Cultural Tourism in Southern Africa

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.

Info autore

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.

Riassunto

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

• 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: Channel View Publications
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 12.01.2016
• EAN: 9781845415525
• ISBN: 978-1-84541-552-5
• Pagine: 220
• Dimensioni: 153 mm x 216 mm x 16 mm
• Peso: 401 g
• Serie: Tourism and Cultural Change; Tourism and Cultural Change
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Altro