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COVID-19 and African tourism research agendas.
- Source :
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Development Southern Africa . Sep2020, Vol. 37 Issue 5, p727-741. 15p. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- COVID-19 has triggered a burst of international scholarship concerning the reshaping of tourism and the resetting of tourism research agendas. The aim of this paper is to tease out some implications for re-orienting the African tourism research agenda from 2020 and beyond. Arguably, an appropriate African research response to COVID-19 in the context of tourism must embrace a genuine transdisciplinary approach and draw in researchers who would not, historically, have operated in the tourism space. Seven key themes are discussed namely, market confidence; dependence on international long-haul tourists; supporting regional and domestic tourism especially VFR travel; redefining community-based tourism; informal sector resilience; climate change; and, addressing present-mindedness in African tourism scholarship. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *COVID-19
*TOURISM research
*DOMESTIC tourism
*INFORMAL sector
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0376835X
- Volume :
- 37
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Development Southern Africa
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 146083292
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0376835X.2020.1818551