Essays about: "tourism thesis in Africa"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words tourism thesis in Africa.

1. 1. New Stories of Resistance: The Right to Say NO, Extractivism and Development Alternatives in South Africa

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Lisa Pier; [2022]
   Keywords : extractivism; development; resistance; re-imagination; decoloniality; alternatives; self-determination; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Despite growing interest in movements, mobilisations and communities rising up against extractivism, little research has focused on the radical political potential these mobilisations bear for envisioning just and sustainable futures. Taking the Right to Say NO in South Africa as a case study and point of departure, this thesis examines development alternatives envisioned within anti-extractivist resistance. READ MORE

3. 2. INVESTIGATING THE EKC HYPOTHESIS IN SUB SAHARA AFRICA : The role of tourism

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

   Author : Renson Gatsinzi; [2022]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : This thesis attempts to investigate the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and examine the role of tourism in environmental pollution in the region. The study applies panel data from 28 Sub-Saharan African countries for the period 1995-2014. READ MORE

4. 3. What is the Wonder? An ethnography of 'rewilding' at the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Elizabeth Cornelia Aardenburg; [2017]
   Keywords : land reform; conservation; indigenous people; traditional authority; cultural theory; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : ‘Rewilding’, or the return of degraded lands to a state of ‘wilderness’, is a bold attempt to resolve the world’s ecological challenges. It however does not address the division between nature and society, which lies at the core of the issues. READ MORE

5. 4. Should sex tourism be viewed as a threat for future development? : A perspective that explores the general approach of sex tourism and prostitution in the tourism industry based on historical, cultural, and traditional values in The Gambia.

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle; Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

   Author : Louise Jonsson; Matilda Nilsson; [2016]
   Keywords : Toubabs; Bumsters; Sex Tourism; Child sex tourism; Prostitution; Sustainable development; Tourism; Sex; Undeveloped countries; Gambia; Africa; Europe; Colonialism; NGO’s; Family values and Islam.;

   Abstract : This bachelor thesis describes the component of society which sex tourism descends from in Gambia. Sex tourism is an emerging sub-industry to tourism that affects several different social spheres in communities that are characterized by tourism. READ MORE

6. 5. Cultivating authenticity : Perceptions of Zanzibari culture and history within the heritage management of Stone Town

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

   Author : Johan Sjöstrand; [2014]
   Keywords : Heritage studies; Tourism; Authenticity; Urban planning; Zanzibar; Conservation.;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to acquire a deeper understanding of the relationship betweenheritage management, the tourism industry and perceptions of authenticity in the worldheritage site of Stone Town in Zanzibar, Tanzania. This is a case study within the field ofheritage studies with a focus on planning and the production of authenticity. READ MORE