Cultural Tourism in Southern Africa

Haretsebe Manwa is Associate Professor at North-West University, South Africa. Her research encompasses tourism and poverty alleviation, wildlife tourism, community-based tourism and cultural tourism. Naomi Moswete is Senior Lecturer at the University of Botswana. Her interests include tourism as a strategy for rural development, community-based natural resources management and trans-frontier park-based tourism. Jarkko Saarinen is Professor at the University of Oulu, Finland and the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. His research interests include tourism and development, sustainability and tourism-community relations.

Preface



Part 1: Perspectives on Cultural Tourism               



1. Haretsebe Manwa, Naomi Moswete and Jarkko Saarinen: Introduction           



2. Jarkko Saarinen: Cultural Tourism in Southern Africa: The Role of Local Cultures and Ethnicity in Tourism Development



3. Tsitso Monaheng: Integrating Indigenous Knowledge in the Development of Cultural Tourism in Lesotho



4. Joram Ndlovu: Narrative and Emotions: Interpreting Tourists’ Experiences of Cultural Heritage Sites in Kwazulu Natal



5. Gareth Butler and Milena Ivanovic: Cultural Heritage Tourism Development in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Critical Issues and Challenges



6. Corné Pretorius: Cultural Tourism and the Arts Festivals



7. Cleophas Njerekai: Reflections on International Carnivals as a Destination Recovery Strategy: The Case of Zimbabwe



Part 2: Impacts and Management of Cultural Tourism



8. Joseph E. Mbaiwa: The Commodification of World Heritage Sites: The Case Study of the Tsodilo Hills in Botswana



9. Patrick Walter Mamimine and Enes Madzikatire: Tourism and the Social Construction of Otherness through Traditional Music and Dance in Zimbabwe



10. Monkgogi Lenao: Rural Cultural Tourism Development and Agriculture: Evidence from Residents of Mmatshumu Village in Boteti region of Botswana



11. Renaud Lapeyre: From Hunting-gathering to Hospitality? Livelihoods and Tourism Use of Bushmen Paintings in the Brandberg Mountain, Namibia



12. Masego Monare, Naomi Moswete, Jeremy Perkins and Jarkko Saarinen: Emergence of Cultural Tourism in Southern Africa: Case Studies of Two Communities in Botswana



13. Naomi Moswete, Jarkko Saarinen and Haretsebe Manwa: Cultural Tourism in Southern Africa: Progress, Opportunities and Challenges