Cultural Tourism in Southern Africa

Informationen zum Autor Haretsebe Manwa is Associate Professor at North-West University, South Africa. Her research encompasses tourism and poverty alleviation, wildlife tourism, community-based tourism and cultural tourism. Naomi Moswete is Senior Lecturer at the University of Botswana. Her interests include tourism as a strategy for rural development, community-based natural resources management and trans-frontier park-based tourism. Jarkko Saarinen is Professor at the University of Oulu, Finland and the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. His research interests include tourism and development, sustainability and tourism-community relations. Klappentext This volume provides an 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 wide-ranging perspectives. Concepts explored include authenticity, commodification, the tourist gaze and 'Otherness', heritage and sustainability. Zusammenfassung This volume provides an 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 wide-ranging perspectives. Concepts explored include authenticity, commodification, the tourist gaze and ‘Otherness’, heritage and sustainability.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Haretsebe Manwa, Jarkko Saarinen
• Con la collaborazione di: Haretsebe Manwa (Editore), Haretsebe (University of Botswana) Manwa (Editore), Naomi Moswete (Editore), Jarkko Saarinen (Editore), Jarkko (University of Oulu) Saarinen (Editore)
• Editore: Multilingual Matters
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.01.2016
• EAN: 9781845415518
• ISBN: 978-1-84541-551-8
• Dimensioni: 147 mm x 208 mm x 12 mm
• Serie: Tourism and Cultural Change; Tourism and Cultural Change
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Altro