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Regional tourism in South Africa: A case of ‘mass tourism of the South’

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Regional tourism represents a sub-category of international tourism and refers to ‘intra-regional’ flows of tourists. Although in many parts of the developing world regional tourism has been shown to be a major growth market, policy-makers have tended to neglect this form of ‘budget tourism’. In this paper the growth and significance of regional tourism for the tourism economy of post-apartheid South Africa is highlighted. Within the developing world context, South Africa provides a useful case study in terms of the national government's growing policy awakening to the importance of regional tourism as a force for the further development of the country's tourism industry.

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Rogerson, C.M. Regional tourism in South Africa: A case of ‘mass tourism of the South’. GeoJournal 60, 229–237 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:GEJO.0000034730.05992.18

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