5. Cultural Heritage Tourism Development in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Critical Issues and Challenges (original) (raw)

2016

Abstract

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. The aim of this chapter is to present an overview of current strategic and experiential challenges arising from the development of cultural heritage tourism in South Africa. Despite the recent development of a number of new tourism strategies (National Heritage and Cultural Tourism Strategy, 2011 & 2012; National Tourism Service Strategy, 2011; Rural Tourism Strategy, 2011) that are designed to directly or indirectly facilitate further growth of cultural heritage tourism in South Africa, numerous problems still persist. The chapter begins with an overview of the current state of cultural heritage tourism in South Africa. This is then followed by a discussion on the issues arising from inadequate strategic planning and an Afrocentric developmental focus.

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