The Significance of Rural Areas in South Africa For
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF RURAL AREAS IN SOUTH AFRICA FOR TOURISM DEVELOPMENT THROUGH COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO UMGABABA, A RURAL AREA LOCATED IN THE PROVINCE OF KWAZULU-NATAL by MOHAN GOPAUL Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ARTS in the subject GEOGRAPHY at the UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA SUPERVISOR: DR. A.C. HARMSE November 2006 ii Student number: 675-933-5 I declare that, “The significance of rural areas in South Africa for tourism development through community participation with special reference to Umgababa, a rural area located in the province of KwaZulu-Natal” is my own work and that all the sources that I have used or quoted have been indicated and acknowledged by means of complete references. ……………………… …………………. SIGNATURE DATE (MR. M. GOPAUL) iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the following people whose contributions and support have been invaluable: Dr. A.C. Harmse, my supervisor for her superb supervision of the thesis. Ms. Melanie Nicolau, Head of Department, Department of Geography, Unisa, for her mediation in times of problems and continued assistance until completion of the thesis. Ms. Leanne Brown, subject librarian at Unisa, for her prompt service. Ms. Helenne Steenkamp, secretary at the Department of Geography, Unisa, for her prompt service with regards to communication. Ms. Noeline McNamara, from eThekwini Municipality, South Local Council, assisting with some of the maps. Radhika Gopaul (my wife) for typing and layout of the thesis. Arusha and Kerina (my daughters) for their continued support and patience during the writing process. Suren Bisseru, Simunye Printers, for binding this thesis.
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