Julia K Giddy
Biographic Data
| ID | 3100404 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Julia K Giddy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Julia K |
| FAMILY NAME | Giddy |
| SIGNATURE | GIDDY J K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Johannesburg |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8677-1492 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Influence of South African National Parks Free Week on Domestic Visitors’ Engagement With Kruger National Park
This purpose of this paper is to examine how ‘SANParks week,’ a yearly event where entrance fees are waived for domestic visitors, influences engagement with national parks, using Black domestic tourists to Kruger National Park as a case study. A primarily quantitative approach was utilized, purposively collecting surveys from Black South African visitors to Kruger National Park, both during SANParks week and outside of SANParks week. A comparati…
The changing nature of domestic nature-based tourists in South Africa
Rural Tourism Firms in the Covid-19 Environment
One consequence of the COVID-19-induced changing consumer travel preferences is growing demand from urban residents for open spaces and the experiences of rural destinations. This re-focuses attention on the challenges of rural tourism firms and of issues of developing rural tourism destinations. In extant international scholarship only limited studies have been undertaken for sub-Saharan Africa. This paper contributes to research debates on rura…
Digital technology, tourism and geographies of inequality
Tourism is undergoing major changes in the advent of social media networks and other new forms of digital technology. This has affected a number of tourism related processes including marketing, destination making, travel experiences and visitor feedback but also various tourism subsectors, like hospitality, transportation and tour operators. More radical than the change in technology itself, the COVID-19 pandemic has hastened questions of digita…
Uber and employment in the Global South - not-so-decent work
Due to its global standards and brand recognition, Uber has become an important form of transportation and is now found throughout the world. It has played a role in transforming local mobilities in many cities, particularly those lacking efficient public transportation options. Uber has played a particularly important role in increasing mobilities in places with security concerns, such as South Africa, due to their competitive rates, the account…
Nature-Based Tourism Enterprise Adaptive Responses to Covid-19 in South Africa
COVID-19 is forcing a re-orientation of tourism research agendas. Emerging themes relate to ramification, transformation and adaptation. The aim of this paper is to contribute to the research cluster on adaptation by examining tourism business adaptive responses to COVID-19 through the lens of a case study destination in the global South, namely Bushbuckridge in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. The methods implemented were qualitative, using se…
Ethical concerns around inner city walking tours
Walking tours are common practice in urban tourism and are, historically, one of the earliest examples of urban tourism. Due to a rise in the demand for so-called “authentic” experiences in tourism in recent years, there has been a growth in different types of cultural walking tours, particularly in poor neighborhoods of major cities globally. The increase in these tours brings to light a number of questions concerning the ethics of taking people…
“Does this Look Like a Slum?” Walking Tours in the Johannesburg Inner City
Environmental attitudes and adventure tourism motivations
Uber and employment in the Global South - not-so-decent work
Due to its global standards and brand recognition, Uber has become an important form of transportation and is now found throughout the world. It has played a role in transforming local mobilities in many cities, particularly those lacking efficient public transportation options. Uber has played a particularly important role in increasing mobilities in places with security concerns, such as South Africa, due to their competitive rates, the account…
Ethical concerns around inner city walking tours
Walking tours are common practice in urban tourism and are, historically, one of the earliest examples of urban tourism. Due to a rise in the demand for so-called “authentic” experiences in tourism in recent years, there has been a growth in different types of cultural walking tours, particularly in poor neighborhoods of major cities globally. The increase in these tours brings to light a number of questions concerning the ethics of taking people…
Environmental attitudes and adventure tourism motivations
Digital technology, tourism and geographies of inequality
Tourism is undergoing major changes in the advent of social media networks and other new forms of digital technology. This has affected a number of tourism related processes including marketing, destination making, travel experiences and visitor feedback but also various tourism subsectors, like hospitality, transportation and tour operators. More radical than the change in technology itself, the COVID-19 pandemic has hastened questions of digita…
The changing nature of domestic nature-based tourists in South Africa
“Does this Look Like a Slum?” Walking Tours in the Johannesburg Inner City
Environmental attitudes and adventure tourism motivations
Ethical concerns around inner city walking tours
Walking tours are common practice in urban tourism and are, historically, one of the earliest examples of urban tourism. Due to a rise in the demand for so-called “authentic” experiences in tourism in recent years, there has been a growth in different types of cultural walking tours, particularly in poor neighborhoods of major cities globally. The increase in these tours brings to light a number of questions concerning the ethics of taking people…
Nature-Based Tourism Enterprise Adaptive Responses to Covid-19 in South Africa
COVID-19 is forcing a re-orientation of tourism research agendas. Emerging themes relate to ramification, transformation and adaptation. The aim of this paper is to contribute to the research cluster on adaptation by examining tourism business adaptive responses to COVID-19 through the lens of a case study destination in the global South, namely Bushbuckridge in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. The methods implemented were qualitative, using se…
Rural Tourism Firms in the Covid-19 Environment
One consequence of the COVID-19-induced changing consumer travel preferences is growing demand from urban residents for open spaces and the experiences of rural destinations. This re-focuses attention on the challenges of rural tourism firms and of issues of developing rural tourism destinations. In extant international scholarship only limited studies have been undertaken for sub-Saharan Africa. This paper contributes to research debates on rura…
Digital technology, tourism and geographies of inequality
Tourism is undergoing major changes in the advent of social media networks and other new forms of digital technology. This has affected a number of tourism related processes including marketing, destination making, travel experiences and visitor feedback but also various tourism subsectors, like hospitality, transportation and tour operators. More radical than the change in technology itself, the COVID-19 pandemic has hastened questions of digita…
Uber and employment in the Global South - not-so-decent work
Due to its global standards and brand recognition, Uber has become an important form of transportation and is now found throughout the world. It has played a role in transforming local mobilities in many cities, particularly those lacking efficient public transportation options. Uber has played a particularly important role in increasing mobilities in places with security concerns, such as South Africa, due to their competitive rates, the account…
The changing nature of domestic nature-based tourists in South Africa
The Influence of South African National Parks Free Week on Domestic Visitors’ Engagement With Kruger National Park
This purpose of this paper is to examine how ‘SANParks week,’ a yearly event where entrance fees are waived for domestic visitors, influences engagement with national parks, using Black domestic tourists to Kruger National Park as a case study. A primarily quantitative approach was utilized, purposively collecting surveys from Black South African visitors to Kruger National Park, both during SANParks week and outside of SANParks week. A comparati…
Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (7 works) · Geography (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Tourism (6 works) · Business (5 works) · Economics (5 works) · Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management (4 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Marketing (3 works) · Sociology (3 works)