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Africa is a 'theme park' for Western tourists to experience
untouched wilderness, untamed nature, and truly 'authentic'
cultures, where the hosts, too, are part of a discourse about the
'other' and ourselves, about wildness, danger and roots. Tourism is
important for Africa: international tourist arrivals to Africa
continue to grow, income from tourism is crucial to national
economies, and tourism investments are considered among the most
profitable. This edited volumedeals with the interaction of local
communities with tourists coming into their areas and villages.
Based upon a common theoretical approach, fourteen cases of African
tourism are discussed which involve direct contact between 'hosts'
and 'guests'. The viewpoint throughout is from the side of the
locals, establishing how the processes of interaction shape each
small scale destination. Crucial in Africa is the fact that the
large majority of tourism is game oriented and the interaction
between locals and visitors is very much 'tainted' by this fact.
Central is the notion of the tourist bubble - the infrastructure
that is generated locally (and internationally) for hosting
tourists, as it is this institutional interface that tends to
impact on the local society and culture, not the tourists
themselves directly. The examples come from all over Africa, from
the Sahara to the Eastern Cape, and from Kenyato Ghana. All
contributions are based upon original fieldwork. Walter van Beek is
professor of anthropology at Tilburg University and Senior
Researcher at the African Studies Centre, Leiden; Annette Schmidt
is curatorof the African department at the National Museum of
Ethnology in Leiden, and is an archaeologist with a long experience
in cultural management projects.
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