author: Nancy Scanlon 

Year: 2005 

348 Think Tank XVIII Certification as a tool to identify sustainable touris... file 2745 Jan 07, 2019

Key words: Sustainable Tourism Products, Sustainable tourism certification schemes, Certification

Author: Martin Balas & Wolfgang Strasdas 

Year: 2018 

347 Think Tank XVII Travelers Satisfaction with Dimensions of Tourist Tert... file 2818 Aug 17, 2017

Loyalty of customers is recognized as a key ingredient for the success of organisations. A 5% increase in customer retention has been linked to 85% increase in profits (Reichfield and Sasser, 1990). As noted by Assael (1984), long term organ...

Author: Boopendra Seetanah & Viraiyan Teeroovengadum & Kesseven Padachi 

Year: 2017 

346 Think Tank XVI Communicating sustainability values of wine producers file 2846 Jul 02, 2016

This paper examines visual design language used in the New Zealand wine industry to communicate values of sustainability. The contribution critically discusses how industry values are physically manifested in and communicated through imager...

Author: Tobias Danielmeier 

Year: 2016 

345 Think Tank XII Sustainability and policy mobility in resort destinations file 2874 Nov 06, 2013

In the arena of resort development, there is a long history of destinations emulating (and seeking to surpass) one another in efforts to maintain competitiveness. In recent years, the use of “best case” examples are common tools employed to ...

Author: Alison M. Gill & Peter W. Williams 

Year: 2012 

344 Think Tank XV Environmental Practices and Hotels’ Performance: an em... file 2874 Jul 27, 2015

Firms are nowadays facing growing pressure from governments and environmental institutions to reduce their ecological footprint. While a growing number of empirical studies have examined the impact of green management policies on firms’ fina...

Author: Christelle Cortese & Mondher Sahli 

Year: 2015 

343 Think Tank XVI The Concept of Corporate Social Responsibility: An ove... file 2877 Jul 02, 2016

In the tourism industry, whilst some companies have taken active steps towards Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), others are yet to adopt a responsible approaching to business. According to Betz (2010), CSR is a relatively new concept i...

Author: Susanne Reimann & Sandro Carnicelli 

Year: 2016 

342 Think Tank XVIII Resilience thinking used as a sustainable tourism mark... file 2905 Jan 07, 2019

Key words: protected areas, resilience thinking, sustainability, marketing, tool

Author: Claire Louisa Fordred & Kevin Mearns 

Year: 2018 

341 Think Tank XVIII Defining Small Accommodation Establishments: employing... file 2926 Jan 07, 2019

Key words: small accommodation, sustainable tourism, business models

Author: Niki Glen & Kevin Mearns 

Year: 2018 

340 Think Tank XIX Factors influencing barriers and enabling factors for ... file 2934 Oct 23, 2019

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Author: Tinat Nhep, Mondher Sahli and Christian Schott 

Year: 2019 

339 Think Tank XVI Tourists vs Tour operators Preferences for CSR Policie... file 2936 Jul 02, 2016

There is an increasing concern for environmental and social issues among international travelers. As a consequence, many tourist corporations have been exploring the implementation of Social Responsibility (SR) policies as a tool to gain co...

Author: Jorge E. Araña, Gianluca Goffi & Carmelo J. León 

Year: 2016 

338 Think Tank XV The social enterprise as a vehicle to poverty alleviat... file 2965 Jul 27, 2015

Over the last decades, social enterprises have increasingly gained importance in the travel and tourism industry and they are revolutionizing the way business is done. Instead of maximizing profits for external shareholders, a social enterpr...

Author: Sebastian Ferrari & Dagmar Lund-Durlacher 

Year: 2015 

337 Think Tank XV A novel review approach on adventure tourism scholarship file 3001 Jul 24, 2015

As a niche market, adventure tourism has been developing rapidly in many regions and territories, evidenced by increasing number of participants and intensive growth of adventure tourism products (Adventure Travel Trade Association, 2013; T...

Author: Mingming Chen, Deborah Edward, Simon Darcy 

Year: 2015 

336 Think Tank X Knowledge Economies, Knowledge Making, Complexity Theo... file 3004 Oct 13, 2013

This paper narrates processes associated with the development of microtourism enterprises as one part of a broader organically determined sustainable development agenda in a north eastern coastal village in Bali. The paper’s narrative is co...

Author: Gayle Jennings 

Year: 2010 

335 Think Tank IV A Theoretical Perspective of Triple Bottom Line Report... file 3069 Oct 13, 2013

Triple Bottom Line is defined and explained within the context of a broad philosophical approach to business and a more narrow perspective of reporting performance. The impact of the broader notion of sustainable development, with its macro ...

Author: Jeffrey Faux 

Year: 2004 

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