Haywood, Lorren KNortje, KarenDafuleya, GNethengwe, TSumbana, F2020-11-102020-11-102020-09Haywood, L.K., Nortje, K., Dafuleya, G. et al., An assessment for enhancing sustainability in rural tourism products in South Africa. Development Southern Africa, vol. 37(6). pp. 1-150376-835X1470-3637doi.org/10.1080/0376835X.2020.1806784https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0376835X.2020.1806784http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11670Copyright: 2020, Taylor & Francis Group, CRC Press. Due to copyright restrictions, the attached PDF file contains the abstract of the full-text item. For access to the full-text item, please consult the publisher's website.Rural tourism contributes towards socio-economic development. In South Africa, rural areas experience significant development challenges with limited opportunities. Rural tourism as an instrumental tool against poverty requires rural tourism products to be not only viable but also sustainable. Presented is a sustainability assessment framework to assist South African enterprises to assess the sustainability of their rural tourism products (RTPs). The framework has two functions: it provides RTP operators with an understanding of all aspects of sustainability for which they are responsible and it provides indicators to measure the sustainability of the product. The indicators are presented as a sustainability scale that acts like a road map to enable operators to improve the sustainability of their RTPs in successive years. The intention and purpose of the framework is to ensure that sustainability is central to the operation of RTPs in South Africa thereby contributing toward sustainable development goals.enRural tourism productsProduct assessmentsSouth African tourismSustainabilityArticleHaywood, L. K., Nortje, K., Dafuleya, G., Nethengwe, T., & Sumbana, F. (2020). An assessment for enhancing sustainability in rural tourism products in South Africa. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11670Haywood, Lorren K, Karen Nortje, G Dafuleya, T Nethengwe, and F Sumbana "An assessment for enhancing sustainability in rural tourism products in South Africa." (2020) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11670Haywood LK, Nortje K, Dafuleya G, Nethengwe T, Sumbana F. An assessment for enhancing sustainability in rural tourism products in South Africa. 2020; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11670.TY - Article AU - Haywood, Lorren K AU - Nortje, Karen AU - Dafuleya, G AU - Nethengwe, T AU - Sumbana, F AB - Rural tourism contributes towards socio-economic development. In South Africa, rural areas experience significant development challenges with limited opportunities. Rural tourism as an instrumental tool against poverty requires rural tourism products to be not only viable but also sustainable. Presented is a sustainability assessment framework to assist South African enterprises to assess the sustainability of their rural tourism products (RTPs). The framework has two functions: it provides RTP operators with an understanding of all aspects of sustainability for which they are responsible and it provides indicators to measure the sustainability of the product. The indicators are presented as a sustainability scale that acts like a road map to enable operators to improve the sustainability of their RTPs in successive years. The intention and purpose of the framework is to ensure that sustainability is central to the operation of RTPs in South Africa thereby contributing toward sustainable development goals. DA - 2020-09 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Rural tourism products KW - Product assessments KW - South African tourism KW - Sustainability LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2020 SM - 0376-835X SM - 1470-3637 T1 - An assessment for enhancing sustainability in rural tourism products in South Africa TI - An assessment for enhancing sustainability in rural tourism products in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11670 ER -