Taking history on tour

This article considers the relationship – or lack thereof – between history and tourism. It examines the emerging dual-domain of these two ‘disciplines’ both in terms of the objections that divide them and the attributes that bind them. It touches on the history of these two diverse fields in terms of their respective educational and academic positions, the one a product of the classical era and the other emerging in modern times. It contemplates public history, as well as the various skills inherent to history that are of relevance to tourism, as possible conduits to converge this divergence in a specifically South African context

Archaeology · Art · Context (archaeology · Discipline · Divergence (linguistics · Domain (mathematical analysis · Dual (grammatical number · Literature · Media studies · Political science · Product (mathematics · Public history · Relevance (law · Social science · Sociology · Tourism · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research · History · Hospitality and Tourism Education · Law · Museums and Cultural Heritage