‘Transformation’ and Tourism Small Firm Development in South Africa: Evidence from Eastern Cape Province

Studia Periegetica Pub Date : 2023-03-23 DOI:10.58683/sp.378
Zinzisa Sixaba, C. Rogerson
{"title":"‘Transformation’ and Tourism Small Firm Development in South Africa: Evidence from Eastern Cape Province","authors":"Zinzisa Sixaba, C. Rogerson","doi":"10.58683/sp.378","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Since democratic change South Africa has pursued a series of programmes which are targeted at empowering groups and individuals who had been disadvantaged under apartheid. In the tourism sector government initiatives for ‘transformation’ include a commitment to promote new entrepreneurship opportunities for Black-owned small medium or micro-enterprises. This article examines the challenges facing transformation through a study of the constraints operating on Black-owned tourism enterprises in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province. The research is situated within the international literature on small firms in tourism and specifically the challenges of small tourism business development in the Global South. The analysis draws from a survey of 79 Black-owned accommodation establishments as well as semi-structured interviews with tourism entrepreneurs. The results reveal a range of constraints. In this resource-constrained environment several challenges around transformation relate to finance, human resources and knowledge which have been identified as limiting tourism small firm development both in the Global North and South. Other constraints speak to the specificities of the South African experience. Tourism entrepreneurs must confront certain historical legacies of the apartheid past as well as corruption practices which are widespread in the local tourism economy and must be acknowledged as obstacles for the advancement of transformation.","PeriodicalId":33810,"journal":{"name":"Studia Periegetica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-03-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Studia Periegetica","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.58683/sp.378","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 3

Abstract

Since democratic change South Africa has pursued a series of programmes which are targeted at empowering groups and individuals who had been disadvantaged under apartheid. In the tourism sector government initiatives for ‘transformation’ include a commitment to promote new entrepreneurship opportunities for Black-owned small medium or micro-enterprises. This article examines the challenges facing transformation through a study of the constraints operating on Black-owned tourism enterprises in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province. The research is situated within the international literature on small firms in tourism and specifically the challenges of small tourism business development in the Global South. The analysis draws from a survey of 79 Black-owned accommodation establishments as well as semi-structured interviews with tourism entrepreneurs. The results reveal a range of constraints. In this resource-constrained environment several challenges around transformation relate to finance, human resources and knowledge which have been identified as limiting tourism small firm development both in the Global North and South. Other constraints speak to the specificities of the South African experience. Tourism entrepreneurs must confront certain historical legacies of the apartheid past as well as corruption practices which are widespread in the local tourism economy and must be acknowledged as obstacles for the advancement of transformation.
“转型”与南非旅游小企业发展:来自东开普省的证据
自民主变革以来,南非推行了一系列方案,旨在赋予在种族隔离制度下处于不利地位的群体和个人权力。在旅游部门,政府的“转型”倡议包括承诺为黑人拥有的中小型或微型企业提供新的创业机会。本文通过对南非东开普省黑人拥有的旅游企业经营限制的研究,考察了转型面临的挑战。这项研究是在关于旅游业小企业的国际文献中进行的,特别是关于全球南方小型旅游企业发展的挑战。该分析来自对79家黑人拥有的住宿机构的调查,以及对旅游业企业家的半结构化采访。研究结果揭示了一系列的制约因素。在这种资源有限的环境中,围绕转型的几个挑战涉及金融、人力资源和知识,这些挑战已被确定为限制全球北方和南方旅游小企业的发展。其他制约因素说明了南非经验的特殊性。旅游企业家必须面对过去种族隔离的某些历史遗留问题以及在当地旅游经济中普遍存在的腐败做法,必须承认这些做法是促进改革的障碍。
本文章由计算机程序翻译,如有差异,请以英文原文为准。
求助全文
约1分钟内获得全文 求助全文
来源期刊
自引率
0.00%
发文量
13
审稿时长
4 weeks
×
引用
GB/T 7714-2015
复制
MLA
复制
APA
复制
导出至
BibTeX EndNote RefMan NoteFirst NoteExpress
×
提示
您的信息不完整,为了账户安全,请先补充。
现在去补充
×
提示
您因"违规操作"
具体请查看互助需知
我知道了
×
提示
确定
请完成安全验证×
copy
已复制链接
快去分享给好友吧!
我知道了
右上角分享
点击右上角分享
0
联系我们:info@booksci.cn Book学术提供免费学术资源搜索服务,方便国内外学者检索中英文文献。致力于提供最便捷和优质的服务体验。 Copyright © 2023 布克学术 All rights reserved.
京ICP备2023020795号-1
ghs 京公网安备 11010802042870号
Book学术文献互助
Book学术文献互助群
群 号:481959085
Book学术官方微信