Rural Tourism under Apartheid South Africa: The Case of Transkei

• Autorzy: Zinzi Sixaba , Christian M. Rogerson

Warianty tytułu

Turystyka wiejska w RPA w czasach apartheidu na przykładzie bantustanu Transkei

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Rural tourism scholarship has greatly expanded over the past two decades. One aspect of rural tourism that is undeveloped in literature is the historical evolution of rural tourism destinations. This paper uses an historical approach and archival documentary sources to examine the evolution of rural tourism under apartheid in one of the former Bantustans of South Africa, namely Transkei. It is shown tourism became a sector of policy interest because of disappointments associated with na-tional government programmes for industrial decentralization. Early tourism promotion centred on leisure tourism around the natural beauty and attractions of Transkei's coastal areas. With the grant of 'independence', however, a new institutional environment emerged which resulted in the Transkei becoming a focus for casino tourism at a time when casino gambling was prohibited in South Africa. The growth of casino tourism was, however, linked to corruption which occurred between South African tourism capital and the leadership of this Bantustan.(original abstract)

W ciągu ostatnich dwóch dekad można zauważyć wzrost zainteresowania badaniami na temat turystyki wiejskiej. Jednym z aspektów tej turystyki, któremu nie poświęca się wiele miejsca w literaturze, jest historyczna ewolucja obszarów turystyki wiejskiej. W artykule wykorzystano podejście historyczne i źródła archiwalne, aby przeanalizować ewolucję turystyki wiejskiej w okresie apartheidu w jednym z byłych bantustanów w RPA, a mianowicie w Transkei. Autorzy wykazują, że turystyka stała się przedmiotem zainteresowania ówczesnych władz RPA z powodu rozczarowań związanych z rządowymi programami decentralizacji przemysłu. W początkowym okresie podkreślano zalety turystyki opartej na walorach przyrodniczych i atrakcjach turystycznych obszarów przybrzeżnych Transkei. Jednak wraz z utworzeniem bantustanu i przyznaniem "niezależności" po-jawiło się nowe środowisko instytucjonalne, w wyniku którego Transkei stał się centrum turystyki kasynowej, w czasie gdy w RPA hazard w kasynach był zakazany. Rozwój turystyki kasynowej był jednak powiązany z korupcją, do której dochodziło na styku południowoafrykańskiego kapitału turystycznego i przywództwa tego bantustanu.(abstrakt oryginalny)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Tourism; Rural tourism; Geography; Hazard

PL

Turystyka; Turystyka wiejska; Geografia; Hazard

• Czasopismo: Studia Periegetica
• Rocznik: 2023
• Numer: nr 1(41)
• Strony: 1

Twórcy

autor

Zinzi Sixaba

• University of Johannesburg, South Africa

autor

Christian M. Rogerson

• University of Johannesburg, South Africa

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DOI

10.58683/sp.379