Investigating the supply chain drivers and barriers in the tourism industry in Pretoria

Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management

 
 
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Title Investigating the supply chain drivers and barriers in the tourism industry in Pretoria
 
Creator Sifolo, Portia P.S. Molefe, Lorraine P. Henama, Unathi S. Tauoatsoala, Pascal Manavhela, Pfarelo
 
Subject tourism; supply chain; local economic development tourism supply chain; drivers; barriers; supply chain practices; mitigation plans
Description Background: The cross-cutting nature of the tourism industry is one of the defining features or characteristics of the sector. There is a high rate of interdependence in the tourism industry; hence, it is dubbed to be having a multiplier effect (direct, indirect and induced).Objectives: The aim of the study is to investigate the supply chain (SC) drivers and barriers of the businesses operating in the tourism industry in Pretoria.Method: A self-administered questionnaire was used to identify the drivers and barriers within the tourism SC (TSC). Convenience sampling was implemented among 179 businesses operating in Pretoria.Results: The results revealed that customer relationship management is an SC driver for tourism operation in Pretoria. The barriers incorporate issues such as being insensitive to the environment, not developing environmental-friendly SCs and logistics practices and not being able to assess the performance against criteria defined in the organisation’s policy. Moreover, the study presents the mitigation plan approach to deal with the TSC barriers in the near future.Conclusion: Innovation that strengthens inter-sectoral planning and collaboration is pivotal for effective coordination.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
Contributor Tshwane University of Technology —
Date 2019-09-09
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Quantitative; Survey
Format text/html application/epub+zip text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/jtscm.v13i0.459
 
Source Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management; Vol 13 (2019); 8 pages 1995-5235 2310-8789
 
Language eng
 
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Coverage Pretoria; South Africa — tourism businesses
Rights Copyright (c) 2019 Portia P.S. Sifolo, Lorraine P. Molefe, Unathi S. Henama, Pascal Tauoatsoala, Pfarelo Manavhela https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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