On the Question of Using the Concept ‘Slum Tourism’ for Urban Tourism in Stigmatised Neighbourhoods in Inner City Johannesburg

Frenzel, Fabian

doi:10.1007/s12132-017-9314-3

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“…It is against this backdrop that offering and participating in walking tours in Johannesburg’s inner city seems both daunting and innovative. Yet this article moves away from prior conceptualisations of these tours as a form of ‘slum tourism’ (Frenzel, 2014, 2018). The article’s originality lies in its specific focus on the tour companies’ strategies to navigate insecure urban spaces and on their direct involvement with processes of urban regeneration.…”

Section: Johannesburg: City Of Migrantsmentioning

confidence: 96%

Walking in Jozi: Guided Tours, Insecurity and Urban Regeneration in Inner City Johannesburg

Opfermann

2020

Global Policy

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This article explores how the emerging tourism sector in Johannesburg is intertwined with current processes of urban regeneration and development. Using walking tours as a case study, I illustrate how tour operators navigate insecure urban spaces and contribute to their (re‐)development by performing (in)security, by offering ‘authentic’ experiences and by actively engaging in social and economic activities. I argue that walking tours promote a particular kind of urban development that aims to appeal to a new urban middle class and is in line with the vision pursued by big private investors and new urban entrepreneurs. Similar to other global gentrification processes, this vision draws on Western notions of hip urban lifestyles and aesthetics in order to foster an image of the city as pan‐African and cool. While making new spaces accessible, this approach to urban development also affects and threatens other inner city users, including African migrants living or working in precarious conditions. I contend that these side effects of the currently promoted urban regeneration have so far been overlooked. In order to create a social and sustainable urban development that supersedes apartheid‐era spatial segregation, these effects should be taken into account by the tourism sector, by private investors and policy makers alike.

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Section: Johannesburg: City Of Migrantsmentioning

confidence: 96%

Walking in Jozi: Guided Tours, Insecurity and Urban Regeneration in Inner City Johannesburg

Opfermann

2020

Global Policy

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“…Slum tourism, which is also known as poverty tourism, poorism, township tourism, or philanthropic travel is a specific niche activity within the international tourism. It is a pattern of tourism whose tourists travel to less developed zones and deprived areas to watch people living in poverty (Kieti and Magio, 2013;Frenzel, 2018). This kind of tourism gives a real insight into the lifestyle of slum dwellers and their way of living (Obombo, 2012).…”

Section: Literature Review 1-the Concept Of Slum Tourism In the Contementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Afterwards, slum tours increased gradually over the years since the impoverished areas of some cities in other countries became visited by tourists e.g. Johannesburg in South Africa at the beginning of the 1990s (Koven, 2006;Klepsch, 2009;Loftus, 2009;Rolfes, 2010;Monroe and Bishop, 2016;Frenzel, 2018). Slum tourism has been discussed in many academic works, which have been one of the most influential factors in shaping tourists' perception of slums (Dyson, 2012).…”

Section: -The History Of Slum Tourismmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Exploring the Role of Slum Tourism in Developing Slums in Egypt: "Applied on Slums of Alexandria City"

Hammad

2021

Journal of Association of Arab Universities for Tourism and Hos

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Slum tourism refers to that form of speciality tourism, which involves organising tours to impoverished areas in some cities. This research aims at activating slum tourism in Egypt for benefiting from its role in developing slums of Egypt 'applied on slums of Alexandria City'. The research depended on primary data through targeting 520 online questionnaire forms at a random sample of respondents. The questionnaire was designed for gathering answers on applying slum tourism to benefit from its role in transforming slums into developed urban areas. The research also depended on secondary data related to the subject of study. The findings revealed that slum tourism attracts high expenditure niche tourists which can affect positively on the Egyptian tourism sector. Furthermore, it can be a successful way towards developing slums in Egypt by donating a portion of its tours' profits in developing slums of Alexandria, and then other Egyptian cities can act accordingly. The research recommends raising the local people's awareness of slum tourism and its importance. It also emphasises the co-operation amongst Egyptian travel agencies in Egypt, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, and local Egyptian development institutions in achieving this goal.

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“…Sin embargo, si se relaciona con lo que se conoce como "turismo de barrios marginales", se aprecia que ha florecido como tema de estudio a nivel internacional (Dyson, 2012;Frenzel, et. al, 2015;Frenzel, 2018;Booyens y Rogerson, 2019, etc. ).…”

Section: Turismo De Pobreza/ Turismo De Miseriaunclassified

Turismo de pobreza e infancia. Reflexiones desde la educación para la ciudadanía global

Escriche

2020

Rev. infanc. adolesc.

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La prensa nacional e internacional, así como distintos medios de opinión, muestran numerosas evidencias que resaltan la preocupación por la expansión del turismo de pobreza, sobre todo porque puede resultar lesivo para las poblaciones de determinados destinos turísticos y, particularmente, para la infancia de los mismos. Sin embargo, no resultan muy frecuentes las investigaciones sobre esta temática, salvo en lo referente a las visitas de barrios marginales.Esta situación ha llevado a considerar la necesidad de abordar tal problemática en este trabajo, con el objetivo de analizar los rasgos que identifican al turismo de pobreza y de los límites que debería encontrar para su desarrollo, tanto desde la perspectiva legal, que protege los derechos de las personas y especialmente los de los niños, como desde la concepción ética, que debe exigirse a todos los actores implicados en la actividad turística, a partir de los distintos códigos éticos existentes. Asimismo, se buscan estrategias que mejoren esta práctica turística y se llega a concluir que la educación para la ciudadanía global puede aportar determinadas claves que contribuyen a formar en valores y que su implementación en la gestión turística favorecería la configuración de ofertas y productos turísticos cuyos beneficios revertirían en las poblaciones de acogida.

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On the Question of Using the Concept ‘Slum Tourism’ for Urban Tourism in Stigmatised Neighbourhoods in Inner City Johannesburg

Cited by 17 publications

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Walking in Jozi: Guided Tours, Insecurity and Urban Regeneration in Inner City Johannesburg

Walking in Jozi: Guided Tours, Insecurity and Urban Regeneration in Inner City Johannesburg

Exploring the Role of Slum Tourism in Developing Slums in Egypt: "Applied on Slums of Alexandria City"

Turismo de pobreza e infancia. Reflexiones desde la educación para la ciudadanía global

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