12/24/2023 0 Comments From slum tourism to slum tourists: township resident mobilities in south africa![]() ![]() ![]() Findings are presented of an exploratory analysis of the forms of tourism or mobilities practiced by township residents in a small case study which was conducted in Katorus, Gauteng. The objective in this article is to broaden international slum tourism debates by shifting the focus away from South Africa’s townships as destinations for tourism and instead to seek to excavate the role of these areas as tourist-generating areas. This article addresses a lacuna in slum tourism scholarship around the discretionary mobilities of residents of the slum destinations made popular by the ‘tastes’ of international tourism consumers. Minimal acknowledgement is given to the role of these areas as potential source regions for tourism. Mainstream scholarship in slum tourism is dominated by research which investigates urban slums as destinations for international travellers mainly from the global North. ROGERSON and Tintswalo MTHOMBENI University of Johannesburg, South Africa A BSTRACT Slum tourism is a growing topic in international tourism scholarship. Nordic Journal of African Studies 24(3&4): 319 – 338 (2015) From Slum Tourism to Slum Tourists: Township Resident Mobilities in South Africa Christian M. ![]()
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