Small Town Tourism in South Africa

This book investigates small town tourism development in South Africa taking into account the most common strategies: branding, promotion, festivals and theming. The contents of the book resonate with the intersection of the power elite and their impacts on small town tourism.  Because the book focu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Donaldson, Ronnie
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2018, 2018
Edition:1st ed. 2018
Series:The Urban Book Series
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: small towns in context
  • A decade of small town tourism research in South Africa (2007 - 2016)
  • In the name of tourism: Developing an image and brand - the case of the Richmond book town
  • Some more branding: ‘National Town of the Year’ as stimulus for tourism growth
  • Cittaslow: going nowhere slowly?
  • Rural (small town) tourism-led gentrification
  • And then there was another festival
  • Conclusion: The power behind tourism development.