Tourists’ perceptions on whether South African national parks are environmentally friendly
The increasing number of tourists to South African national parks raises concern about the effect these tourists have on the environment. This article aims to investigate how SANParks manage environmentally friendly South African national parks in order to reduce the impact of tourism on the enviro...
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University of the Free State
2013-01-01
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| author | Liezel du Plessis Peet van der Merwe Melville Saayman |
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The increasing number of tourists to South African national parks raises concern about the effect these tourists have on the environment. This article aims to investigate how SANParks manage environmentally friendly South African national parks in order to reduce the impact of tourism on the environment. To examine these concerns, a survey was conducted to measure tourists’ perceptions of the environmental impacts of tourism in these parks. A web-based survey was carried out via the official SANParks website to collect data. The findings of this study will help SANParks to manage the environmental impacts of tourism in the national parks more effectively.
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| spelling | doaj.art-d53e0e265e3047f19d200e2ba03201c42024-03-07T11:11:09ZengUniversity of the Free StateActa Academica0587-24052415-04792013-01-01451Tourists’ perceptions on whether South African national parks are environmentally friendlyLiezel du Plessis0Peet van der Merwe1Melville Saayman2Tshwane University of TechnologyNorth-West UniversityNorth-West University The increasing number of tourists to South African national parks raises concern about the effect these tourists have on the environment. This article aims to investigate how SANParks manage environmentally friendly South African national parks in order to reduce the impact of tourism on the environment. To examine these concerns, a survey was conducted to measure tourists’ perceptions of the environmental impacts of tourism in these parks. A web-based survey was carried out via the official SANParks website to collect data. The findings of this study will help SANParks to manage the environmental impacts of tourism in the national parks more effectively. https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/aa/article/view/1394 |
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| title | Tourists’ perceptions on whether South African national parks are environmentally friendly |
| title_full | Tourists’ perceptions on whether South African national parks are environmentally friendly |
| title_fullStr | Tourists’ perceptions on whether South African national parks are environmentally friendly |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tourists’ perceptions on whether South African national parks are environmentally friendly |
| title_short | Tourists’ perceptions on whether South African national parks are environmentally friendly |
| title_sort | tourists perceptions on whether south african national parks are environmentally friendly |
| url | https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/aa/article/view/1394 |
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