COVID-19 and African tourism research agendas

Rogerson, Christian and Baum, Tom (2020) COVID-19 and African tourism research agendas. Development Southern Africa. ISSN 1470-3637 (In Press)

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Abstract

COVID-19 has triggered a burst of international scholarship concerning the reshaping of tourism and the resetting of tourism research agendas. The aim of this paper is to tease out some implications for re-orienting the African tourism research agenda from 2020 and beyond. Arguably, an appropriate African research response to COVID-19 in the context of tourism must embrace a genuine transdisciplinary approach and draw in researchers who would not, historically, have operated in the tourism space. Seven key themes are discussed namely, market confidence; dependence on international long-haul tourists; supporting regional and domestic tourism especially VFR travel; redefining community-based tourism; informal sector resilience; climate change; and, addressing present-mindedness in African tourism scholarship.

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Rogerson, Christian and Baum, Tom ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5918-847X;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:73754
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    24 August 2020
    Published
    24 August 2020
    Accepted
    Keywords:COVID-19, research agenda, African tourism, Social Sciences, Development, Geography, Planning and Development, Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management
    Subjects:Social Sciences
    Department:Strathclyde Business School > Work, Organisation and Employment
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:04 Sep 2020 14:22
    Last modified:19 Mar 2023 04:15
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/73754
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