{"id":9804,"date":"2016-03-29T09:03:44","date_gmt":"2016-03-29T08:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=9804"},"modified":"2016-03-29T09:03:44","modified_gmt":"2016-03-29T08:03:44","slug":"township-tourism-as-responsible-tourism-findings-from-cape-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2016\/03\/township-tourism-as-responsible-tourism-findings-from-cape-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Township Tourism as responsible tourism? Maybe not"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9808\" src=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/township-904877_1920.jpg\" alt=\"child looking through window\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/township-904877_1920.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/township-904877_1920-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/township-904877_1920-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/township-904877_1920-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>The\u00a0development of small tourism businesses has been seen by policy-makers as a valuable means of alleviating poverty in South African townships.\u00a0 This perspective has\u00a0 also been endorsed by several \u201cresponsible\u201d tourism businesses and academics.<\/p>\n<p>After close investigation of township tourism practices and\u00a0 micro-entrepreneurship in South Africa, Ko Koens and Rhodri Thomas, however, argue that this may not necessarily be the case.<\/p>\n<p>In their article\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/09669582.2016.1145230\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cYou know that\u2019s a rip-off\u201d: policies and practices surrounding micro-enterprises and poverty alleviation in South African township tourism,<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>they identified several barriers that prevent township residents from successfully developing their businesses and sharing in the material gains available through tourism, even when visitor numbers are significant.<\/p>\n<p>These findings suggests a need to critically reconsider current policies in favour<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/RSUS_185_264.jpg\" alt=\"Journal of Sustainable Tourism\" width=\"162\" height=\"231\" \/> of greater regulation and alternative forms of investment as well as a need to reassess the value of advocating responsible tourism to consumers who are often unable to gain full understanding of the context they visit or the implications of their choices.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For a short time you can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/09669582.2016.1145230\" rel=\"nofollow\">download the article on the website of the Journal of Sustainable\u00a0 Tourism <\/a>for free.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/slumtourism.net\/journal-article-academic\/township-tourism-as-responsible-tourism-findings-from-cape-town\/\" target=\"_blank\">First published on slumtourism.net<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After close investigation of township tourism practices and  micro-entrepreneurship in South Africa researchers found several barriers prevent township residents from successfully developing their businesses<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":9808,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[131,138,534,72],"tags":[810],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Township Tourism as responsible tourism? 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