Cultural Tourism In Southern Africa

Author : Haretsebe Manwa,Naomi Moswete,Jarkko Saarinen
Publisher : Channel View Publications
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781845415549

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Cultural Tourism in Southern Africa by Haretsebe Manwa,Naomi Moswete,Jarkko Saarinen Pdf

This volume provides an accessible overview of cultural tourism in southern Africa. It examines the utilisation of culture in southern African tourism and the related impacts, possibilities and challenges from deep and wide-ranging perspectives. The chapters use case studies to showcase some of the cultural tourism which occurs in the region and link to concepts such as authenticity, commodification, the tourist gaze and ‘Otherness’, heritage, sustainability and sustainable livelihoods. The authors scrutinise both positive and negative impacts of cultural tourism throughout the book and explore issues including the definition of community, ethical considerations, empowerment, gender, participation and inequality. The book will be a useful resource for students and researchers of tourism, geography, anthropology and cultural studies.

Author : Bob Wishitemi,Anna Spenceley,Harry Wels
Publisher : Rozenberg Publishers
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Tourism
ISBN : 9789051708516

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Culture and Community by Bob Wishitemi,Anna Spenceley,Harry Wels Pdf

"Cultures and communities in Africa both feed and fight the European tourism image of Africa. 'The European tourist gaze' of Africa is primarily that of a pristine, pure, 'uncivilised', 'wild', 'close to nature' continent with all pictorial associations and representations that come with these words, like huts, water buckets on women's heads, far and free horizons, lions and non-urban. This is the image that sells and lures (Western) tourists to Africa. In this book scientists from Europe and Africa join hands in presenting and critically analysing cases from eastern and southern Africa that show the cultural complexities and social intricacies that lie behind the touristic representations of Africa and Africans"--Cover.

Author : Sue Derwent
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Travel
ISBN : STANFORD:36105020501438

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Guide to Cultural Tourism in South Africa by Sue Derwent Pdf

This guide for tourists covers the wide spectrum of cultural matters in South Africa. The first chapter provides general guidelines on cultural practices, including: how to dress in rural areas; how to address men and women; appropriate behaviour at cultural events; and what to expect when visiting a rural Zulu home.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Pearson South Africa
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1868911861

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Tourism Management in Southern Africa by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jarkko Saarinen,Fritz O. Becker,Haretsebe Manwa,Deon Wilson
Publisher : Channel View Publications
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2009-06-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781845413651

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Sustainable Tourism in Southern Africa by Jarkko Saarinen,Fritz O. Becker,Haretsebe Manwa,Deon Wilson Pdf

Tourism has become a major economic agent and an important social and cultural element in contemporary southern Africa. As such, tourism has a wide range of impacts on environment, economy, cultures, and the everyday life of people. These processes have highlighted the role of sustainability in tourism development.This book represents an accessible examination of the connections between tourism and sustainability in southern Africa. It introduces connections between tourism, sustainability and development with a range of case studies and examples from the region. While the book and the individual chapters are emphasising the key role of tourism in the transition processes of local communities and environments, the social, cultural, economic and political contexts of tourism and communities are also highlighted.

Author : Dallen J. Timothy
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2023-03-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000834383

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Cultural Heritage and Tourism in Africa by Dallen J. Timothy Pdf

Cultural Heritage and Tourism in Africa examines the multiple and diverse manifestations of cultural heritage-based tourism in Africa from a regional, social science, and sustainability perspective. This book delivers a comprehensive treatise on the interdependent concepts of cultural heritage and tourism. Heritage is one of the most pervasive tourism assets worldwide and lies at the foundations of tourism in many localities, including Africa. However, despite its salience, there has not been a systematic examination of Africa’s heritage resources, markets, policies, practices, successes, and challenges in a tourism framework, despite the continent’s immense heritage value. This book reviews the different types of heritages that pervade the cultural environment of Africa and comprises its vast heritagescapes. It also examines the increasing potential for the growth of heritage tourism throughout the entire continent. The contributions in this volume delve into current thinking about space and place and their effects on heritage, mobilities, globalization, colonialism and indigeneity, conflict, identity and nation-building, connections with other regions through migration and the slave trade, and a greater emphasis on the ordinary heritage of Africa, which has long been ignored by tourism scholars and industry representatives. The chapters herein are authored by Africa specialists, most being from Africa, offering a truly African perspective. The chapters are conceptually rigorous and empirically rich with examples from all regions of the African continent. This unparalleled interdisciplinary glimpse at cultural heritage and tourism in Africa delivers strong value and is a vital resource for all students and researchers of tourism, cultural studies, heritage studies, geography, anthropology, sociology, history, and global studies.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Heritage tourism
ISBN : STANFORD:36105073194743

