Theorising township tourism: Moving beyond the ‘slum’

Irma Booyens and Gijsbert Hoogendoorn

Annals of Tourism Research, 2025, vol. 111, issue C

Abstract: •‘Slum’ tourism research tends to recycle normative arguments while remaining lacking in theory•The literature relying on township tourism as a key example of slum tourism overlooks its evolution•An emphasis on place presents a way forward for theorising tourism in marginalised settlements

Keywords: Slum tourism; Township tourism; Decoloniality; Tourism area development; Place (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2025.103918

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