Lenaghan, PatriciaMasuku, Gabriel Mthokozisi SifisoNULLFaculty of Law2014-02-032024-11-062010/07/292010/07/292014-02-032024-11-062009https://hdl.handle.net/10566/18064Magister Legum - LLMThe general objective of the proposed research is to do a needs analysis for the tourism and hospitality industries of South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho and Swaziland. This will be followed by an alignment of these industries with the provisions of the General Agreement of Trade in Services, commonly known as GATS, so that a Tourism and Hospitality Services Charter may be moulded that may be used uniformly throughout SACU. The specific objectives of the research are: To analyze impact assessment reports and studies conducted on the Tourism and Hospitality Industries for all five SACU member states with the aim of harmonizing standards, costs and border procedures. To ecognize SACU member states' schedule of GATS Commitments, especially in the service sectors being investigated, by improving market access, and to recommend minimal infrastructural development levels to be attained for such sectors' support. To make recommendations to harness the challenges faced by the said industries into a working document. To calibrate a uniformity of trade standards in these sectors that shall be used by the SACU membership. To ensure that the template is flexible enough for SACU to easily adopt and use in ongoing bilateral negotiations, for example.enEconomic partnership agreementEuropean unionGeneral agreement on trade in servicesLeast developed countrySouthern African Customs UnionSouthern African development communityExchange of goods and services for moneyWorld Trade OrganizationThesisUniversity of the Western Cape