The making of a ‘Big 5’ game reserve as an urban tourism destination : Dinokeng, South Africa
- Authors: Burton, Calum , Rogerson, Christian M. , Rogerson, Jayne M.
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: Urban tourism , Game reserve , Gauteng
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/460774 , uj:41015 , ISSN: 2223-814X , Citation: Burton, C., Rogerson, C.M. & Rogerson, J.M. (2020). The Making of a ‘Big 5’ Game Reserve as an Urban Tourism Destination: Dinokeng, South Africa. African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 9(6):892-911. DOI: https://doi.org/10.46222/ajhtl.19770720-58
- Description: Abstract: Since 2000, against the background of chronically high levels of city unemployment and of the stagnation or rundown of the manufacturing sector, many urban governments across South Africa pivoted towards the building of competitive tourism economies as an anchor for local economic development, employment creation and small enterprise development. With the tourism sector being the most popular sectoral focus for local economic development programming in South Africa, the evolution of place-based development initiatives around tourism is a topic of policy relevance. This paper contributes to tourism scholarship concerning new product innovation and development for urban tourism in South Africa. It investigates the unfolding planning and challenges of a unique tourism development project for the creation of a ‘big 5’ game reserve located on the periphery of the country’s major metropolitan complex and economic hub, Gauteng province. The evolution of the project and the challenges of destination development are themes under scrutiny.
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Nature-based tourism enterprise adaptive responses to covid-19 in South Africa
- Authors: Giddy, Julia K. , Rogerson, Jayne M.
- Date: 2021
- Subjects: COVID-19 , Nature tourism , Business adaptation
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/483494 , uj:43882 , Citation: Giddy, J.K., & Rogerson, M.J. (2021). Nature-based tourism enterprise adaptive responses to covid-19 in South Africa. GeoJournal of Tourism and Geosites, 36(2spl), 698–707. https://doi.org/10.30892/gtg.362spl18-700
- Description: Abstract: COVID-19 is forcing a re-orientation of tourism research agendas. Emerging themes relate to ramification, transformation and adaptation. The aim of this paper is to contribute to the research cluster on adaptation by examining tourism business adaptive responses to COVID-19 through the lens of a case study destination in the global South, namely Bushbuckridge in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. The methods implemented were qualitative, using semi-structured interviews. Data was analysed from 20 interviews conducted with enterprise owners or managers in a nature tourism destination which is one of South Africa’s tourism-dependent areas and thus most exposed to the negative impacts of COVID-19. The results show that adaptation to the crisis has been challenging because of the financial impacts experienced by these enterprises in the wake of minimal government support. The enterprise adaptive responses included staff reductions and wage cuts, adjustments towards the domestic market through price cutting and changes in marketing as well as adjusted tourism product offerings towards an emerging Black middle class domestic market. Of critical importance is the finding that these adaptive measures cannot replace the revenues formerly generated from the international tourism market. Accordingly, without a change in government policy and the availability of direct government financial support, there is a danger that in the short term the tourism product base will be diminished as many lodges and other tourism businesses are in danger of permanent closure.
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Accommodating business travellers : the organisation and spaces of serviced apartments in Cape Town, South Africa
- Authors: Greenberg, Desire , Rogerson, Jayne M.
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Business travel , Tourism accommodation , Serviced apartments
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/290127 , uj:31491 , Citation: Greenberg, D. and Rogerson, J.M., 2018; Accommodating business travellers: The organisation and spaces of serviced apartments in Cape Town, South Africa. Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series, 42(42), 83-97. DOI: http://doi.org/10.2478/bog-2018-0032.
- Description: Abstract: In recent years several new forms of lodging have developed as alternatives to the hotel. For business travellers the serviced apartment has emerged as a new phenomenon. Within extant accommodation scholarship the service apartment sector has attracted minimal international attention either from tourism or property researchers. This paper analyses the development and character of service apartments in one of South Africa’s major business tourism destinations, the city of Cape Town. It is disclosed that serviced apartments are clustered around different business nodes in the city and spatially differentiated in terms of serving distinctive business traveller markets.
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Studentification and commodification of student lifestyle in Braamfontein, Johannesburg
- Authors: Gregory, James J. , Rogerson, Jayne M.
