A STUDY OF THE FACTORS THAT WILL INCREASE THE NUMBER OF CHINESE TOURIST VISITS TO SOUTH AFRICA, WITH A PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE CHINESE TOURISM INDUSTRY IN SHANGHAI.
Grace H Gao
A dissertation submitted in fulfilment of the requirements of the Master degree of Technology of Tourism and Hospitality Management
DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
March 2007
Declaration
I, Grace H Gao, declare that this project report is my own, unaided work. It is submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the Master degree of Technology of Tourism and Hospitality Management at the Durban University of Technology, Riverside Campus. It has not been submitted before for any degree or examination in this or any other Institutes and Universities.
Acknowledgments
Firstly, I would like to thank to my two supervisors, Mr. W J Quigley and Dr. M de Beer who tirelessly read and commented on this research project. My thanks especially go to Mr. Quigley for his continued encouragement, advice and guidance. Secondly, I wish to extend my thanks to all those who I interviewed (See Appendix G) for the useful information and resources supplied for this project and for their precious time as well, thank you.
I am especially grateful to Mr. R Shand my editor, for his amendments and proofreading of the report. I extend my thanks to Mrs. D Wilson for the final editing as well.
Finally, I am sincerely thanks to my friends both in China, Shanghai and South Africa who helped me during the process of this project and to my family in China for their constant support as well. On of top all, I am very thankful to almighty God who lifted me up during the dark times while doing this project and led me to a successful completi ...