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Cultural Tourism in South Africa by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jarkko Saarinen,Berendien Lubbe,Naomi N. Moswete
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030994358

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Southern African Perspectives on Sustainable Tourism Management by Jarkko Saarinen,Berendien Lubbe,Naomi N. Moswete Pdf

This edited collection focuses on tourism development, sustainability and local change in southern Africa. The book offers a range of both conceptual and applied perspectives that address various changes in southern African tourism and community development relations. The key drivers of change that include climate change and globalization form the context for the diverse and interesting set of case studies from the region. The main conceptual grounds of the book cover sustainability, sustainable development goals (SDGs), responsibility, vulnerability, adaptation, resilience, governance, local development and inclusive growth. In this book sustainability is seen as one of the most important issues currently facing the tourism sector, affecting all types and scales of tourism operations and environments in the region. Tourism is an increasingly important economy in the southern African region and the industry is creating changes for communities and environment while also facing major challenges caused by global trends and changes. The book offers a case study driven approach to sustainability needs of tourism development in local community contexts. The case study chapters are linked through the book’s focus on sustainable tourism and local community development. Through emphasizing the need to understand both global change and local contexts in sustainable tourism development, this book is a valuable resource for all those working in the field.

Author : Milena Ivanovic
Publisher : Juta and Company Ltd
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0702171859

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Cultural Tourism by Milena Ivanovic Pdf

Stressing the interconnectedness of tourism and culture, this valuable handbook explores what tourism industry professionals need to know to succeed. Globalization, landmark attractions, and cultural heritage are among the topics discussed from both international and local perspectives. Each chapter also concludes with a comprehensive series of self-assessment questions and a proposed task that professionals and students can do to enrich their cultural learning experience.

Author : Keyan G. Tomaselli
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012-08-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004234581

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Cultural Tourism and Identity by Keyan G. Tomaselli Pdf

Studies of cultural tourism and indigenous identity are fraught with questions concerning exploitation, entitlement, ownership and authenticity. Unease with the idea of leveraging a group identity for commercial gain is ever-present. This anthology articulates some of these debates from a multitude of standpoints. It assimilates the perspectives of members of indigenous communities, non-governmental organizations, tourism practitioners and academic researchers who participated in an action research project that aims to link research to development outcomes. The book’s authors weave together discordant voices to create a dialogue of sorts, an endeavour to reconcile the divergent needs of the stakeholders in a way that is mutually beneficial. Although this book focuses on the ≠Khomani Bushmen and the Zulu communities of Southern Africa, the issues raised are ubiquitous to the cultural tourism industry anywhere.

Author : Heather Du Plessis
Publisher : Juta and Company Ltd
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0702152722

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Tourism Destinations Southern Africa by Heather Du Plessis Pdf

Southern Africa combines spectacular scenery and awe-inspiring beauty with a kaleidoscopic cultural heritage steeped in history. This book provides a wealth of information on the regions fascinating array of tourist destinations and attractions. Tourism Desinations Southern Africa highlights the most important tourist sites, broadly following the tourism authorities' top venues. These are complemented by information on areas considered to be of particular interest from the perspectives of culture, conservation and eco-tourism, as well as sport and leisure pursuits. The text is easy to read and user friendly, making use of detailed maps and activities. It is essential reading for students, travellers, travel consultants and anyone interested in learning more about what Southern Africa has to offer as a tourist destination.

