- Title
- Rural Tourism and Inclusive Development in Port St. Johns - South Africa
- Creator
- Acha-Anyi, Paul Nkemngu
- Creator
- Ndolose, Ludwe
- Creator
- Solomon, Khunou Pula
- Description
- The purpose of this study was to explore ways of achieving an inclusive approach to tourism development in rural communities. Although tourism has generally been recommended as a means of orchestrating development in rural communities, achieving this laudable goal has often been illusive due to the fragmented approach adopted by tourism stakeholders. An exploratory quantitative research approach was adopted by using a structured survey instrument to generate 307 valid responses from community members in Port St. John in the Eastern Cape Province (ECP) of South Africa. Results obtained reveal similarities and some differences based on demographic characteristics with regards to the benefits of rural tourism to the community. Importantly, the study illuminates the fragmented way in which residents perceive tourism benefits, both from a gender perspective and personal benefit versus community dichotomy. The paper discusses policy as well as practical local economic development implications. Keywords: Rural tourism; community; Port St. Johns; inclusive development; sustainable development
- Date
- 2021
- Subject
- Rural tourism Community Inclusive development; Sustainable development Article
- Type
- text, article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/11260/7023
- Identifier
- vital:52758
- Identifier
- xlink:href=":https://doi.org/10.46222/ajhtl.19770720.197"
- Format
- computer, online resource, application/pdf, 1 online resource (pages), pdf
- Publisher
- Africa Journals
- Language
- English
- Relation
- African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, Acha-Anyi, P.N., Ndolose, L. and Khunou, P.S. (2021). Rural Tourism and Inclusive Development in Port St. Johns - South Africa. African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 10(6):1867- 1881. DOI: https://doi.org/10.46222/ajhtl.19770720.197, African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure volume 10 number 6 1867 1881 2021 2223-814X
- Rights
- : ©2021 Open Access/Author/s, Africa Journals
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