TOURISM AS A VEHICLE FOR LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN SMALL TOWNS? WHEN THINGS GO WRONG: THE CASE OF ALIWAL NORTH, SOUTH AFRICA
Post-apartheid local economic development (LED) issues have been of central concern in South African economic planning. The aim of this investigation was to examine the challenges of tourism-led LED in Aliwal North, a small town in South Africa. It shows that despite the many tourism products that c...
Main Authors: | Nolitha KONTSIWE, Gustav VISSER |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Editura Universităţii din Oradea
2019-12-01
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Series: | Geo Journal of Tourism and Geosites |
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Online Access: | http://gtg.webhost.uoradea.ro/PDF/GTG-4-2019/gtg.27418-437.pdf |
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