Assignment 1 Deadline 25 February 2018 Individual critique

Assignment 1 Deadline: 25 February 2018

Individual critique: The sharing economy in tourism: opportunities and challenges for stakeholders Identify and use theory to address the following issues: • Identify and discuss the opportunities and challenges created by the sharing economy for the four major stakeholders namely: tourists, traditional tourism suppliers, destinations and local communities • Provide suggestions on what socio-cultural and institutional transformations as well as legislative changes need to happen so that the sharing economy can create benefits for all shareholders. • Support your arguments by providing examples and evidence of the impact and changes taken to address the sharing economy from worldwide cases and destinations

Major Requirements • Balance of theory and practice • Use of academic papers • Appropriate citation and bibliography – references • 2000 words max

Material for your assignment: Papers and presentations uploaded on the course website Use the library (online and offline sources) Do an internet search to find resources: e. g. scholar. google. com Governments, local councils, trade associations and other public bodies release reports and information about this topic e. g. https: //yoursay. sa. gov. au/decisions/yoursay-engagements-innovationchallenge/about (even participate in the challenge !) • Watch the online recordings of a recent event on the sharing economy hosted by UNISA on the 9 th Nov 2016 • https: //lrs. unisa. edu. au/ess/portal/section/d 8 cd 701 a-b 936 -4 e 46 -ac 28 ad 30 ca 9 e 8 e 6 d • •