Manwa / Moswete / Saarinen Cultural Tourism in Southern Africa

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-84541-553-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 47, 224 Seiten

Reihe: Tourism and Cultural Change

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Manwa, Haretsebe

Moswete, Naomi

Saarinen, Jarkko

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Dienstleistungssektor & Branchen Tourismuswirtschaft, Gastgewerbe
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Allgemeines, Karten & Atlanten
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface Part 1: Perspectives on Cultural Tourism 1. Haretsebe Manwa, Naomi Moswete and Jarkko Saarinen: Introduction 2. Jarkko Saarinen: Cultural Tourism in Southern Africa: The Role of Local Cultures and Ethnicity in Tourism Development 3. Tsitso Monaheng: Integrating Indigenous Knowledge in the Development of Cultural Tourism in Lesotho 4. Joram Ndlovu: Narrative and Emotions: Interpreting Tourists’ Experiences of Cultural Heritage Sites in Kwazulu Natal 5. Gareth Butler and Milena Ivanovic: Cultural Heritage Tourism Development in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Critical Issues and Challenges 6. Corné Pretorius: Cultural Tourism and the Arts Festivals 7. Cleophas Njerekai: Reflections on International Carnivals as a Destination Recovery Strategy: The Case of Zimbabwe Part 2: Impacts and Management of Cultural Tourism 8. Joseph E. Mbaiwa: The Commodification of World Heritage Sites: The Case Study of the Tsodilo Hills in Botswana 9. Patrick Walter Mamimine and Enes Madzikatire: Tourism and the Social Construction of Otherness through Traditional Music and Dance in Zimbabwe 10. Monkgogi Lenao: Rural Cultural Tourism Development and Agriculture: Evidence from Residents of Mmatshumu Village in Boteti region of Botswana 11. Renaud Lapeyre: From Hunting-gathering to Hospitality? Livelihoods and Tourism Use of Bushmen Paintings in the Brandberg Mountain, Namibia 12. Masego Monare, Naomi Moswete, Jeremy Perkins and Jarkko Saarinen: Emergence of Cultural Tourism in Southern Africa: Case Studies of Two Communities in Botswana 13. Naomi Moswete, Jarkko Saarinen and Haretsebe Manwa: Cultural Tourism in Southern Africa: Progress, Opportunities and Challenges

Über Autor(innen)

Manwa Haretsebe:
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.Moswete Naomi:
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.Saarinen Jarkko:
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.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.