Dr Tshepiso Setokoe
Senior Lecturer
Bloemfontein Campus
Qualifications: DPhil (Tourism Management) | MTech (Tourism and Hospitality Management) | BA Hons (Development Studies) | PGDip (Higher Education) | BTech (Tourism Management) | NDip (Tourism Management)
Professional Background
Dr Tshepiso Setokoe is a tourism and hospitality academic, researcher, and higher education professional with deep expertise in tourism management, teaching and learning, research development, and quality assurance. He holds a DPhil in Tourism Management and a Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education.
His research interests include sustainable and community-based tourism, tourism development, hospitality management, and higher education development. Dr Setokoe is passionate about student-centred teaching, research capacity development, and utilising tourism research to contribute to inclusive community and socio-economic development in South Africa and beyond.
Areas of Expertise
- • Sustainable and Community-Based Tourism
- • Tourism Development
- • Hospitality Management
- • Higher Education Development
- • Research Capacity Development
Selected Publications
- • Mokabe, M., Setokoe, T. J., & Ramukumba, T. (2024). The leadership role in sustainable community-based tourism development within a rural setting. African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 13(2), 342-350. https://doi.org/10.46222/ajhtl.19770720.515
- • Setokoe, T. J. (2024). Small rural tourism businesses’ experience of the COVID-19 Tourism Relief Fund: A case of Coffee Bay. Interdisciplinary Journal of Rural and Community Studies, 6, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.38140/ijrcs-2024.vol6.14
- • Setokoe, T. J., & Ramukumba, T. (2024). What brings you to our abode? Tourist motivation for visiting rural destinations. Interdisciplinary Journal of Sociality Studies, 4, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.38140/ijss-2024.vol4.12
- • Zitho, K. K., Crowther, D., & Setokoe, T. J. (2025). Investigating the implications of injury occurrence on the productivity of housekeeping personnel in graded hotels in the Free State. Interdisciplinary Journal of Management Sciences, 2(2), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.38140/ijms-2025.vol2.2.01
- • Setokoe, T. J., Mokabe, M., & Ramukumba, T. (2025). Evaluating the impact of tourism in achieving city status: A case study of Thulamela Local Municipality Vision 2030. Tourism and Rural Development Studies, 10(3), 149-170. https://doi.org/10.15170/TVT.2025.10.03.08
