Nyikana, Siyabulela (PhD)
Siyabulela Nyikana holds a National Diploma (Tourism Management) and a Bachelor of Technology (Tourism Management) – both from the Walter Sisulu University and a Master of Tourism and Hospitality Management from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. He lectures at the School of Tourism and Hospitality, UJ College of Business and Economics, specialising in sport tourism, events and tourism development. His thesis challenged the usefulness of existing sport tourism frameworks, which have mainly been developed from a global north perspective and their applicability to the sub-Saharan African context, cognizant of the unique differences in terms of geopolitical and economic characteristics. Analysing four major sporting events, the thesis developed a framework for sport tourism in the Cameroonian context, aided with data collected from event attendees, government authorities and documentary sources. Central to the development of the new sport tourism framework based on key findings was the creation of a favourable environment defined through appropriate management and policy approaches, and a decentralised, bottom-up approach enabled by the development of strategies necessary to inform local, regional and provincial contexts. The framework suggests implications for the development of cogent plans and policy directions to aid sport tourism development in the developing African context.
Supervisor: Prof TM Tichaawa
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