The Global Tourism System: Governance, Development and Lessons from South Africa

by Cornelissen,Scarlett

• ISBN13: 9780754642503
• ISBN10: 075464250X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-11-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Focusing on the political economy of the international tourism sector in the era of globalization and its impact in developing contexts, this book employs a case study analysis of South Africa to assess how international tourism as a global system of trade, production, exchange and governance plays out in developing countries. It also examines its benefits and disadvantages for these countries. Scarlett Cornelissen explores the nature and extent of global tourism production, consumption and regulation and how these bear upon developmental prospects, specifically in the South. She also highlights lessons for other developing countries about the limitations and possibilities for greater linkage to the global tourism system. The book is suitable for both scholars and practitioners interested in global tourism, international political economy, development, Africa and cultural studies.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	vi
List of Tables	vii
Preface	viii
Acknowledgements	ix
List of Abbreviations	x
1 Introduction: The Global Tourism System	1	(13)
2 Globalisation, Tourism and Development	14	(28)
3 South Africa's Tourist Sector: Patterns, Parameters and Paradoxes	42	(34)
4 The Dynamics of the Global Tourism Production System	76	(23)
5 The Political Economy of Destination Marketing: Producing and Imaging 'Place' and 'People'	99	(17)
6 The Global Governance of Tourism	116	(21)
7 New Global Niches: Tourism, Sport and Mega-Events	137	(26)
8 Conclusion: Tourism Development in the Contemporary Era	163	(12)
Bibliography	175	(16)
Index	191