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Melville Saayman
Researcher at North-West University
Publications - 297
Citations - 5379
Melville Saayman is an academic researcher from North-West University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Tourism & National park. The author has an hindex of 31, co-authored 297 publications receiving 4707 citations. Previous affiliations of Melville Saayman include Northwest University (China) & Vaal University of Technology.
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Travel Motivation of Tourists to Kruger and Tsitsikamma National Parks: A Comparative Study
TL;DR: In this article, the authors determine and compare travel motives of visitors to Kruger and Tsitsikamma National Parks and find that tourists have common as well as unique motives in the two parks.
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Travel motivations of tourists to selected marine destinations.
TL;DR: In this article, the travel motives of tourists to selected marine destinations were determined by means of a structured questionnaire, and the results revealed similarity regarding escape and relaxation as travel motives when compared to other research.
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Determinants of inbound tourism to South Africa.
Andrea Saayman,Melville Saayman +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify the various determinants of inbound tourism to South Africa from different source markets (categorized in continents) using time series quarterly data from 1993 to 2004.
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Estimating the Economic Contribution of Visitor Spending in the Kruger National Park to the Regional Economy
Melville Saayman,Andrea Saayman +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors aim to estimate the economic impact of tourist spending in the Kruger National Park and to determine the contribution of tourists visiting the Park to the economy of the region.
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Does the location of arts festivals matter for the economic impact
Melville Saayman,Andrea Saayman +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors make use of primary data obtained from visitor (demand side) and business (supply side) surveys to determine the local economic impact of the three leading arts festivals in South Africa.