The Serviced Apartment Sector in the Urban Global South: Evidence From Johannesburg, South Africa

Greenberg, Desire; Rogerson, Jayne M.; Economics, South Africa

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“…Within the region of sub-Saharan Africa urban tourism has been most advanced in South Africa's major cities (Rogerson and Visser, 2007;Rogerson, 2017, 2021c) and attracted considerable scholarly interest particularly among tourism geographers (Rogerson and Visser, 2020). Leading themes of research relate to tourism's role in contemporary urban economic development (Rogerson, 2002, the development of accommodation services (Rogerson, 2011a(Rogerson, , 2011bGreenberg and Rogerson, 2015;Visser et al, 2017;Rogerson and Rogerson, 2018;Greenberg and Rogerson, 2019;Visser and Eastes, 2020), and a strand of literature which explores historical dimensions of urban tourism in South Africa particularly during the troubled period of apartheid (Rogerson, 2017 andRogerson, 2019;Rogerson and Rogerson, 2019;, 2021d, 2021e, 2022aRogerson, 2022). For cities of Southern Africa resident perspectives on urban tourism and tourism product development have been investigated in a number of different contexts (Nunkoo and Ramkissoon, 2010;Makoni and Tichaawa, 2017;Tichaawa and Moyo, 2019).…”

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Stakeholder perspectives concerning the progress of South Africa’s urban ecotourism destination

BURTON¹,

Rogerson²

2023

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South Africa is a leading destination for ecotourism. The establishment of ecotourism projects in South Africa - as is the case with most of the world - has been associated with geographically remote rural spaces located in the peripheral regions of the tourism space economy. This paper directs attention to the progress of an urban ecotourism destination in South Africa, namely Dinokeng in the Tshwane metropolitan area which is centred around the city of Pretoria. Dinokeng is distinguished by the fact that it hosts a Big Five game reserve in a metropolitan area. The research is based on stakeholder interviews conducted with 27 accommodation providers. The present study is original for its subject focus on urban ecotourism and by offering stakeholder perspectives on the emergence, progress and challenges of this ecotourism destination as a vital dimension of tourism change occurring in the Global South.

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Stakeholder perspectives concerning the progress of South Africa’s urban ecotourism destination

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Rogerson²

2023

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The Other Half of Urban Tourism: Research Directions in the Global South

Rogerson

2021

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The Making of a ‘Big 5’ Game Reserve as an Urban Tourism Destination: Dinokeng, South Africa

Burton

Rogerson

2020

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Since 2000, against the background of chronically high levels of city unemployment and of the stagnation or rundown of the manufacturing sector, many urban governments across South Africa pivoted towards the building of competitive tourism economies as an anchor for local economic development, employment creation and small enterprise development. With the tourism sector being the most popular sectoral focus for local economic development programming in South Africa, the evolution of place-based development initiatives around tourism is a topic of policy relevance. This paper contributes to tourism scholarship concerning new product innovation and development for urban tourism in South Africa. It investigates the unfolding planning and challenges of a unique tourism development project for the creation of a ‘big 5’ game reserve located on the periphery of the country’s major metropolitan complex and economic hub, Gauteng province. The evolution of the project and the challenges of destination development are themes under scrutiny.

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The Serviced Apartment Sector in the Urban Global South: Evidence From Johannesburg, South Africa

Abstract: Ge eo oJ Jo ou ur rn na al l o of f T To ou ur ri is sm m a an nd d G Ge eo os si it te es s Year X XI II I, vol. 26, no. 3

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Stakeholder perspectives concerning the progress of South Africa’s urban ecotourism destination

Stakeholder perspectives concerning the progress of South Africa’s urban ecotourism destination

The Other Half of Urban Tourism: Research Directions in the Global South

The Making of a ‘Big 5’ Game Reserve as an Urban Tourism Destination: Dinokeng, South Africa

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