Evaluating Bloemfontein’s image as a tourist destination: A tour operator’s perspective

South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences

 
 
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Title Evaluating Bloemfontein’s image as a tourist destination: A tour operator’s perspective
 
Creator Strydom, AJ Nel, RG
 
Description Tour operators have been identified as vital information sources influencing the images and decision-making processes of tourists. Bloemfontein is situated in Central South Africa. Tourism marketers believe that the city is an ideal stopover destination for national tour operators en route to other destinations. Research was conducted among national tour operators in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town to determine their perceptions of Bloemfontein and whether they regard the city as a tourist or stopover destination. The research indicates that the city is not regarded as a tourist destination, but is seen as an ideal stopover destination which could be included in future tour itineraries. It is currently excluded because operators are unfamiliar with the tourism offering(s) of Bloemfontein due to insufficient marketing by the tourism officials of the city.
 
Publisher AOSIS Publishing
 
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Date 2014-07-10
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion —
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Identifier 10.4102/sajems.v9i2.1145
 
Source South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences; Vol 9, No 2 (2006); 187-195 2222-3436 1015-8812
 
Language eng
 
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Rights Copyright (c) 2014 AJ Strydom, RG Nel https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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