Tourism Strategies and Local Responses in Southern Africa
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Tourism Strategies and Local Responses in Southern Africa

Tourism Strategies and Local Responses in Southern Africa

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Chris Boonzaaier (Contributor) Petri Hottola (Contributor) Lauren Dyll (Contributor) Julia Janis (Contributor) Oystein Jensen (Contributor) Kenneth Matengu (Contributor) Joseph Mbaiwa (Contributor) Christian Rogerson (Contributor) Jarkko Saarinen (Contributor) Harri Siiskonen (Contributor)  

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Tourism growth is one of the primary drivers of economic development and is a core strategy at local and national levels to improve the lives of local communities. However, tourism can bring both advantages and disadvantages to communities and not all national strategies in tourism management are applicable or suitable in private, community-based and public sectors. Tourism is used as a main instrument of nation building in many postcolonial countries such as Namibia, South Africa, Botswana and Madagascar. Using case studies from these areas, this book examines the strategic objectives for tourism growth and how nationally-set objectives such as economic growth, increased employment, poverty reduction, black economic empowerment, environmental sustainability and reduction of regional inequalities work at the grassroots level. Challenging ongoing practices and providing new innovations for tourism development applicable to other developing countries, this study will be useful for both researchers and decision makers in tourism.
Petri Hottola is a professor in cultural geography, department of geography in the University of Oulu, Finland, and has earlier served as a professor in tourism and intercultural issues for the Finnish University Network for Tourism Studies (FUNTS), in the University of Joensuu. He received his PhD in geography in 1999. And he is a member of the ATLAS (Association for Tourism and Leisure Education) executive board.
  • Contributor: Chris Boonzaaier
  • Imprint: CABI Publishing
  • ISBN13: 9781845935085
  • Number of Pages: 248
  • Packaged Dimensions: 172x244x23mm
  • Packaged Weight: 740
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publisher: CABI Publishing
  • Release Date: 2009-06-25
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Biography: Petri Hottola is a professor in cultural geography, department of geography in the University of Oulu, Finland, and has earlier served as a professor in tourism and intercultural issues for the Finnish University Network for Tourism Studies (FUNTS), in the University of Joensuu. He received his PhD in geography in 1999. And he is a member of the ATLAS (Association for Tourism and Leisure Education) executive board.

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