Theorising township tourism: moving beyond the 'slum'

Irma Booyens; Gijsbert Hoogendoorn

doi:10.1016/j.annals.2025.103918

Theorising township tourism: moving beyond the 'slum'

Irma Booyens, Gijsbert Hoogendoorn

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Abstract

Under apartheid, townships were earmarked as neighbourhoods for people of colour as part of the regime's racial segregation programme. Despite general improvements in basic service delivery since the demise of apartheid (Todes & Turok, 2018), townships remain characterised by precarious living conditions and socio-economic challenges.

Original language	English
Article number	103918
Number of pages	4
Journal	Annals of Tourism Research
Volume	111
Early online date	7 Feb 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2025.103918
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2025

Keywords

decoloniality
place
slum tourism
tourism area development
township tourism

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