Rethinking township tourism: Towards responsible tourism development in South African townships

Development Southern Africa

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 273-287

  Booyens, Irma ^a  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Heritage; Responsible tourism; Soweto; Townships; Visitor demand

Indexed keywords

DEMAND ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HERITAGE TOURISM; LOCAL ECONOMY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST DESTINATION;

GAUTENG; SOUTH AFRICA; SOWETO;

EID: 77951804264     PISSN: 0376835X     EISSN: 14703637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03768351003740795     Document Type: Article

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