- Date: 2019
- Subjects: Studentification , Student lifestyle , Commodification
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/296131 , uj:32260 , Citation: Gregory, J.J. & Rogerson, J.M. 2019. Studentification and commodification of student lifestyle in Braamfontein, Johannesburg. Urbani izziv, 30: 178-193.DOI: 10.5379/urbani-izziv-en-2019-30-supplement-012
- Description: Abstract: The process of studentification has emerged as a new form of neighbourhood change in the global North over the past 16 years and often situated within broader debates on gentrification. The growth of private student housing across cities globally has been linked to the increased neoliberalisation and massification of higher education and the lack of universities to keep up with the supply of student housing. Limited scholarship, however, exists on studentification in the global South. Notwithstanding that, in South Africa there has been growing recognition of the impact of studentification on urban environments. Despite some recognition in smaller cities, studentification has been neglected in large urban contexts. Using interviews with key informants and focus groups with students, this paper explores the impact of studentification in the urban neighbourhood of Braamfontein in Johannesburg. Over the past decade and a half there has been evidence of the concentration of student geographies and the commodification of student lifestyle in Braamfontein, Johannesburg.
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Accommodation services for competitive tourism in Sub-Saharan Africa : historical evidence from Malawi
- Authors: Magombo, Alice , Rogerson, Christian M. , Rogerson, Jayne M.
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: Tourism geography , Accommodation services , Competitiveness
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/244485 , uj:25281 , Citation: Magombo, A., Rogerson, C.M. and Rogerson, J.M., 2017: Accommodation services for competitive tourism in Sub-Saharan Africa: Historical evidence from Malawi. In: Biegańska, J. and Szymańska, D. editors, Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series, No. 38, Toruń: Nicolaus Copernicus University, pp. 73–92. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/bog-2017-0035
- Description: Abstract: The accommodation services sector is a vital underpinning of the competitiveness of destinations in especially emerging tourism regions of the global economy. Within the environment of Africa building the competitiveness of countries as tourism destinations is inseparable from the challenge of establishing a network of different forms of accommodation at competitive prices and internationally acceptable quality standards. This paper uses a longitudinal approach to analyse the development of the accommodation services sector in one African country – Malawi – which is scaling up its tourism industry. Using historical evidence the objective is to examine the unfolding evolution of accommodation services as a factor in enhancing tourism destination competitiveness. The chequered pathway followed in Malawi to building the country’s network of hotels and small-scale accommodation establishments is traced from the colonial period to post-independence developments. It is argued that in understanding the historical evolution of accommodation services policy re-orientations have been significant drivers of change.
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Nature-based tourism operators’ perceptions and adaptation to climate change in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe
- Authors: Mushawemhuka, William , Rogerson, Jayne M. , Saarinen, Jarkko
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Tourism , Sustainable development , Climate change
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/290119 , uj:31490 , Citation: Mushawemhuka W., Rogerson J.M. and Saarinen J., 2018: Nature-based tourism operators’ perceptions and adaptation to climate change in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe. Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series, 42(42), 115-127. DOI: http://doi. org/10.2478/bog-2018-0034.
- Description: Abstract: Climate and weather are important resources for tourism. In particular, nature-based tourism activities and operations are largely dependent on and affected by environmental conditions and changes. Due to the significant socio-economic role of the nature-based tourism and the tourism industry, in general, in the region of southern Africa it is important to understand the dynamics between the industry and climate change. A key aspect of this understanding are perceptions and adaptation preparedness of tourism operators towards the estimated impact of climate change. There is a dearth of empirical studies on climate change perceptions and adaptation in nature-based tourism operations across southern Africa and specifically from Zimbabwe. This research gap is addressed in this article which provides an exploratory analysis of the nature of climate change adaptation practices occurring in southern Africa using evidence from Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe.
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Urban Food markets : a new leisure phenomenon in South Africa
- Authors: Naicker, Simone , Rogerson, Jayne M.
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: Urban tourism , Farmers markets , Food markets
- Language: English
- Type: Articles
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/241846 , uj:24931 , Citation: Naicker, S. & Rogerson, J.M. 2017. Urban Food markets : a new leisure phenomenon in South Africa. African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, Volume 6 (3) - (2017) ISSN: 2223-814X Copyright: © 2017 AJHTL - Open Access- Online @ http//: www.ajhtl.com.
- Description: Abstract: Cities are multi-purpose tourism destinations. The objective in this paper is to examine an emerging new phenomenon in the leisure tourism economies of South African cities, namely the growth of food markets – sometimes referred to as farmers’ markets – which are attracting international and local attention as new foci for leisure and recreation. During the past two decades an increasing number of food markets have appeared in several South African cities with many flourishing as leisure foci for both local residents and tourists. Economic impact studies would certainly show economic stimulus accruing from such markets. The extent and characteristics of food markets in Gauteng and food market entrepreneurs are under scrutiny in this investigation.