Author : W. E. A. van Beek,Annette M. Schmidt
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781847010490

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African Hosts & Their Guests by W. E. A. van Beek,Annette M. Schmidt Pdf

Africa is a 'theme park' for Western tourists to experience untouched wilderness, untamed nature, and truly 'authentic' cultures, where the hosts, too, are part of a discourse about the 'other' and ourselves, about wildness, danger and roots. Tourism is important for Africa: international tourist arrivals to Africa continue to grow, income from tourism is crucial to national economies, and tourism investments are considered among the most profitable. This edited volumedeals with the interaction of local communities with tourists coming into their areas and villages. Based upon a common theoretical approach, fourteen cases of African tourism are discussed which involve direct contact between 'hosts' and 'guests'. The viewpoint throughout is from the side of the locals, establishing how the processes of interaction shape each small scale destination. Crucial in Africa is the fact that the large majority of tourism is game oriented and the interaction between locals and visitors is very much 'tainted' by this fact. Central is the notion of the tourist bubble - the infrastructure that is generated locally (and internationally) for hosting tourists, as it is this institutional interface that tends to impact on the local society and culture, not the tourists themselves directly. The examples come from all over Africa, from the Sahara to the Eastern Cape, and from Kenyato Ghana. All contributions are based upon original fieldwork. Walter van Beek is professor of anthropology at Tilburg University and Senior Researcher at the African Studies Centre, Leiden; Annette Schmidt is curatorof the African department at the National Museum of Ethnology in Leiden, and is an archaeologist with a long experience in cultural management projects.

Author : John Sorana Akama,Dr Patricia Sterry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Heritage tourism
ISBN : LCCN:2015333919

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Cultural Tourism in Africa by John Sorana Akama,Dr Patricia Sterry Pdf

Author : Jarkko Saarinen,Jennifer Fitchett,Gijsbert Hoogendoorn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2022-03-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000568417

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Climate Change and Tourism in Southern Africa by Jarkko Saarinen,Jennifer Fitchett,Gijsbert Hoogendoorn Pdf

This book explores the nature of climate change in southern Africa, its impacts on tourism and the resilience, adaptation and governance needs in various tourism operations and environments. Previous studies on climate change and tourism have mainly focused on the Global North and specific forms of tourism such as snow-based winter activities. Drawing on case studies from a wide range of countries including South Africa, Lesotho, Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe, this book fills this lacuna by describing and analysing the climate change and tourism nexus in the southern African context. The book begins by providing an overview of the current and estimated impacts of climate change to the tourism industry in the region, highlighting the deepening socio-economic inequities, and environmental and social injustices. It focuses on the importance of sustainable tourism in tackling these issues and highlights that resilience and robust governance and policy systems are essential for a tourism destination to successfully adapt to change. By synthesising the key lessons learned through this analysis, Climate Change and Tourism in Southern Africa also draws attention to specific adaptation and policy strategies which have value for other regions in the Global South. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of climate change, tourism and environmental policy and justice.

Author : Susan Osireditse Keitumetse
Publisher : Springer
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319320175

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African Cultural Heritage Conservation and Management by Susan Osireditse Keitumetse Pdf

For a long time, resource conservationists have viewed environmental conservation as synonymous with wilderness and wildlife resources only, oblivious to the contributions made by cultural and heritage resources. However, cultural heritage resources in many parts of the developing world are gradually becoming key in social (e.g. communities’ identities and museums), economic (heritage tourism and eco-tourism), educational (curriculum development), civic (intergenerational awareness), and international resources management (e.g. UNESCO). In universities, African cultural heritage resources are facing a challenge of being brought into various academic discourses and syllabi in a rather reactive and/or haphazard approach, resulting in failure to fully address and research these resources’ conservation needs to ensure that their use in multiple platforms and by various stakeholders is sustainable. This book seeks to place African cultural heritage studies and conservation practices within an international and modern world discourse of conservation by presenting its varied themes and topics that are important for the development of the wider field of cultural heritage studies and management.