Tourism-led gentrification in urban Africa: a perspective from Southern Africa

Gustav Visser and Anele Horn

Chapter 14 in Handbook on Tourism Gentrification, 2025, pp 236-248 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Gentrification and its underlying processes have been thoroughly studied in academic literature. Since it emerged as a research topic, both production and consumption explanations of gentrification processes have highlighted sustained engagement and even “mutations” of the original concept. The evolution of this discourse suggests that the definition of gentrification has considerably expanded. Gentrification is now increasingly linked to tourism and leisure consumption, which can lead to the displacement of inhabitants and often result in various forms of exclusion. This investigation examines the prevalence of tourism-led gentrification in the broader urban Southern Africa context and what this might mean for both tourism development and urban areas. The research identified that tourism-led gentrification is a common phenomenon in several urban areas of Africa, particularly Southern Africa. The process of urban change is unevenly distributed across the region, with South Africa and Tanzania being the most affected nations.

Keywords: Tourism; Gentrification; Southern Africa; South Africa; Tanzania; Urban regeneration; Displacement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781035327348
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