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THE GLOBAL TOURISM SYSTEM

New Directions in Tourism Analysis

Series Editors:

Kevin Meethan, University of Plymouth Dimitri Ioannides, Southwest Missouri State University

Although tourism is becoming increasingly popular as both a taught subject and an area for empirical investigation, the theoretical underpinnings of many approaches have tended to be eclectic and somewhat underdeveloped. However, recent developments indicate that the field of tourism studies is beginning to develop in a more theoretically informed manner, but this has not yet been matched by current publications.

The aim of this series is to fill this gap with high quality monographs or edited collections that seek to develop tourism analysis at both theoretical and substantive levels using approaches which are broadly derived from allied social science disciplines such as Sociology, Social Anthropology, Human and Social Geography, and Cultural Studies. As tourism studies covers a wide range of activities and sub fields, certain areas such as Hospitality Management and Business, which are already well provided for, would be excluded. The series will therefore fill a gap in the current overall pattern of publication.

Suggested themes to be covered by the series, either singly or in combination, include - consumption; cultural change; development; gender; globalisation; political economy; social theory; sustainability.

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The Global Tourism System

Governance, Development and Lessons from South Africa

SCARLETT CORNELISSEN
University of Stellenbosch, South Africa

First published 2005 by Ashgate Publishing

Published 2016 by Routledge

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Copyright 2005 Scarlett Cornelissen

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

Cornelissen, Scarlett

The global tourism system : governance, development and lessons from South Africa. - (New directions in tourism analysis)

1. Tourism - South Africa 2. Tourism - Economic aspects -South Africa 3. Tourism 4. Tourism - Economic aspects I. Title

338.4'791'0968

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Cornelissen, Scarlett.

The global tourism system : governance, development and lessons from South Africa / by Scarlett Cornelissen.

p. cm. -- (New directions in tourism analysis) Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-7546-4250-X

1. Tourism--Political aspects. 2. Globalization--Political aspects. 3. Tourism--Government policy--South Africa--Case studies. 4. Tourism--Industrial capacity--South Africa--Case studies. 5. Developing countries--Economic conditions--Case studies. I. Title. II. Series.

G155.A1C716 2005

338.4'791--dc22

2005021162

ISBN 9780754642503 (hbk)

ISBN 9781138247062 (pbk)

Contents

International tourism has become one of the largest sectors in the world and is seen as an important economic driver. In the era of globalisation, moreover, global tourism has seen rapid expansion. Yet such expansion brings differential gains and costs for different countries. Developing countries stand to benefit immensely from the economic, production and technological diffusion inherent in global tourism.

However, the composite dimensions of tourism comprised as it is of various crosscutting systems of global trade, finance, transport, consumption, marketing and production mean that a wide array of actors are involved at the global, local and intermediate levels in determining tourism outcomes.

This book is an analysis of the three structures of global tourism production, consumption and governance. It uses case study analysis of South Africa, a country that has reaped the rewards of global tourism growth, but has also been subject to the precariousness of this sector. The book is an exploration of how global tourism as an interrelated system of trade, exchange, production and governance play out in developing and developed countries, and what its benefits and disadvantages are.

The book is focused on expanding the theoretical development of tourism through the use of in-depth empirical investigations. Tourism scholars will find value in the books analysis of the nature and dynamics of the global tourism system and the politico-economic relationships that shape this system.

This book is the culmination of a lengthy period of research on tourism development in South Africa. Many people have played a role in shaping my ideas on the global tourism economy and South Africas location in it. I would like to thank Ivan Turok of the Department of Urban Studies at the University of Glasgow whose at times not-so-gentle prodding first sparked an interest in the topic and whose guidance played a major part in the eventual outcome of the book.

In collaborating with various groups of people new ideas and arguments were formed, while lengthy discussions with close friends and colleagues had major effects on the direction of the research. In this regard I would like to single out Steffen Horstmeier, Janis van der Westhuizen, Karen Smith, Timothy Shaw, Jane Parpart, Philip Nel and Wolfgang Thomas who all had a great intellectual influence. A generous grant from the Association of Commonwealth Universities under a research exchange scheme enabled the study in the first instance. Lastly, I would like to thank Mervyn, Sarah, Amber, Damianne, Brian and Steffen for their unrelenting support.

is a substantially revised and extended version of an article that was published in Tourism Hospitality Development Planning (2004, vol. 1, issue 1). Copyright permission has been granted by the publishers, Taylor and Francis (www.tandf.co.uk), to reprint these articles here.

ACSA	Airports Company of South Africa
ASEAN	Association of Southeast Asian Nations
AU	African Union (formerly Organisation of African Unity)

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