| Are small, medium-and micro-sized enterprises engines of innovation? The reality in South Africa. I Booyens Science & public policy (SPP) 38 (1), 2011 | 196 | 2011 |
| Rethinking township tourism: Towards responsible tourism development in South African townships I Booyens Development Southern Africa 27 (2), 273-287, 2010 | 188 | 2010 |
| Creative industries, inequality and social development: Developments, impacts and challenges in Cape Town I Booyens Urban Forum 23, 43-60, 2012 | 163 | 2012 |
| Township tourism demand: Tourists’ perceptions of safety and security R George, I Booyens Urban Forum 25, 449-467, 2014 | 146 | 2014 |
| Creative tourism in Cape Town: An innovation perspective I Booyens, CM Rogerson Urban Forum 26, 405-424, 2015 | 124 | 2015 |
| Tourism innovation in the global South: evidence from the Western Cape, South Africa I Booyens, CM Rogerson International Journal of Tourism Research 18 (5), 515-524, 2016 | 92 | 2016 |
| Networking and learning for tourism innovation: evidence from the Western Cape I Booyens, CM Rogerson Tourism Planning and Development, 34-55, 2019 | 91 | 2019 |
| Building a knowledge economy in South Africa WO Blankley, I Booyens South African Journal of Science 106 (11), 1-6, 2010 | 86 | 2010 |
| Re-creating slum tourism: Perspectives from South Africa I Booyens, CM Rogerson Urbani izziv 30 (supple), 52-63, 2019 | 63 | 2019 |
| Creative tourism: South African township explorations I Booyens, CM Rogerson Tourism Review 74 (2), 256-267, 2018 | 62 | 2018 |
| Unpacking the geography of tourism innovation in Western Cape Province, South Africa I Booyens, CM Rogerson Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series 31, 19-36, 2016 | 61 | 2016 |
| Covid-19 crisis management responses of small tourism firms in South Africa I Booyens, CM Rogerson, JM Rogerson, T Baum Tourism Review International 26 (1), 121-137, 2022 | 60 | 2022 |
| Education and skills in tourism: Implications for youth employment in South Africa I Booyens Development Southern Africa 37 (5), 825-839, 2020 | 58 | 2020 |
| Tourism SMME development on the urban fringe: The case of Parys, South Africa I Booyens, G Visser Urban Forum 21, 367-385, 2010 | 54 | 2010 |
| Global–local trajectories for regional competitiveness: Tourism innovation in the Western Cape I Booyens Local Economy 31 (1-2), 142-157, 2016 | 51 | 2016 |
| Innovation for inclusive rural transformation: The role of the state A Habiyaremye, G Kruss, I Booyens Innovation and Development 10 (2), 155-168, 2020 | 49 | 2020 |
| Innovation and local economic development policy in the global South: New South African perspectives LL Ndabeni, CM Rogerson, I Booyens Local Economy 31 (1-2), 299-311, 2016 | 47 | 2016 |
| Tourist and resident perspectives on ‘slum tourism’: The case of the Vilakazi precinct, Soweto G Hoogendoorn, N Letsatsi, T Malleka, I Booyens GeoJournal 85 (4), 1133-1149, 2020 | 37 | 2020 |
| ‘It’s not a big deal’: customer misbehaviour and social washing in hospitality I Booyens, A Hadjisolomou, D Nickson, T Cunningham, T Baum International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management 34 (11), 4123-4141, 2022 | 36 | 2022 |
| Innovation in high-technology SMMEs: the case of the new media sector in Cape Town I Booyens, N Molotja, MZ Phiri Urban Forum 24 (2), 289-306, 2013 | 35 | 2013 |