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Research and analysis of sustainability related topics.


SA Tourism Stay Business: Embracing Sustainability
GST offers a detailed route map in the form of a management method, for interested owners to manage their business with sustainability as the purpose...

GST Blog
Sep 225 min read


Sustainable Tourism in Global Perspective: Part 4
There is the realisation that climate change is a reality; it is human-made, the result of human actions and inactions...
Johan Hattingh
Jun 253 min read


Sustainable Tourism in Global Perspective: Part 3
WHAT is so important that we would want to continue it into the future?...
Johan Hattingh
Jun 253 min read


Sustainable Tourism in Global Perspective: Part 2
WHAT were the biggest challenges and obstacles you encountered in implementing sustainable tourism...
Johan Hattingh
Jun 253 min read


Sustainable Tourism in Global Perspective: Part 1
This first article focuses on sustainable development and tourism as a process, and more specifically, a process of expanding the mind...
Johan Hattingh
Jun 254 min read


Sustainable certifications: Value-add or red tape? Part 4
IN A BUSINESS context, value-add is about activities, processes or services that enhance the value of a product, service or experience for customers...

Niël du Toit
Jun 224 min read


Sustainable certifications: Value-add or red tape? Part 3
MANAGEMENT by objectives adds a special value to conservation and sustainability because it represents a proactive approach to detrimental issues

Niël du Toit
Jun 223 min read


Sustainable certifications: Value-add or red tape? Part 2
GST is a two-legged, confidential, relationship cooperation between Theory and Practice...

Niël du Toit
Jun 224 min read


Sustainable certifications: Value-add or red tape? Part 1
IN a recent article published in Tourism Update, the question was asked: "Green certifications: Value-Add or red tape?...

Niël du Toit
Jun 223 min read


Agritourism: Boost profits with hiking trails on farms
LEON HUGO - As urban residents increasingly crave fresh air, unspoiled landscapes, and the tranquillity of nature, many farmers - who enjoy these daily - are struggling financially...

Leon Hugo
May 236 min read


Leon Hugo: hiking trail rating innovator
WHAT MAKES a good hiking trail? This question has taken up much of the time of Prof Leon Hugo, former head of the Department of Geography...
annekruger25
Apr 305 min read


Rewilding: Start with the plants, not the animals
PORT ALFRED - Japie Buckle, a highly respected restoration ecologist and Managing Director of Hive Ecosystems, shed light on the concept of rewilding and its significance in restoring and reconnecting natural ecosystems...
Piet Marais
Apr 223 min read


Celebrating our marine diversity
MPA Day at Boknes, first published in Talk of the Town...visit https://www.talkofthetown.co.za
Piet Marais
Aug 10, 20243 min read
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