The role of second homes in local economic development in five small South African towns

Gijsbert Hoogendoorn and Gustav Visser

Development Southern Africa, 2010, vol. 27, issue 4, 547-562

Abstract: Local economic development (LED) is receiving greater policy prominence in a range of southern African settings. Strategic interventions often draw on tourism development to attain LED objectives. This investigation contends that second home development can serve as an additional focus for tourism strategies aimed at LED, and demonstrates that important LED objectives, such as developing and maintaining enterprises, generating employment and attracting capital inflows, can be achieved through second home development.

Keywords: second homes; small towns; tourism; local economic impacts; local economic development; South Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2010.508585

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