Following the UN Tourism and the World Tourism Cities Federation’s (WTCF) report highlighting the need to measure the social and environmental impact of tourism on city destinations, Tourism Update spoke to South African urban tourism stakeholders to establish what the destinations’ social and environmental impacts are, the size and value of their urban tourism sector, and how they collect tourism data.
The UN Tourism and WTCF report assesses the current situation and challenges of the collection of tourism data at a city level. The analysis will reportedly help to create a global database of urban tourism, enabling better understanding and benchmarking of the sector’s size and value, both globally and regionally.
Having already covered Durban and Nelson Mandela Bay, the focus now shifts to Tshwane and Johannesburg.
Social and environmental impact
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