Tourism development: Textbook (Paperback)

Fresh perspectives tourism development 1 offers a new and relevant focus on tourism in line with the government's drive to encourage responsible tourism development in South Africa. Written by a team of experts in the field of tourism development, it looks at tourism not only as a major industry in South Africa, but also as a developmental tool to alleviate urban and rural poverty and create jobs at community level. This book offers new and thought-provoking material on tourism development on the African continent, the attraction selection process, the main tourism destination development models and tourism as a developmental strategy. It also looks at spatial development initiatives in South African tourism development