1st Edition

Tourism and Crisis

Edited By Gustav Visser, Sanette Ferreira Copyright 2013
216 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

216 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

216 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The new millennium has been characterised by several crises ranging from dramatic acts of terror to natural disasters, as well as the most significant economic recession since the late 1920s. However, despite such challenges the global tourism system has in the main retained its past vitality although in some cases in a different form. The book investigates different kinds of "crisis" and unpacks... Read more

1. Tourism and Crisis: A Neverending Story? 2. Financial Crises in Tourism and Beyond: Connecting Economic, Resource and Environmental Securities 3. Much Ado about Nothing? Tourism and the Financial Crisis 4. South Africa’s Destination Image: Media Framing and Representational Crisis 5. Hallmark Events as a Counter to Economic Downturn: 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup 6. Impacts of the Global Financial Crisis on African Tourism: A Tourism Confidence Index Analysis 7. Hibernating Economic Decline? Tourism and Labour Market Change in Europe’s Northern Periphery 8. The Crisis of Induced Uneven Development through South African Tourism Marketing Strategies 9. Responses to Climate Change Mitigation during Recessionary Times: Perspectives from Accommodation Providers in the South West of England 10. Tourism-led Development and Backward Linkages: Evidence from the Agricultural-tourism Nexus in Southern Africa 11. Ethnic Tourism in Kaokoland, North-West Namibia: Cure for All or the Next Crisis for OvaHimbas?

Biography

Gustav Visser is Professor of Human Geography at the University of the Free State, South Africa., Sanette Ferreira is Associate Professor in Geography at Stellenbosch University, South Africa.