Tourist guides’ perceptions of cultural heritage tourism in South Africa

Merwe, Clinton David van der

doi:10.1515/bog-2016-0039

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“…Although the strategic and legislative framework for protecting South Africa's heritage resources has been in operation for more than a decade, it has neither achieved the desired level of heritage management and protection nor the adequate development of the heritage sector [24]. Moreover, while legislations exist in South Africa to pursue and implement the protection of geological sites, a lack of manpower and funding does present persistent problems [27][28][29]. Geotourism in South Africa has not been effectively developed and promoted by the National Department of Tourism (NDT).…”

Section: Geotourism In South Africa: History and Challenges In The Co...mentioning

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“…Geotourism in South Africa has not been effectively developed and promoted by the National Department of Tourism (NDT). Reasons for this include a lack of institutional and public participation in geology [27], lack of data on important geological or geomorphological sites [30], the conflation of geological with other ecological and cultural heritage issues [27] and problems with relevant legislation and management [29,31,32]. These further suggest that the NHRA and NEM: PAA are not being fully implemented.…”

Section: Geotourism In South Africa: History and Challenges In The Co...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Concerning this study, current knowledge of heritage resources within protected areas is extremely limited [25]. Furthermore, geotourism in South Africa has not been effectively developed and promoted by the NDT because of a lack of institutional and public participation in geology [27], lack of data on important geological or geomorphological sites [30], the conflation of geological with other ecological and cultural heritage issues [27] and problems with relevant legislation and management [29,31,32]. To address these issues, this study uniquely looks at a case study focusing specifically on the challenges of geotourism in the KNP and also recommends measures to address these challenges.…”

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Challenges of Geotourism in South Africa: A Case Study of the Kruger National Park

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As a new phenomenon, geotourism research is on the rise. Although South Africa has some interesting geoheritage sites, not much has been done to investigate the potential contribution of geotourism to the tourism sector, the protection of natural resources and employment generation, let alone the challenges that may be experienced in promoting geotourism. Therefore, this paper aims to describe the concept of geotourism and to identify the challenges of geotourism. It achieves this by looking at the case of the Kruger National Park, one of the largest game reserves in Africa, containing an abundance of geotourism sites. This research adopted a qualitative approach, with data collection involving semi-structured interviews with sixteen key informants to understand the challenges of geotourism. Manual content analysis was employed for analysing the data. A significant finding was that there were seven potential challenges in promoting and developing geotourism in the Kruger National Park: (1) a lack of packaging and marketing; (2) a lack of infrastructure; (3) security and access to geoheritage sites by tourists; (4) access to finance and markets; (5) destruction of geoheritage sites; (6) social challenges and (7) regulatory challenges. The results indicated that these challenges of geotourism can lead to negative perceptions about geotourism and can negatively impact the potential for geotourism development towards effective local social sustainability, especially for communities abutting the KNP. The major contribution of this study is its expansion of the geotourism academic literature through newly generated data on the challenges of geotourism in South Africa. Furthermore, this study theoretically contributes to the body of knowledge on geotourism and its challenges in Africa, particularly regarding the Kruger National Park.

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“…Postmodernism seems to be favoring the rapidly evolving [8] heritage tourism [9]. The rate of cultural tourism growth (heritage tourism included) worldwide is three times higher than the rate of tourism growth in general [20]. Rural tourism is also expanding [10], and Romania is no exception in this case [15].…”

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The Groups of Caroling Lads from Făgăraș Land (Romania) as Niche Tourism Resource

Sorea¹,

Csesznek²

2020

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Contemporary tourism favors niche offers and heritage tourism is successful niche tourism. The cultural mapping of Făgăraș Land (Romania), accomplished during a project conducted by Transilvania University of Brașov, highlights the groups of caroling lads as a main local resource of intangible cultural heritage. The field research indicates that during winter, celebrations of the life of rural communities are organized around the group of lads. Currently, the group only performs a ritual role, but in the past the group had community work attributes, which could be resumed. Additionally, a sustainable heritage tourism can be developed around the groups of lads from Făgăraș Land. That is a form of niche tourism based on the aforementioned concept of foster Christmas relatives. The concept was outlined during the field research carried out as part of the project and refers to host families providing tourists access to the performance of group of lads within the community during the winter celebrations. Resuming the old attributes of the group of lads along with niche tourism could contribute to the sustainable development of rural communities and building local cultural identity. Additionally, they would also consolidate the status held by group members within the community.

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Proposed Governance Model for Geotourism and Geoheritage in South Africa and the Implications for Africa

Matshusa

Leonard

2023

Geoheritage

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Tourist guides’ perceptions of cultural heritage tourism in South Africa

Cited by 10 publications

References 56 publications

Challenges of Geotourism in South Africa: A Case Study of the Kruger National Park

Challenges of Geotourism in South Africa: A Case Study of the Kruger National Park

The Groups of Caroling Lads from Făgăraș Land (Romania) as Niche Tourism Resource

Proposed Governance Model for Geotourism and Geoheritage in South Africa and the Implications for Africa

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