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An assessment for enhancing sustainability in rural tourism products in South Africa

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  • Lorren K. Haywood
  • Karen Nortje
  • Gift Dafuleya
  • Tondani Nethengwe
  • Fhatuwani Sumbana

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Rural tourism contributes towards socio-economic development. In South Africa, rural areas experience significant development challenges with limited opportunities. Rural tourism as an instrumental tool against poverty requires rural tourism products to be not only viable but also sustainable. Presented is a sustainability assessment framework to assist South African enterprises to assess the sustainability of their rural tourism products (RTPs). The framework has two functions: it provides RTP operators with an understanding of all aspects of sustainability for which they are responsible and it provides indicators to measure the sustainability of the product. The indicators are presented as a sustainability scale that acts like a road map to enable operators to improve the sustainability of their RTPs in successive years. The intention and purpose of the framework is to ensure that sustainability is central to the operation of RTPs in South Africa thereby contributing toward sustainable development goals.

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  • Lorren K. Haywood & Karen Nortje & Gift Dafuleya & Tondani Nethengwe & Fhatuwani Sumbana, 2020. "An assessment for enhancing sustainability in rural tourism products in South Africa," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 37(6), pages 1033-1050, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:deveza:v:37:y:2020:i:6:p:1033-1050
    DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2020.1806784
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    1. Marcin K. Widomski & Anna Musz-Pomorska, 2023. "Sustainable Development of Rural Areas in Poland since 2004 in the Light of Sustainability Indicators," Land, MDPI, vol. 12(2), pages 1-29, February.
    2. Zain ul Abedin Janjua & Gengeswari Krishnapillai & Mobashar Rahman, 2021. "A Systematic Literature Review of Rural Homestays and Sustainability in Tourism," SAGE Open, , vol. 11(2), pages 21582440211, April.
    3. Lei-Yi Peng & Jia Lu & Jian-Ji Luo & Yu-Xuan Wang, 2022. "A Combination of FDM, DEMATEL, and DANP for Disclosing the Interrelationship of Influencing Factors in Rural Homestay Business: Empirical Evidence from China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(16), pages 1-21, August.

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