Climate therapy and the development of South Africa as a health resort, c.1850–1910

Rogerson Christian M. () and Rogerson Jayne M. ()
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Rogerson Jayne M.: University of Johannesburg, School of Tourism & Hospitality, Johannesburg, South Africa

Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series, 2021, vol. 52, issue 52, 111-121

Abstract: Historical research is undeveloped concerning tourism in sub-Saharan Africa. This research contributes to scholarship about the history of tourism for climate and health. In South Africa the beginnings of international tourism are associated with its emergence as a health resort and to climate therapy. Using archival sources an analysis is undertaken of the factors that influenced the emergence of South Africa as a health destination during the 19th century. Climate therapy was of particular interest for the treatment of consumption or tuberculosis. Arguably, the perceived therapeutic regenerative qualities of South Africa's climate became a driver for the development of a form of international tourism that pre-dated the country's emergence as a leisure tourism destination.

Keywords: historical tourism research; health resorts; climate therapy; South Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.2478/bog-2021-0017

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