PMID- 29955349
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20200929
IS  - 1996-1421 (Electronic)
IS  - 2072-845X (Print)
IS  - 1996-1421 (Linking)
VI  - 9
IP  - 1
DP  - 2017
TI  - The relationship between drought and tourist arrivals: A case study of Kruger 
      National Park, South Africa.
PG  - 471
LID - 10.4102/jamba.v9i1.471 [doi]
LID - 471
AB  - National parks around the world have been recognised as important sources of 
      nature experiences for both local and international visitors. In South Africa, 
      national parks are similarly important recreational and nature tourism 
      attractions. They offer visitors an unparalleled diversity of tourism 
      opportunities, including game viewing, bush walks and exposure to culture and 
      history. South African National Parks (SANParks), established in 1926, is one of 
      the world's leading conservation and scientific research bodies and a leading 
      agent in maintaining the country's indigenous natural environment. The study aims 
      to analyse the correlation between drought and the number of tourist arrivals to 
      the Kruger National Park (KNP). Rainfall data, as well as data on tourist 
      arrivals at KNP for the period from 1963 to 2015 were obtained from the South 
      African Weather Services (SAWS) and SANParks, respectively. Rainfall data were 
      used to determine the drought years at the KNP through computing the Standardised 
      Precipitation Index (SPI) for various stations around the park. Pearson's 
      correlation coefficient was used as a statistical measure of the strength of a 
      linear relationship between drought and tourist arrivals. The results showed that 
      KNP experienced both negative and positive tourist arrivals, although the former 
      was the case, tourist arrivals showed an increasing trend. The correlation 
      relationship showed that 19.36% of the drought years corresponded to a negative 
      change in tourist arrivals to the park. The results obtained confirm that the 
      tourism industry is a fragile industry which is prone to environmental, social 
      and economic state of a region.
FAU - Mathivha, Fhumulani I
AU  - Mathivha FI
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7312-6438
AD  - Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Venda, South Africa.
FAU - Tshipala, Ndivhuwo N
AU  - Tshipala NN
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4655-0214
AD  - Department of Tourism Management, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa.
FAU - Nkuna, Zanele
AU  - Nkuna Z
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0721-0524
AD  - Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Venda, South Africa.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20170727
PL  - South Africa
TA  - Jamba
JT  - Jamba (Potchefstroom, South Africa)
JID - 101606753
PMC - PMC6014018
COIS- The authors declare that they have no financial or personal relationships which 
      may have inappropriately influenced them in writing this article.
EDAT- 2018/06/30 06:00
MHDA- 2018/06/30 06:01
PMCR- 2017/07/27
CRDT- 2018/06/30 06:00
PHST- 2017/04/11 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2017/06/15 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2018/06/30 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2018/06/30 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/06/30 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2017/07/27 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - JAMBA-9-471 [pii]
AID - 10.4102/jamba.v9i1.471 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Jamba. 2017 Jul 27;9(1):471. doi: 10.4102/jamba.v9i1.471. eCollection 2017.