Barriers to visiting South Africa's national parks in the post-apartheid era: black South African perspectives from Soweto

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 146-166

  Butler, Gareth ^a   Richardson, Scott ^b,c  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^c Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School   (Australia)

Author keywords

national parks; perceptions; post colonialism; South Africa; tourism and race

Indexed keywords

APARTHEID; NATIONAL PARK; PERCEPTION; POST-COLONIALISM; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; TOURISM MARKET;

GAUTENG; SOUTH AFRICA; SOWETO;

EID: 84911002104     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: 17477646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2014.940045     Document Type: Article

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