- Title
- Cultural and heritage tourism trends in the Amathole District Municipality of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, 2004-2014
- Creator
- Mboniswa, Mncedi Justice
- Subject
- Heritage tourism -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape Cultural property -- Repatriation
- Date Issued
- 2017
- Date
- 2017
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MSc
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10353/7897
- Identifier
- vital:30798
- Description
- The promotion of tourism in a country, especially those with high levels of poverty is one of the strategies that can potentially improve socio-economic conditions of citizens. In South Africa, cultural and heritage tourism is seen as one of the ways in which cultural resources can be utilised to benefit marginalised communities and individuals. Such resources can also serve as source of income since both domestic and international tourists can activate industry as they are interested in learning more about other cultures and heritage. There are on-going debates, however on what constitutes cultural and heritage tourism, who it benefits and how this enterprise is located within various communities of South Africa. This research therefore aims to fill this gap through investigating cultural and heritage tourism development trends within the Amathole District Municipality (ADM) and how this development trend impacts on employment creation and improving the socio-economic conditions of citizens within this area of ADM. To realise this aim, the study looks at the availability of cultural and heritage tourism structures within the ADM and the database records on these structures. This study adopts the community benefit tourism initiatives approach to tourism development in the Amathole District Municipality of the Eastern Cape Province. This qualitative study reveals how the community benefit tourism approach encompasses rewards to local communities, in as much as it enhances sustainability of tourism initiatives. In bringing out these aspects, the study also examines efforts of the government and private sector in the up-keeping of tourism initiatives, especially for marginalised communities of South Africa.
- Format
- 189 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- University of Fort Hare
- Publisher
- Faculty of Science and Agriculture
- Language
- English
- Rights
- University of Fort Hare
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