| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
| Series |
GeoJournal library. Urban perspectives from the Global South, 2511-2171 |
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GeoJournal library. Urban perspectives from the Global South. 2511-2171
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| Contents |
Chapter 1. The Other Half of Urban Tourism: Research Directions in the Global South -- Chapter 2. Looking to the Past: The Geography of Tourism in South Africa During the Pre-COVID-19 Era -- Chapter 3. Climate Change Threats to Urban Tourism in South Africa -- Chapter 4. Mundane Urban Tourism: The Historical Evolution of Caravan Parks in South Africa 1930-1994 -- Chapter 5. Connection, Place, Transit: Airport Atmospherics and Meaning-making at Cape Town International Airport -- Chapter 6. Airbnb in Townships of South Africa: A New Experience of Township Tourism? -- Chapter 7. Urban Tourism Under Apartheid: The Johannesburg Chapter -- Chapter 8. Student-Centred VFR Travel: Evidence From Johannesburg -- Chapter 9. Small Town Tourism in South Africa Revisited -- Chapter 10. The Role of Tourism in Small Town Cultural and Creative Industries Clustering: The Sarah Baartman District, South Africa -- Chapter 11. Creative Networks and the Making of Africa's First UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy |
| Summary |
This book examines and addresses the particular character of urban tourism occurring in the global South. It presents research essays on tourism in urban areas of South Africa, a country which is associated with big 5 nature tourism but where urban areas are also major tourism destinations. The book contextualizes urban tourism in South Africa as part of 'the other half of urban tourism' - an overlooked but energetic scholarship which is emerging on urban places in the global South. The volume moves to present a collection of original material variously on national perspectives on urban tourism following by a cluster of city level perspectives. The last three contributions turn to the role of tourism in small towns, the bottom rung in the urban settlement system. Issues of concern include gastronomic tourism, VFR travel, airportscapes, climate change, AirBnb and creative tourism. Finally, as COVID-19 is potentially a defining historical moment for urban tourism, the volume incorporates historical research perspectives in order to address the overwhelming 'present-mindedness' of mainstream urban tourism writings. The book highlights the challenges and opportunities for tourism development in the environment of the urban global South and is relevant to scholars of both tourism and urban studies as well as researchers in development studies |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed July 30, 2021) |
| Subject |
Urban tourism -- South Africa
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Urban tourism
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South Africa
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Rogerson, C. M. (Christian Myles), editor.
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Rogerson, Jayne M., editor.
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| ISBN |
9783030715472 |
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3030715477 |
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