Using Archival Material in Tourism, Hospitality, and Leisure Studies: Beauty and the Beast

Nasab, Parisa Saadat Abadi; Carr, Neil; Walters, Trudie

doi:10.1108/978-1-80117-550-020221006

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“…To uncover further the early evolution of recreational sea fishing in South Africa an approach was adopted with the use of archival sources. The importance and merits of undertaking archival research in tourism and recreation studies are stressed by Nasab et al (2022). Indeed, the case can be made that leisure and recreation studies, as much even as tourism research, "needs a sense of historical awareness" (Walton, 2009).…”

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Incipient special interest tourism: Sea angling as recreational sport in South Africa

ROGERSON,

ROGERSON

2024

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Literature on special interest tourism has been expanding over the past 25 years. Although the growth of research interest and scholarship is relatively recent, the phenomenon of special interest tourism is not new and many of its forms enjoy a long history. Nevertheless, most existing international scholarship concentrates on contemporary issues. Against this background the aim is provide an alternative historical perspective on special interest tourism. Archival sources are used to analyse the evolution of sea angling as a recreational sport and incipient form of special interest tourism in South Africa. Arguably, sea fishing was a tourism asset and contributed to coastal resort development. In addition, as far back as the 1920s and 1930s tourism promotion in South Africa related to potential opportunities linked to special interests such as coastal recreational fishing.

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Incipient special interest tourism: Sea angling as recreational sport in South Africa

ROGERSON,

ROGERSON

2024

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“…They observe that "archives are an under-utilised strategy in leisure scholarship" (Tully and Carr, 2021, p. 889). Likewise, Abadi Asab et al (2022) point to the merits for hospitality and leisure scholars of tapping into archival sources. The research for this study uses documentary material sourced from the historical papers lodged at the Cape Town depot of the South African National Library.…”

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Historical Special Interest Tourism: The Evolution of Mountaineering in South Africa

ROGERSON,

ROGERSON

2024

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Scholarship on special interest tourism has burgeoned since the 1980s. Although this expanding research interest is relatively new, the phenomenon of special interest tourism is not of recent origin as many of its forms, such as mountaineering, exhibit a long historical record. Most research on special interest tourism concentrates on contemporary issues. The objective is to present a historical perspective on special interest tourism. Using archival sources an analysis is undertaken of the evolution of mountaineering in South Africa as a recreational sport and incipient form of special interest tourism. Cape Town’s Table Mountain and the Drakensberg mountains provide the geographical focus of discussion. The results demonstrate that during the 1920s and 1930s tourism promoters in South Africa acknowledged the potential of special interest mountaineers to contribute to tourism growth. The documented experience of early mountaineering in South Africa provides an example of racism in recreation by showing that the country’s recreational practices became constructed around politicallyimposed racial hierarchies.

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Using Archival Material in Tourism, Hospitality, and Leisure Studies: Beauty and the Beast

Cited by 2 publications

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Incipient special interest tourism: Sea angling as recreational sport in South Africa

Incipient special interest tourism: Sea angling as recreational sport in South Africa

Historical Special Interest Tourism: The Evolution of Mountaineering in South Africa

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