Spatial trends in tourism within South Africa: The expected and the surprising

Abstract

Several researchers have highlighted the spatial imbalances of the tourism sector in South

The Geography of Tourist Bednights in South Africa

“…South Africa also has witnessed the adoption and increasing application of the spatial approach in tourism studies. Geographers have studied the uneven development of the tourism space economy and identified issues about spatial imbalances in tourism (Visser, 2003(Visser, , 2007Rogerson, 2014Rogerson, , 2015aRogerson, , 2015bRogerson, , 2015dRogerson & Nel, 2016;Rogerson, 2016aRogerson, , 2016bMcKelly et al, 2017;Rogerson, 2017aRogerson, , 2017bRogerson, , 2017cRogerson, , 2017dRogerson & Rogerson, 2019). The relevance of the spatial approach in the context of sub-Saharan Africa was reiterated by Ahebwa & Novelli (2014).…”