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The evolution of hotels in Johannesburg 1890-1948 : a case of historical urban tourism
- Authors: Rogerson, Christian M. , Rogerson, Jayne M.
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Urban tourism , Hotels , Historical tourism
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/285514 , uj:30879 , Citation: Rogerson, C.M., & Rogerson J.M. (2018). THE EVOLUTION OF HOTELS IN JOHANNESBURG 1890-1948: A CASE OF HISTORICAL URBAN TOURISM. GeoJournal of Tourism and Geosites, 23(3), 738–747. https://doi.org/10.30892/gtg.23310-324
- Description: Abstract: Urban tourism is attracting a growing international scholarship. The aim in this paper is to address the limited focus on historical aspects of urban tourism. Using a range of historical documentary sources this paper analyses the evolution of hotels in Johannesburg from the period of the establishment of the gold mining settlement to the period of the late 1940s. The methodology made use of primary historical data from a range of archival sources. The results reveal certain similar findings to those of other historical research on hotels, most notably the role of city’s top tier establishments as foci for the adoption of new technologies and of Johannesburg’s leading hotels as nodes of elite sociability. Nevertheless, in terms of interpretation, the most distinctive characteristic of the early hotel economy of Johannesburg was the subordination of the supply of accommodation services to the sale of liquor.
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Emergent planning for South Africa’s blue economy : evidence from coastal and marine tourism
- Authors: Rogerson, Christian M. , Rogerson, Jayne M.
- Date: 2019
- Subjects: Blue economy , Special planning , Operation Phakisa
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/294051 , uj:31985 , Citation: Rogerson, C.M. & Rogerson, J.M. 2019. Emergent planning for South Africa’s blue economy : evidence from coastal and marine tourism. Urbani izziv, 30. DOI: 10.5379/urbani-izziv-en-2019-30-supplement-002
- Description: Abstract: Ocean-based industries are in focus in terms of expanding debates and planning around the blue economy. Against this backdrop the objective in this paper is to examine contemporary directions in South Africa concerning planning for the blue economy as a whole and more specifically for the sector of coastal and marine tourism. Using documentary analysis of official planning and strategic documents, South Africa’s blue economy strategy, which is titled ‘Operation Phakisa’, is unpacked and critiqued. Attention shifts to examine current directions and challenges of unfolding planning for the expanded development of coastal and marine tourism in South Africa. It is shown that uneven spatial development characterises the existing coastal tourism economy. Arguably, tourism planning is linked to Operation Phakisa which is being challenged for a number of shortcomings, most importantly for prioritising investment attraction and economic growth stimulation over issues about the conservation of maritime resources.
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How African is the African Journal of Hospitality Tourism and Leisure? An analysis of publishing trends for the period 2011-2018
- Authors: Rogerson, Christian M. , Rogerson, Jayne M.
- Date: 2019
- Subjects: Tourism , Hospitality and leisure journals , Publishing patterns
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://ujcontent.uj.ac.za8080/10210/387968 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/294107 , uj:31993 , Citation: Rogerson, C.M. & Rogerson, J.M. 2019. How African is the African Journal of Hospitality Tourism and Leisure? An analysis of publishing trends for the period 2011-2018. African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 8(2):1-17. , ISSN: 2223-814X
- Description: Abstract: There is a subset of scholarship that relates to analysis of a particular discipline’s leading scholarly journals and their published articles. In the fields of tourism, hospitality and leisure is the appearance and rise of a body of international literature which examines variously the thematic contents, leading individual authors, institutions and citations of journals. In Africa only a limited literature exists about publishing in the field of tourism, hospitality and leisure. This paper offers an exploratory analysis of publishing and in particular of patterns of production and consumption of research articles in the African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure. Major attention is given to the African contribution to and of the journal. It is disclosed that the journal has expanded greatly in terms of its published output since 2014. Further, it has established a critical research focus on the tourism, hospitality and leisure sectors in Africa. Although the largest share of contributions are generated from and about South Africa the journal has a reach and impact beyond that country as indexed by the range of other African countries represented in the journal. Arguably, in terms of the consumption of published articles and research in the journal it is disconcerting to reveal the relatively high proportion of articles published in the journal which seemingly fail to attract any citations in other scholarship in the field of tourism, hospitality and leisure.
