Tourist and resident perspectives on 'slum tourism': the case of the Vilakazi precinct, Soweto
SOURCE: GeoJournal
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2019
TITLE AUTHOR(S): G.Hoogendoorn, N.Letsatsi, T.Malleka, I.Booyens
KEYWORDS: HERITAGE, SOWETO, TOWNSHIP TOURISM, VILAKAZI PRECINCT PROJECT
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 10975
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/14752
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/14752
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2019
TITLE AUTHOR(S): G.Hoogendoorn, N.Letsatsi, T.Malleka, I.Booyens
KEYWORDS: HERITAGE, SOWETO, TOWNSHIP TOURISM, VILAKAZI PRECINCT PROJECT
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 10975
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/14752
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/14752
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Abstract
Slum tourism as a topic of investigation has seen significant growth since the beginning of this decade with increasing theoretical and empirical depth. With this growth, some inconsistencies in conceptual framing and use of terminology have emerged. The purpose of this paper is to argue for township tourism in Soweto to be regarded as a form of heritage tourism rather than slum tourism a notion which has entered the township tourism literature in recent years. This argument is presented through two sections of analysis and debate, using Vilakazi precinct in Soweto as a case study. Firstly, the paper analyses the emergence of township tourism as an academic focus in the literature and how it came to be classified as slum tourism, considering definitional conundrums. Various South African authors emphasise the struggle heritage character of township tourism. Secondly, the historical development of townships and tourism in these areas are interrogated.-
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