Elmarie Slabbert
Biographic Data
| ID | 1850293 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elmarie Slabbert |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elmarie |
| FAMILY NAME | Slabbert |
| SIGNATURE | SLABBERT E |
| AFFILIATIONS | North-West University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4311-6962 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Green hospitality signals and anticipated destination experience
Purpose In response to growing environmental pressures and evolving visitor expectations, the hospitality sector is increasingly adopting sustainability practices that extend beyond firm-level performance to influence pre-travel destination-level evaluation processes and hospitality brand positioning. This study aims to examine how pro-environmental measures and social influence affect anticipated destination experiences, satisfaction and star-ra…
Tourism futures
Tourism Futures research must shift from forecasting to equitable benefit sharing. • The Beneficiary-First Framework ensures inclusive and ethical co-creation. • Evaluation should prioritise well-being over purely economic growth indicators. • International cooperation is vital to address inequalities in tourism research.
The (ir)relevance of hunting tourism to rural communities
Hunting tourism is increasingly utilised as a tool for socio-economic development. While numerous studies have examined the economic impact of the South African hunting tourism sector, there is a notable scarcity of research on its overall impact. This study addresses this gap by investigating the impacts of hunting tourism on local communities in rural areas of South Africa, as perceived by the hunters themselves. A quantitative research approac…
Competitiveness factors influencing tourists’ intention to return and recommend
Assessing destination competitiveness from a tourist perspective has been limited, especially for distressed destinations such as Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe has been facing ongoing political and economic challenges for more than two decades which puts pressure on the growth of the tourism industry. However, all destinations compete in the same space for tourists’ attention, forcing marketers to continuously develop strategies to enhance competitiveness a…
Tourism Is Too Dangerous! Perceived Risk and the Subjective Safety of Tourism Activity in the Era of Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened the risk associated with tourism and induced a paradigm shift in tourist behaviour. The study explores the nexus between COVID-19 induced perceived risk the subjective safety associated with tourism activity. A cross-sectional deductive study was conducted. Data were generated from a respondent-driven snowball sample of 323 potential tourists from all over the world. The key findings indicate perceived physica…
Segmenting Tourists Based on Traditional Versus Social Media Usage and Destination Image Perception
Despite considerable insight into both traditional and social media, the research on these media types is largely mutually exclusive. Consequently, it is largely not known what media tourists use before forming an image of a destination for potential visitation. To provide insight into this phenomena, this study segmented 558 tourists to South Africa based on their media usage and destination image perception. The first segment, experienced South…
Impacts of tourism in predicting residents’ opinions and interest in tourism activities
The impacts of tourism influence residents’ attitudes and behaviour towards tourists and tourism-related activities such as festivals. Residents are the primary stakeholders of tourism development, considered as the backbone of the industry. Coastal towns such as Jeffreys Bay in South Africa are natural attractions receiving high numbers of tourists regularly. Therefore, on the one hand, residents have to adjust to the influx of tourists, but on …
Repeat tourism, destination image and behavioural intentions
Repeat tourism represents a viable source market that provides a steady source of income for tourism managers. Specifically, only those destinations can rely on repeat tourism to survive in potentially difficult political, environmental or economic conditions who were classed as mature by Richard Butler in his concept of tourism areas cycle (TALC) in 1980. Although research confirms that tourists’ previous visitation influences their image percep…
The relevance of the tangible and intangible social impacts of tourism on selected South African communities
Most tourism social impact studies emphasise tangible social impacts such as economic improvement. In developing countries such as South Africa, a small percentage of tangible benefits filter down to community level. This creates a problem as various studies revealed the importance of community support for the sustainability of the tourism industry. Therefore it was important to explore the role of both the tangible and the intangible social impa…
The Influence of Length of Residency on the Social Impacts of Selected National Arts Festivals in South Africa
Festivals in South Africa contribute greatly to the economic and social well-being of communities and offer various benefits. The host community is considered to be one of the key role players in tourism and therefore relations between the festivals and the host communities play an important role in understanding the social impact of an event. The aim of this research is to determine the influence of length of residency on the social impacts of a…
What really matters to the audience
Competition in the South African arts festival market is an evident problem and is associated with changes in ticket purchase behaviour among performing arts patrons and declining ticket sales. This holds a negative implication for arts festivals, since visitors who purchase tickets tend to stay for longer periods and spend more than visitors not interested in ticketed shows/productions. Ticket sales from audiences are also one of festivals' main…
Towards an Instrument Measuring Community Perceptions of the Impacts of Festivals
The sustainability of an event depends on the support of the local community. Currently, community instruments do not measure perceptions of the impacts of events in an integrated manner. This paper is the first step in developing such an instrument for events in South Africa. Seventy-five community impact items were identified through a literature study and were reduced to 44 items by using the Delphi technique. The results (44 items) were inclu…
Expenditure-based segmentation of visitors to Aardklop National Arts Festival
Competition in the festival market has important implications for South African arts/cultural festivals. To assist a festival to remain sustainable, market segmentation is an effective tool to divide existing and potential markets into homogenous groups based on meaningful characteristics. The aim of this article is to segment visitors (by using visitor expenditure as segmentation method) to one of South Africa's largest arts festivals, namely th…
Repeat tourism, destination image and behavioural intentions
Repeat tourism represents a viable source market that provides a steady source of income for tourism managers. Specifically, only those destinations can rely on repeat tourism to survive in potentially difficult political, environmental or economic conditions who were classed as mature by Richard Butler in his concept of tourism areas cycle (TALC) in 1980. Although research confirms that tourists’ previous visitation influences their image percep…