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Agritourism and local economic development in South Africa
- Authors: Rogerson, Christian M. , Rogerson, Jayne M.
- Date: 2014
- Subjects: Agritourism - South Africa , Local economic development - South Africa , Economic development - South Africa
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:5494 , ISSN 1732–4254 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/13615
- Description: The role of tourism for local economic development (LED) is a topic of critical importance for geographers. In the case of South Africa tourism is a priority sector for national economic development. The significance of research issues around tourism and LED is underlined by the ‘developmental’ mandate of local governments. Although tourism has received attention in a growing body of LED writings on South Africa issues around agritourism so far have been overlooked. Agritourism represents an evolving form of rural tourism which is targeted at mainly urban consumers. Against the background of a review of international scholarship on agritourism this article explores its potential implications for LED planning in South Africa. A national audit of agritourism is presented which shows its uneven geographical distribution. Agritourism is of special significance for small town economic development in South Africa’s intermediate tourism spaces. Policy suggestions are offered for strengthening agritourism as a driver for LED in South Africa.
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Historical urban tourism : developmental challenges in Johannesburg 1920-1950
- Authors: Rogerson, Christian M. , Rogerson, Jayne M.
- Date: 2019
- Subjects: Urban tourism , Historical urban tourism , Tourism infrastructure
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/294068 , uj:31988 , Citation: Rogerson, C. & Rogerson, J.M. 2019. Historical urban tourism : developmental challenges in Johannesburg 1920-1950. Urbani izziv, 30. DOI: 10.5379/urbani-izziv-en-2019-30-supplement-008
- Description: Abstract: Over the past decade there has been considerable growth and maturation of research concerning contemporary urban tourism. Tourism in major cities is not a new phenomenon rather it has existed from the earliest times of civilization following the birth of cities. The historical development of cities as tourist destinations has remained little investigated as urban tourism research is overwhelmingly ‘present-minded’. This paper addresses the neglect of historical studies in urban tourism. Using archival sources an investigation is undertaken of the early development of tourism in Johannesburg, South Africa’s largest city, which evolved from a gold mining camp established in 1886. The analysis focuses on the period from 1920 when the first tourism promotional activities were initiated to 1950 when national government enacted the Group Areas Act which began the radical reshaping of tourism in South Africa under the influence of apartheid legislation. In the formative years of urban tourism in Johannesburg between 1920 and 1950 two key overarching challenges are identified. These are the challenges of identifying and promoting the city’s tourism assets and of the building of a competitive infrastructure for tourism development, most notably in terms of the hotel accommodation sector.
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Racialized landscapes of tourism : from Jim Crow USA to apartheid South Africa
- Authors: Rogerson, Christian M. , Rogerson, Jayne M.
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: racialized tourism spaces , Jim Crow , Apartheid tourism
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/453396 , uj:40026 , Citation: Rogerson, C.M. and Rogerson, J.M. (2020). Racialized Landscapes of Tourism: From Jim Crow USA to Apartheid South Africa. Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series, 48(48): 7-21. DOI: http://doi.org/10.2478/bog-2020-0010
- Description: Abstract: Tourism studies, including by geographers, give only minor attention to historically-informed research. This article contributes to the limited scholarship on tourism development in South Africa occurring during the turbulent years of apartheid (1948 to 1994). It examines the building of racialized landscapes of tourism with separate (but unequal) facilities for ‘non-Whites’ as compared to Whites. The methodological approach is archival research. Applying a range of archival sources tourism linked to the expanded mobilities of South Africa’s ‘non-White’ communities, namely of African, Coloureds (mixed race) and Asians (Indians) is investigated. Under apartheid the growth of ‘non-White’ tourism generated several policy challenges in relation to national government’s commitments towards racial segregation. Arguably, the segregated tourism spaces created for ‘non-Whites’ under apartheid exhibit certain parallels with those that emerged in the USA during the Jim Crow era.
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COVID-19 and tourism spaces of vulnerability in South Africa
- Authors: Rogerson, Christian M. , Rogerson, Jayne M.
