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New Directions in South African Tourism Geographies

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The objective in this chapter is to situate a review of scholarship concerning South African tourism geographies within an international context of developments in tourism geography. Recent research trends observable within South African tourism geography are identified through an analysis of local tourism geography writings for the 5-year period covering 2015–2019. It is argued that during these years there has been a consolidation of several well-established themes in South African tourism geography which had been initiated in the first 20 years after democratic transition. These include research on the changing tourism space economy, urban tourism, responsible tourism, tourism as a driver for local economic development, the shifting sector of accommodation services, and tourism as a potential vehicle for poverty alleviation. New research foci have emerged in recent years including historical studies, innovation, VFR tourism, several emerging niche forms of tourism and the ramifications of climate change.

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Thanks are due to the critical comments offered by three reviewers on earlier drafts of this chapter and to the strong inputs provided to this chapter by Teddy, Skye and Dawn Norfolk. Arabella Rogerson is thanked also for her work on final chapter edit.

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Rogerson, J.M., Visser, G. (2020). Recent Trends in South African Tourism Geographies. In: Rogerson, J., Visser, G. (eds) New Directions in South African Tourism Geographies. Geographies of Tourism and Global Change. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29377-2_1

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