Impacts of tourism in predicting residents’ opinions and interest in tourism activities
The impacts of tourism influence residents’ attitudes and behaviour towards tourists and tourism-related activities such as festivals. Residents are the primary stakeholders of tourism development, considered as the backbone of the industry. Coastal towns such as Jeffreys Bay in South Africa are natural attractions receiving high numbers of tourists regularly. Therefore, on the one hand, residents have to adjust to the influx of tourists, but on …
Expenditure-based segmentation of visitors to Aardklop National Arts Festival
Competition in the festival market has important implications for South African arts/cultural festivals. To assist a festival to remain sustainable, market segmentation is an effective tool to divide existing and potential markets into homogenous groups based on meaningful characteristics. The aim of this article is to segment visitors (by using visitor expenditure as segmentation method) to one of South Africa's largest arts festivals, namely th…
What really matters to the audience
Competition in the South African arts festival market is an evident problem and is associated with changes in ticket purchase behaviour among performing arts patrons and declining ticket sales. This holds a negative implication for arts festivals, since visitors who purchase tickets tend to stay for longer periods and spend more than visitors not interested in ticketed shows/productions. Ticket sales from audiences are also one of festivals' main…
Towards an Instrument Measuring Community Perceptions of the Impacts of Festivals
The sustainability of an event depends on the support of the local community. Currently, community instruments do not measure perceptions of the impacts of events in an integrated manner. This paper is the first step in developing such an instrument for events in South Africa. Seventy-five community impact items were identified through a literature study and were reduced to 44 items by using the Delphi technique. The results (44 items) were inclu…
The Influence of Length of Residency on the Social Impacts of Selected National Arts Festivals in South Africa
Festivals in South Africa contribute greatly to the economic and social well-being of communities and offer various benefits. The host community is considered to be one of the key role players in tourism and therefore relations between the festivals and the host communities play an important role in understanding the social impact of an event. The aim of this research is to determine the influence of length of residency on the social impacts of a…
The relevance of the tangible and intangible social impacts of tourism on selected South African communities
Most tourism social impact studies emphasise tangible social impacts such as economic improvement. In developing countries such as South Africa, a small percentage of tangible benefits filter down to community level. This creates a problem as various studies revealed the importance of community support for the sustainability of the tourism industry. Therefore it was important to explore the role of both the tangible and the intangible social impa…
Repeat tourism, destination image and behavioural intentions
Repeat tourism represents a viable source market that provides a steady source of income for tourism managers. Specifically, only those destinations can rely on repeat tourism to survive in potentially difficult political, environmental or economic conditions who were classed as mature by Richard Butler in his concept of tourism areas cycle (TALC) in 1980. Although research confirms that tourists’ previous visitation influences their image percep…
Segmenting Tourists Based on Traditional Versus Social Media Usage and Destination Image Perception
Despite considerable insight into both traditional and social media, the research on these media types is largely mutually exclusive. Consequently, it is largely not known what media tourists use before forming an image of a destination for potential visitation. To provide insight into this phenomena, this study segmented 558 tourists to South Africa based on their media usage and destination image perception. The first segment, experienced South…
Impacts of tourism in predicting residents’ opinions and interest in tourism activities
The impacts of tourism influence residents’ attitudes and behaviour towards tourists and tourism-related activities such as festivals. Residents are the primary stakeholders of tourism development, considered as the backbone of the industry. Coastal towns such as Jeffreys Bay in South Africa are natural attractions receiving high numbers of tourists regularly. Therefore, on the one hand, residents have to adjust to the influx of tourists, but on …
Tourism Is Too Dangerous! Perceived Risk and the Subjective Safety of Tourism Activity in the Era of Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened the risk associated with tourism and induced a paradigm shift in tourist behaviour. The study explores the nexus between COVID-19 induced perceived risk the subjective safety associated with tourism activity. A cross-sectional deductive study was conducted. Data were generated from a respondent-driven snowball sample of 323 potential tourists from all over the world. The key findings indicate perceived physica…
Competitiveness factors influencing tourists’ intention to return and recommend
Assessing destination competitiveness from a tourist perspective has been limited, especially for distressed destinations such as Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe has been facing ongoing political and economic challenges for more than two decades which puts pressure on the growth of the tourism industry. However, all destinations compete in the same space for tourists’ attention, forcing marketers to continuously develop strategies to enhance competitiveness a…
The (ir)relevance of hunting tourism to rural communities
Hunting tourism is increasingly utilised as a tool for socio-economic development. While numerous studies have examined the economic impact of the South African hunting tourism sector, there is a notable scarcity of research on its overall impact. This study addresses this gap by investigating the impacts of hunting tourism on local communities in rural areas of South Africa, as perceived by the hunters themselves. A quantitative research approac…
Green hospitality signals and anticipated destination experience
Purpose In response to growing environmental pressures and evolving visitor expectations, the hospitality sector is increasingly adopting sustainability practices that extend beyond firm-level performance to influence pre-travel destination-level evaluation processes and hospitality brand positioning. This study aims to examine how pro-environmental measures and social influence affect anticipated destination experiences, satisfaction and star-ra…
Tourism futures
Tourism Futures research must shift from forecasting to equitable benefit sharing. • The Beneficiary-First Framework ensures inclusive and ethical co-creation. • Evaluation should prioritise well-being over purely economic growth indicators. • International cooperation is vital to address inequalities in tourism research.
Tourism (10 works) · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (9 works) · Geography (9 works) · Business (8 works) · Marketing (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (6 works) · Advertising (5 works) · Perception (4 works) · Psychology (4 works)