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: Geographical impacts , Local governments , Spatial perspective
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/453403 , uj:40028 , Citation: Rogerson, C.M & Rogerson J.M. (2020). COVID-19 and Tourism Spaces of Vulnerability in South Africa. African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 9(4):382-401. DOI: https://doi.org/10.46222/ajhtl.19770720-26
- Description: Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic will exert a devastating and destructive impact on the South African tourism economy with its ramifications felt countrywide. Nevertheless, the negative local impacts of the pandemic will be particularly harsh for those parts of South Africa where tourism is a critical sector in the local economy. The objective in this article is to identify the tourism spaces of vulnerability in South Africa. Use is made of the IHS Global Insight data base for 2016 to analyse at a local authority scale the most vulnerable localities to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Indicators used to isolate tourism spaces of vulnerability are total tourism spend; tourism spend as a proportion of local GDP; domestic and international tourism (trips and bednights); and, leisure, business and VFR (visiting friends and relatives) travel. The analysis discloses those local authorities that are the most vulnerable to the downturn/collapse of tourism as a whole as well as to the hollowing out of specific forms of tourism, namely domestic as opposed to international travel, leisure as opposed to business or VFR travel.
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Municipal caravan parks in South Africa : geography, management and planning
- Authors: Rogerson, Christian M. , Rogerson, Jayne M.
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: Caravan parks , Municipal assets , Spatial distribution
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/453372 , uj:40023 , Citation: Rogerson, C.M. Rogerson, J.M. (2020). Municipal caravan parks in South Africa: geography, management and planning. Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series, 49(49): 109-124. DOI: http://doi.org/10.2478/bog-2020-0027
- Description: Abstract: Caravan parks are a largely overlooked theme in tourism scholarship. In South Africa, as in several other countries, local governments assumed an historical role in the establishment of caravan parks. Municipal caravan parks are assets which could be leveraged for tourism growth and local development. The planning and management of caravan parks in South Africa can be understood as an element of asset management by local governments. It is shown that across most of South Africa municipal ownership of caravan parks is of declining significance as compared to the dominance of privately owned parks. The coastal province of the Western Cape is the biggest focus for caravanning and for the location of all caravan parks, including for the largest cluster of municipal owned caravan parks in South Africa. Research interviews were conducted with local stakeholders concerning contemporary planning and management of caravan parks. The results reveal that most local municipalities currently are struggling to manage appropriately and optimally maximise for local development the operations of municipal caravan parks. Many municipalities are considering different options for privatisation through selling off or leasing parks to private sector investors.
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Climate therapy and the development of South Africa as a health resort, c.1850-1910
- Authors: Rogerson, Christian M. , Rogerson, Jayne M.
- Date: 2021
- Subjects: Historical tourism research , Health resorts , Climate therapy
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/483437 , uj:43875 , Citation: Rogerson, C.M. Rogerson, J.M. (2021). Climate therapy and the development of South Africa as a health resort, c.1850- 1910. Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series, 52(52): 111-121. DOI: http://doi.org/10.2478/bog-2021-0017
- Description: Abstract: Historical research is undeveloped concerning tourism in sub-Saharan Africa. This research contributes to scholarship about the history of tourism for climate and health. In South Africa the beginnings of international tourism are associated with its emergence as a health resort and to climate therapy. Using archival sources an analysis is undertaken of the factors that influenced the emergence of South Africa as a health destination during the 19th century. Climate therapy was of particular interest for the treatment of consumption or tuberculosis. Arguably, the perceived therapeutic regenerative qualities of South Africa’s climate became a driver for the development of a form of international tourism that pre-dated the country’s emergence as a leisure tourism destination.
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COVID-19 and changing tourism demand : research review and policy implications for South Africa
- Authors: Rogerson, Christian M. , Rogerson, Jayne M.
- Date: 2021
- Subjects: COVID-19 , Tourism demand , Tourism psyche
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/483450 , uj:43877 , Citation: Rogerson, C.M & Rogerson, J.M. (2021). COVID-19 and Changing Tourism Demand: Research Review and Policy Implications for South Africa. African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 10(1): 1-21. DOI: https://doi.org/10.46222/ajhtl.19770720-83
- Description: Abstract: The tourism sector in South Africa has experienced the devastating impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and in response national government is charting initiatives for a recovery plan. In common with other countries the promotion of domestic tourism is a core focus. Arguably, the magnitude of the pandemic will reshape existing patterns of tourism demand and supply which need to be understood and researched for designing appropriate policy interventions. Against the backcloth of the continuation of the COVID-19 pandemic, the need for recovery strategies, and the increasing focus on domestic tourism, the aim in this article is to interrogate COVID-19 impacts on the demand-side of tourism looking at changes in consumer demand and of intentions to travel. A desk top review is conducted of research produced by national governments, international organisations and of academic surveys completed in over 20 countries. The research findings are discussed in four themes, namely, (1) risk perceptions and the new tourism psyche; (2) travel intentions and changing mobilities; (3) travel intentions and changing patterns of demand; and, (4) the contactless economy and ‘untact’ tourism. The paper concludes with eight sets of policy recommendations for South Africa.
