Battlefields Tourism: The status of heritage tourism in Dundee, South Africa

被引:21
作者
van der Merwe, Clinton David [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Witwatersrand, Fac Humanities, Sch Educ, Dept Geog Social & Econ Sci, Johannesburg, South Africa
[2] Univ Johannesburg, Dept Geog Environm Management & Energy Studies, Johannesburg, South Africa
基金
新加坡国家研究基金会;
关键词
Battlefields Tourism; heritage Tourism; local development; South Africa;
D O I
10.2478/bog-2014-0049
中图分类号
P9 [自然地理学]; K9 [地理];
学科分类号
0705 ; 070501 ;
摘要
Heritage tourism is a significant contemporary facet of tourism in many developing countries. This paper analyses the economic opportunities for battlefield- heritage tourism in South Africa by examining the battlefields route within KwaZulu-Natal. Through structured interviews with stakeholders and structured questionnaires with visitors and local residents, this research explores the understanding of heritage tourism as well as perceptions of its influence on the physical landscape and gauges the importance of this form of tourism as a driver for local economic development in South Africa. Dundee, a small coal-mining town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - where several battlefields are found, is used as a case study. The study demonstrates that several issues need to be addressed if this niche of cultural and heritage tourism is to be a sustainable and responsible form of tourism in South Africa.(C) 2014 Nicolaus Copernicus University. All rights reserved.
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页码:121 / 139
页数:19
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