Tourism, Food, and Culture: Community‐Based Tourism, Local Food, and Community Development inMpondoland
Dados Bibliográficos
| AUTOR(ES) | |
|---|---|
| AFILIAÇÃO(ÕES) | Tourism Research in Economic, Environ & Society (TREES) North‐West University (Potchefstroom Campus) Potchefstroom South Africa, Department of Anthropology Walter Sisulu University Mthatha South Africa |
| ANO | 2012 |
| TIPO | Artigo |
| PERIÓDICO | Culture, Agriculture, Food and Environment |
| ISSN | 2153-9553 |
| E-ISSN | 2153-9561 |
| EDITORA | Wiley-Blackwell |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.2153-9561.2012.01071.x |
| CITAÇÕES | 2 |
| ADICIONADO EM | 2025-08-18 |
| MD5 |
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Resumo
Tourism is often seen as a tool for poverty alleviation and community development. This article highlights community‐based tourism as a possible strategy for the development of poor communities. It further investigates how specific cultural contexts––in this case, that of ruralMpondoland,SouthAfrica––can contribute to positive community‐based tourism development outcomes. In this sense, the local culture is not seen as a tourist attraction but as a resource on which community‐based tourism development can be built. The article locates community‐based tourism within a more general strategy of diversifying rural livelihoods. Poor households in rural areas meet their needs through a combination of livelihood strategies and community‐based tourism is seen as an additional means to meet household needs. In addition, local culture becomes a tourism resource using indigenous foods, arts, and crafts as tourism attractions. Food is one example of a local cultural resource that has the potential to facilitate a number of community benefits.