BLACK TRAVEL (IM-) MOBILITIES IN SOUTH AFRICA: A CASE OF HISTORICAL URBAN TOURISM RESTRAINT
The politicization of urban tourism associated with overtourism and the growth of anti-tourism movements are leading issues in contemporary international scholarship on cities as tourism destinations. Policy-makers are challenged either to introduce limits to the numbers of visitors travelling t...
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| description | The politicization of urban tourism associated with
overtourism and the growth of anti-tourism movements are leading
issues in contemporary international scholarship on cities as tourism
destinations. Policy-makers are challenged either to introduce limits to
the numbers of visitors travelling to certain tourism destinations or for
enacting interventions to block particular types of tourism. This article
contributes an historical perspective to debates around the mitigation
and containment of urban tourism. The focus is on South Africa where
a battery of policies to restrain the mobilities of Black South African
were enacted and only dismantled with the demise of apartheid. The
impetus for restraint emerged from longstanding policies of racial
segregation which sought to limit severely the travel mobilities of Black
South Africans into the country’s major cities. Policy implementation
involved the regime of ‘pass laws’, requirements for visitor permits, and
the creation of only a minimal infrastructure to support (Black)
travellers with racial restrictions imposed on the provision of
accommodation services. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-25ded5dd17754a6093923479fd8106832025-01-13T13:58:53ZengEditura Universitatii din OradeaRevista Română de Geografie Politică1582-77632065-16192024-09-01262617710.30892/rrgp.262101-378BLACK TRAVEL (IM-) MOBILITIES IN SOUTH AFRICA: A CASE OF HISTORICAL URBAN TOURISM RESTRAINTChristian M. ROGERSON0Jayne M. ROGERSON1School of Tourism & Hospitality, College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Bunting Road, Johannesburg, South Africa, e-mail: chrismr@uj.ac.zaSchool of Tourism & Hospitality, College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Bunting Road, Johannesburg, South Africa, e-mail: jayner@uj.ac.zaThe politicization of urban tourism associated with overtourism and the growth of anti-tourism movements are leading issues in contemporary international scholarship on cities as tourism destinations. Policy-makers are challenged either to introduce limits to the numbers of visitors travelling to certain tourism destinations or for enacting interventions to block particular types of tourism. This article contributes an historical perspective to debates around the mitigation and containment of urban tourism. The focus is on South Africa where a battery of policies to restrain the mobilities of Black South African were enacted and only dismantled with the demise of apartheid. The impetus for restraint emerged from longstanding policies of racial segregation which sought to limit severely the travel mobilities of Black South Africans into the country’s major cities. Policy implementation involved the regime of ‘pass laws’, requirements for visitor permits, and the creation of only a minimal infrastructure to support (Black) travellers with racial restrictions imposed on the provision of accommodation services.https://rrgp.uoradea.ro/art/2024-2/rrgp.262101-378.pdfmobilitiesurban tourisminflux controlpass lawsinhospitable city |
| spellingShingle | Christian M. ROGERSON Jayne M. ROGERSON BLACK TRAVEL (IM-) MOBILITIES IN SOUTH AFRICA: A CASE OF HISTORICAL URBAN TOURISM RESTRAINT Revista Română de Geografie Politică mobilities urban tourism influx control pass laws inhospitable city |
| title | BLACK TRAVEL (IM-) MOBILITIES IN SOUTH AFRICA: A CASE OF HISTORICAL URBAN TOURISM RESTRAINT |
| title_full | BLACK TRAVEL (IM-) MOBILITIES IN SOUTH AFRICA: A CASE OF HISTORICAL URBAN TOURISM RESTRAINT |
| title_fullStr | BLACK TRAVEL (IM-) MOBILITIES IN SOUTH AFRICA: A CASE OF HISTORICAL URBAN TOURISM RESTRAINT |
| title_full_unstemmed | BLACK TRAVEL (IM-) MOBILITIES IN SOUTH AFRICA: A CASE OF HISTORICAL URBAN TOURISM RESTRAINT |
| title_short | BLACK TRAVEL (IM-) MOBILITIES IN SOUTH AFRICA: A CASE OF HISTORICAL URBAN TOURISM RESTRAINT |
| title_sort | black travel im mobilities in south africa a case of historical urban tourism restraint |
| topic | mobilities urban tourism influx control pass laws inhospitable city |
| url | https://rrgp.uoradea.ro/art/2024-2/rrgp.262101-378.pdf |
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