NATIONAL HERITAGE RESOURCES ACT, 25 OF 1999 Introducing on integrated interactive system to manage national heritage resources, promote good governance at all levels allowing civil society to protect and its cultural heritage resources, civil society. It can be passed on to future generations , establish general principles of management of cultural heritage resources throughout the republic . Introduce integrated system fro identifying evaluating and managing south African heritage resources, establish south African heritage coordinated and promoted by resources agencies and their council management of cultural heritage resources at the national level .provide protection management of sites and areas that deserve protection by the local government. To handle related matters . IMPACT IN TOURISM PLANNING For skills development ,SARHA has implemented integrated heritage resources management courses with Rhodes University and Initiatives such as youth skills development with CATHSSETA and Kara Institute .SARHA achievements included participation in the SA world congress committee which helped manage SA’ s world heritage sites. SARHA is also actively involved in supporting NDT in developing heritage tourism strategies we have developed an electronic system for managing cultural resources SAHRIS. Visitors get attracted to those site that are graded by the act they become more popular to tourist across the world. TOURISM ACT OF 2014 The act if 2014 is mandate of the department of tourism (DT), As outlined in this act is to promote the growth and development of the tourism. Sector quality tourism product and services and promote responsible tourism for the benefits of south Africa, enhance cooperation and coordination between all spheres of government in developing and managing tourism, The 1996 white paper on tourism development and promotion in South Africa provides for the promotion of national and international tourism. This sector was aimed at stimulating domestic demand, launch of E-visa programs for priority markets. Encourage community investment in the sector through measures such an.ensuring the effectiveness of entry promotional programs with the aim to provide young people with the essential tourism skills to improve the visitor experience. SOUTH AFRUCAN TOURISM ( SAT) The Tourism Act of 2014 will ensure that south Africa is sold internationally and domestically to the SAT as a priority destination for tourism and business events, with the highest standards of tourism facilities and services , and the performance of the tourism sector mandatory to monitor and evaluate. IMPACT IN TOURISM PLANNING Destination development programme The goal development programme will continue to implement the tourism infrastructures conversations programme for state owned assets to protect and revitalized the tourism supply .the focus of this work is on improving and strengthening important place of cultural heritage such as liberated heritage national park botanical garden , rural urban Area. TOURISM.ACT 1993( ACT 72 OF 1993) Preparation for tourism promotion within the republic further regulations and rationalization of the tourism industry, measures takes to maintain and improve the standards of facilities and services that tourists can rent or use. And to the extent practicable , coordinate and rationalize the activities of people involved in the tourism industry. To establish aboard of directors with legal personality and the authority and obligation to excesize , and execute specific powers functions and obligations with respect to the above matters . Approve the minister to set up a rating and classification system for ΔΊ accommodation its membership is voluntary. Empower the minister to set up. Schemes for the essential sectors of the tourism industry. Its membership is voluntary arrange for tourist guide registration unless registered as a tourist guide within the meaning of the law, no one is prohibited from becoming a tourist guide for commercial purposes. Empower the minister to regulate and resolve related issues. IMPACT IN TOURISM PLANNING It serve to introduce the tourism the models of tourism industry, Accommodation ,transportation, attraction ,activities, amenities ,environmental tourism .all those model must be updated by the government of tourism so that it will keep on attracting visitors to south Africa and by using tourism to promote south africa as the place of destination it increases the number of visitors visiting south and the south african economy increases as well. THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT ACT, 107 OF 1998 This Act aims to prevent pollution and ecological degradation, and ensure sustainable development by providing for air quality measures, norms and standards, management and control by all spheres of government. To provide for co-operative, environmental governance by establishing principles for decision-making on matters affecting the environment, institutions that will promote co-operative governance and procedures for co-ordinating environmental functions exercised by organs of state; and to provide for matters connected there with. Environmental management must be integrated. acknowledging that all elements of the environment are linked and interrelated, and it must take into account the effects of decisions on all aspects of the environment and all people in the environment by pursuing the selection of the best practicable environmental option. THEIR PRINCIPLES (A) Environmental justice must be pursued so that adverse environmental impacts shall not be distributed in such a manner as to unfairly discriminate against any person, particularly vulnerable and disadvantage persons. (B) Equitable access to environmental resources, benefits and services to meet basic human needs and ensure human well-being must be pursued and special measures may be taken to ensure access thereto by categories of persons disadvantaged by unfair discrimination. (C) Responsibility for the environmental health and safety consequences of a policy, programme, project, product. process. service or activity exists throughout its life cycle. (D) The participation of all interested and affected parties in environmental governance must be promoted, and all people must have the opportunity to develop the understanding. skills and capacity necessary~ for achieving equitable and effective participation. and participation by vulnerable and disadvantaged persons must be ensured. IMPACT ON TOURISM PLANNING. Responsible Tourist is proposed as the fundamental guiding principle for tourism development in South Africa's White Paper on Tourism Development and Promotion responsible tourism refers to tourist industry partners taking proactive steps to grow, market, and operate the sector responsibly in order to gain a competitive edge. Responsible tourism refers to the tourism industry's environmental responsibilities, which include promoting balanced and sustainable tourism and focusing on the development of environmentally based tourism activities (such as game viewing and diving).
