Tourism is widely considered to be an important factor in socio-economic development,
particularly in less developed countries. However, despite almost universal recognition of …

Focusing on the political economy of the international tourism sector in the era of
globalization and its impact in developing contexts, this book employs a case study analysis …

Since the 1970s, the African continent has experienced exponential growth in tourism,
where growth in numbers of visitors has not necessarily meant economic, social or …

Domestic tourism is relatively under-represented in tourism scholarship. This article attempts
to analyse the role of domestic tourism in one of the'emerging world regions' of tourism. In …

Abstract In South Africa the tourism industry has been targeted as one of the key sectoral
drivers for economic development and transformation of the country over the next two …

Under apartheid, tourism was essentially anti-developmental in focus and tourism research
largely centred on the recreation of white South Africans. Since the 1994 democratic …

Africa is a small but expanding region of the global tourism economy. This article has two
objectives. The first is to provide a profile of tourism in Africa and indicate the continent's …

Tourism is increasingly recognised and studied for its economic, political and social
importance. This article examines the political economy of tourist imaging in South Africa …

Domestic tourism has been a largely under-researched aspect of tourism economies in the
developing world (Ghimire, 1997). At present, the bulk of international tourism scholarship …

Domestic tourism is a neglected theme within tourism scholarship about the global South.
This article addresses informal sector domestic tourism and is anchored upon the typology …