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Africa’s capital cities : tourism research in search of capitalness
- Authors: Rogerson, Christian M. , Rogerson, Jayne M.
- Date: 2021
- Subjects: Capital cities , Capitalness , Urban tourism
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/483461 , uj:43878 , Citation: Rogerson, C.M & Rogerson, J.M. (2021). Africa Africa’s Capital Cities: Tourism Research in Search of Capitalness. African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 10(1):654-629. DOI: https://doi.org/10.46222/ajhtl.19770720-124
- Description: Abstract: Although African cities are significant tourism destinations scholarship on African tourism is rural biased. This paper centres on one aspect of the neglected urban tourism research agenda of Africa, namely the state of tourism research in Africa’s national capital cities. A review of extant research is conducted on tourism in Africa’s capital cities. It pinpoints an upturn of research over the past decade with a concentration of scholarly contributions on a small group of cities and with many capitals lacking any research on aspects of the local tourism industry. Prominent thematic foci in research on capital cities are tourism and planning related issues and the development and impacts of various forms of niche tourism, most commonly of heritage and culture. Only minimally represented in Africa literature is investigations of the role of ‘capitalness’ in defining and impacting the character of capital city tourism. Arguably, therefore, Africa’s capital cities provide the setting for examining a variety of issues in tourism and hospitality research albeit that ‘capital city tourism’ is scarcely evident in contemporary scholarship about urban Africa.
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Niche tourism research and policy : international and South African debates
- Authors: Rogerson, Christian M. , Rogerson, Jayne M.
- Date: 2021
- Subjects: Niche tourism , Tourism policy , Special interest tourism
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/489702 , uj:44659 , Citation: Rogerson, C.M & Rogerson, J.M. (2021). Niche Tourism Research and Policy: International and South African Debates. African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 10(4):1131-1151. DOI: https://doi.org/10.46222/ajhtl.19770720-153
- Description: Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic is a ‘trigger event’ which is remoulding new patterns of demand and supply for the tourism sector. For policy makers and destination managers it highlights the potential significance of niche tourism products. South Africa is viewed as fertile terrain for the promotion of different forms of niche tourism. The aim is to investigate international and South African research debates concerning niche tourism. The paper analyses the conceptual development of niche tourism, international debates, the (re-) emergence of niche tourism on the policy agenda of tourism stakeholders in South Africa and the state of existing literature and debates surrounding niche tourism in the country. The article represents a contribution to the growing and vibrant scholarship around niche tourism and change in the global South.
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‘In-Between’ Rural Tourism: Rethinking Rural Tourism Spaces for Policy Development in South Africa
- Authors: Rogerson, Christian M. , Rogerson, Jayne M.
- Date: 2021
- Subjects: Rural tourism policy , Rural tourism spaces , ‘In-between’ rural spaces
- Language: English
- Type: English
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/494783 , uj:44909 , Citation: Rogerson, C.M & Rogerson, J.M. (2021). In-Between’ Rural Tourism: Rethinking Rural Tourism Spaces for Policy Development in South Africa. African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 10(4):1394-1413. DOI: https://doi.org/10.46222/ajhtl.19770720-169 , DOI: 10.46222/ajhtl.19770720-169 , ISSN: 2223-814X
- Description: Abstract: Rural tourism is the focus of major international scholarship. This paper contributes to policy debates about rural tourism in the Global South using the example of South Africa. Specifically, it points to a need for rethinking of rural tourism spaces for policy development in South Africa. Arguably, ‘rural spaces’ cannot be viewed homogeneously simply as places outside of cities; instead rural tourism spaces must be unpacked and differentiated. The South African case is of special interest in Global South scholarship because national government launched initiatives to prepare an appropriate rural tourism policy. It is argued that a spatially differentiated approach to rural tourism policy is useful and recommends as a starting point drawing upon best practice international research which identifies (at least) three different categories of rural space, namely fringe, exotic/remote and in-between rural spaces. Insight is provided of two examples of ‘in-between’ rural spaces in South Africa, namely Greater Giyani Local Municipality in Limpopo and Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality in Eastern Cape.
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