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dc.contributor.advisor | Ferreira, l.W. | EN |
dc.contributor.advisor | Ohlhoff, S. | EN |
dc.contributor.advisor | Ferreira, l.W., Prof | - |
dc.contributor.advisor | Ohlhoff, S. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Mxunyelwa, Siyabonga | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-08-24T05:50:56Z | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-09-08T10:52:32Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2016-08-24T05:50:56Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2016-09-08T10:52:32Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2120 | - |
dc.description | Thesis (MTech (Tourism and Events Management))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2011. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | In recent years, events have shown rapid growth as types of attraction within destinations, with such events creating a favourable image of a host destination, expanding the traditional tourist season, spreading tourist demand more evenly through an area and attracting foreign and domestic visitors (Keyser, 2002:18). As such, events are starting to become an established element and major part of tourism growth and marketing strategies. East London (in the Eastern Cape, South Africa) has hosted a number of successful events (Buffalo City Tourism, 2010) however no known social impact studies related to the community of East London are known to have been conducted. The purpose of this study was to address this gap and to evaluate the social impacts of events tourism on the East London community. The overall research question in this study was, What are the socio-cultural impacts of events tourism on East London? This was a quantitative study that utilised a survey to collect the data. The sampling frame was the community at the Spec-Savers Ironman South Africa Triathlon 2010 held in East London. Potential participants were included in the sample through utilising a random sampling method. The research instrument consisted of four sections, namely demographic profiling (age, gender, race, marital status, education and income), overall event impact perceptions, reasons for spectator participation, and the social impact perceptions of the respondents. The event attendees were interviewed. No incentive was offered for participation, and participants were assured of the confidentiality of their responses. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Cape Peninsula University of Technology | en_US |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/za/ | en |
dc.subject | Sports -- Economic aspects -- South Africa | en_US |
dc.subject | Sports -- Social aspects -- South Africa | en_US |
dc.subject | Hosting of sporting events -- Economic aspects -- South Africa | en_US |
dc.subject | Sports tourism -- South Africa | en_US |
dc.title | The socio-cultural impacts of sport events tourism on selected local communities in East London, with specific reference to the Spec-Savers Ironman South Africa Triathlon | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
Appears in Collections: | Tourism Management - Masters Degrees |
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