Tourism Policy of South Africa

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Tourism Policy of
South Africa

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
INTRODUCTION TO THE DESTINATION COUNTRY............................................................3
Tourism policies of South Africa................................................................................................5
Evaluation of tourism policy of South Africa.............................................................................7
RECOMMENDATIONS.................................................................................................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFRENCES.................................................................................................................................11
Books and Journal.....................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
The whole world is becoming a global village which is making whole world reachable,
even the remote ones. The tourism industry is one of the largest industries which is contributing
a lot in Gross Domestic Product or GDP of south Africa. Attracting tourism of in a country plays
a vital role in development of respective country. The report gives a detailed description about
the country, South Africa and what policies are adopted by country which can work in
accordance to enhance involvement of tourists(Brondoni, 2016). Also an overall evaluation of
policies is performed which describes what changes are required by country to implement.
Recommendations are also seen in the report which suggest what changes can be made. These
are performed by the governance bodies and organisations who work in supporting welfare of
respective country. Also the efforts of local individuals in respect of improvising the culture are
studied. What all changes tourism industry has brought in lives of domestic people and tourists
as well.
INTRODUCTION TO THE DESTINATION COUNTRY
The respective country South Africa, formally known as Republic of South Africa (RSA)
is situated in southern most direction of African continent. It is 24th most inhabited country in
whole world with an approximate of sixty million individuals residing in geographical territories
of South Africa. It has many large cities, among which Johannesburg is the largest. The major
population residing in South Africa are Black African Ancestry and the least population residing
is of Asian community. There are many African languages which are spoken officially like
Ndebele, Pedi, Zulu, Afrikaans, Swati, Tsonga and many others(Carboni, Perelli and Sistu,
2017). The major communities residing in South Africa are European, Asian and others. It has a
long coastline which is touching South Atlantic and Indian Ocean. The closest neighbouring
countries of South Africa are Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Eswatini. South
Africa is considered as a nation with diverse species of flora and fauna. It is situated near equator
and is hotspot of varied plant life and animal life. The religious community of South Africa is
mainly Christians,. Out of which Protestants are the highest. The least residing religion of South
Africa is Hindus and some of religions who are under undetermined categories. It is a diversified
cultural nation which inhabitants a number of cultures. South Africa is a country which is
developing which ranks as 113th on Human Development Index according to a recent survey

performed. This nation is having democratic governance body which is non bias and works for
development of each and every community group. Due to a lot of cultural variations and many
religious communities residing in South Africa it is sometimes called as Rainbow Nation also.
The African continent supports industrialisation and growth of different countries. South Africa
is second largest economy in whole African Continent where industrialisation is in full swing.
The standard of living of domestic people is moderate. Like all other countries crime and other
discrepancies are also prevalent in South Africa. Even after considering as the second largest
industrialised nation in whole African Continent, the residents of South Africa faces financial
instabilities. The unemployment is also widespread in South Africa which takes back the
development of nation. There many cases of crimes due to lower education, inequality practiced
by the governing bodies. This is a reason that a considerable number of people are under poverty
line(Coughlan and Hattingh, 2020). The climatic changes also play a major part in determining
the economic stability of nation. As climatic conditions are fluctuating, people are more
vulnerable to diseases. It emits a high amount of green house gases that consists of carbon
dioxide, methane gases, hydrofluorocarbons and others which inserts a major impact over natural
resources of South Africa. This is a reason that a large part of population is devoid of adequate
water and other necessary infrastructure and essential commodities that supports living of human
beings. According to UNESCO World Heritage Sites, South Africa is having a lot of heritage
sites in whole African continent, which is well preserved by the governing bodies. This is the
reason that tourism culture is very high in the respective nation, South Africa as it is very popular
destination of tourists. The country earns a lot of revenue from tourism industry which helps the
local people to enhance their standard of living. The nation has also resulted in numerous
scientifically and technically enhanced developments like first heart transplant, first internet
security company named Thawte(Davis and Roberts, 2016).