Employment opportunities in the South African hotel industry with special reference to tourism

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dc.contributor.advisorFerrario, Francoen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorUken, Ernst-Augusten_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-12T11:18:58Z
dc.date.available2016-01-12T11:18:58Z
dc.date.issued1986en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: pages 111-113.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe continued growth of the South African tourist industry was assumed and projections up to year 2020 were made to establish the corresponding growth in employment opportunities in the hotel industry. Overseas tourism is sensitive to and dependent on many factors. These were identified and the performance over the past two decades for bona fide overseas visitors, excluding mere border crossings, were extrapolated, accepting that oscillations about the suggested trend line will become greater in the future. In order to predict the growth of domestic tourism, cognisance had to be taken of the demographic development of the various population groups. The distribution of wealth among the various groups was estimated in the short, medium and long terms. On it depends the choice of accommodation when going on holiday. An evaluation was made of the employment pattern in the South African hotel industry. Published data from the Central Statistical Services and the Bureau of Financial Analysis (BFA) of the University of Pretoria were used. The 1982 Manpower Survey of the BFA proved particularly useful in establishing the present distribution of skilled staff in the industry by hotel grading and by geographical area. Performance ratios were calculated relative to capital invested and to revenue earned. The lowest staff to room ratios were used as criterion for optimal and most efficient usage of staff. The model thus developed with the aid of the Hewlett Packard STATP computer program, was based on actual present performance of a certain category of hotels. Unlike other approaches reported in the literature, a clear distinction was here made between skilled and unskilled labour. This distinction is considered to be of prime importance to any developing country where a shortage of skilled staff generally prevails, in contrast to a vast supply of untrained labour.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationUken, E. (1986). <i>Employment opportunities in the South African hotel industry with special reference to tourism</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Environmental and Geographical Science. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16346en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationUken, Ernst-August. <i>"Employment opportunities in the South African hotel industry with special reference to tourism."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16346en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationUken, E. 1986. Employment opportunities in the South African hotel industry with special reference to tourism. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Uken, Ernst-August AB - The continued growth of the South African tourist industry was assumed and projections up to year 2020 were made to establish the corresponding growth in employment opportunities in the hotel industry. Overseas tourism is sensitive to and dependent on many factors. These were identified and the performance over the past two decades for bona fide overseas visitors, excluding mere border crossings, were extrapolated, accepting that oscillations about the suggested trend line will become greater in the future. In order to predict the growth of domestic tourism, cognisance had to be taken of the demographic development of the various population groups. The distribution of wealth among the various groups was estimated in the short, medium and long terms. On it depends the choice of accommodation when going on holiday. An evaluation was made of the employment pattern in the South African hotel industry. Published data from the Central Statistical Services and the Bureau of Financial Analysis (BFA) of the University of Pretoria were used. The 1982 Manpower Survey of the BFA proved particularly useful in establishing the present distribution of skilled staff in the industry by hotel grading and by geographical area. Performance ratios were calculated relative to capital invested and to revenue earned. The lowest staff to room ratios were used as criterion for optimal and most efficient usage of staff. The model thus developed with the aid of the Hewlett Packard STATP computer program, was based on actual present performance of a certain category of hotels. Unlike other approaches reported in the literature, a clear distinction was here made between skilled and unskilled labour. This distinction is considered to be of prime importance to any developing country where a shortage of skilled staff generally prevails, in contrast to a vast supply of untrained labour. DA - 1986 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1986 T1 - Employment opportunities in the South African hotel industry with special reference to tourism TI - Employment opportunities in the South African hotel industry with special reference to tourism UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16346 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationUken E. Employment opportunities in the South African hotel industry with special reference to tourism. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, 1986 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16346en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Environmental and Geographical Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEnvironmental and Geographical Scienceen_ZA
dc.subject.otherTourismen_ZA
dc.subject.otherEconomic Developmenten_ZA
dc.titleEmployment opportunities in the South African hotel industry with special reference to tourismen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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