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

• Autorzy: Zinzi Sixaba , Christian M. Rogerson

Warianty tytułu

"Transformacja" i rozwój małych firm turystycznych w RPA na przykładzie prowincji Eastern Cape

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

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 ar-ticle 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 of the challenges of small tourism entrepreneurs 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 historical legacies of the apartheid past as well as corruption practices which are wide-spread in the local tourism economy and must be acknowledged as obstacles for the advancement of transformation.(original abstract)

Od czasu przemian demokratycznych Republika Południowej Afryki realizuje szereg programów, których celem jest wzmocnienie pozycji grup i jednostek, mających w okresie apartheidu ograniczone prawa i możliwości. W sektorze turystycznym rządowe inicjatywy na rzecz "transformacji" obejmują zobowiązanie do wspierania możliwości działania średnich, małych i mikroprzedsiębiorstw należących do osób czarnoskórych. Autorzy analizują wyzwania związane z transformacją, zwracając uwagę na ograniczenia, z jakimi borykają się przedsiębiorstwa turystyczne należące do osób czarnoskórych w prowincji Eastern Cape w RPA. Badanie wpisuje się w nurt literatury międzynarodowej dotyczącej małych firm w turystyce, a konkretnie wyzwań stojących przed małymi przedsiębiorcami turystycznymi w krajach globalnego Południa. Analiza opiera się na danych z badania 79 obiektów noclegowych należących do osób czarnoskórych oraz na informacjach uzyskanych podczas częściowo ustrukturyzowanych wywiadów z przedsiębiorcami turystycznymi. Wyniki ujawniają szereg trudności. Działając w środowisku o ograniczonych zasobach, przedsiębiorcy mają problemy m.in. z uzyskaniem środków finansowych, odpowiednich pracowników oraz wiedzy. Te same czynniki ograniczają rozwój małych firm turystycznych zarówno w krajach globalnej Północy, jak i na Południu. Inne ograniczenia wynikają ze specyfiki doświadczeń RPA. Tamtejsi przedsiębiorcy turystyczni muszą się mierzyć z historycznym dziedzictwem apartheidu oraz praktykami korupcyjnymi, które są szeroko rozpowszechnione w lokalnej gospodarce turystycznej i które należy uznać za przeszkody w postępie transformacji.(abstrakt oryginalny)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Tourism; Small business; Economics

PL

Turystyka; Małe i średnie przedsiębiorstwa; Ekonomia

• Czasopismo: Studia Periegetica
• Rocznik: 2023
• Numer: nr 1(41)
• Strony: 5

Twórcy

autor

Zinzi Sixaba

• University of Johannesburg, South Africa

autor

Christian M. Rogerson

• University of Johannesburg, South Africa

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10.58683/sp.345