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Small town tourism in South Africa

Donaldson, Ronnie.

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Small town tourism in South Africa

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Small town tourism in South Africa/ by Ronnie Donaldson.
Author:	Donaldson, Ronnie.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing : : 2018.,
Description:	xi, 180 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.
[NT 15003449]:	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.
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	Tourism - South Africa. -
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68088-0
ISBN:	9783319680880

Small town tourism in South Africa
Donaldson, Ronnie.

Small town tourism in South Africa[electronic resource] /by Ronnie Donaldson. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2018. - xi, 180 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. - The urban book series,2365-757X. - Urban book series..

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.

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 focuses on small town geographies in South Africa, the literature on small town tourism in the country is reviewed in Chapter 2 to provide a contextual background. Each subsequent chapter begins with an overview of international literature to give the conceptual context of the case studies each chapter explores. In Chapter 3 the concept of small town tourism branding is illustrated by an exploration of the Richmond book town. In Chapter 4 the branding theme is probed further in an investigation of two winners of the Kwêla Town of the Year competition namely Fouriesburg and De Rust. Chapter 5 documents the branding of Sedgefield through its proclamation as Africa's first Cittaslow (slow town), a process driven by the local power elite to the exclusion of town's poor who have no understanding of the intentions of the Cittaslow movement and its potential benefits for the town. Chapter 6 is a case study of Greyton's tourism-led rural gentrification by which a small town has transformed in three decades to become a sought after place of residence for elite inmigrants so making the town a jewel tourism destination while reinforcing racial segregation. Because festivals and events - creations of the wealthy - have made significant financial contributions to small towns, Chapter 7 considers festivals and events as strategies to market and brand small towns in a particular way. Case studies of the economic impacts of festivals on small towns are assessed and the assessment methodologies used are critiqued. Chapter 8 provides a synthesis by drawing on the thesis of the urban growth machine by power elites.

ISBN: 9783319680880

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-319-68088-0doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

1094613
Tourism
--South Africa.

LC Class. No.: G155.S57

Dewey Class. No.: 338.4791

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