Thesis (Ph. D.) -- Lincoln University, 2007. / Also issued online.

Blouberg is situated in the Limpopo Province, west of the Soutpansberg, in the Republic of South Africa. The majestic Blouberg Mountain is a 2000-meter high prominence inhabited by a Sotho-speaking community whom live in relative isolation. The area is rich with a diverse range of natural elements: tree species, birds, animals and geographic features as well as cultural heritage. The camp, which is located on top of Blouberg, is a prime example of government-initiated community development. This tourist camp was established on the mountain with the objective that the local community would manage it for their own benefit. The community on Blouberg has strong cultural beliefs and heritage resources, which proves to have immense potential for ethnotourism development. However, cultural heritage and natural resources are also extremely vulnerable to over-exploitation and over-development, which consequently creates a need for sustainable management. The aim of this study is to conduct a systematic analysis of sustainable ethnotourism on Blouberg in the Limpopo Province, South Africa. It acknowledges the multidisciplinary limitations and challenges that sustainable ethnotourism development presents, especially in rural communities such as the Hananwa at Blouberg. With regard to contemporary tourism development in the Limpopo Province, there seems to be a sense of expectation amongst local communities. This study investigates whether the full potential of the Blouberg camp is being achieved and whether the need for sustainable management exists. A sustainable management plan requires accurate research, evaluation of resources and the analysis of potential opportunities. Although there is limited information available regarding the opportunities, threats, impacts and effects of ethnotourism in South Africa, it is possible to integrate existing literature with principles of sustainable development to create a valuable framework to evaluate ethnotourism on Blouberg. / Prof. G. Verhoef

This novel ethnographic study investigates the role of culture and tourism in the sustainable development of rural communities in Jamaica. It focuses on two distinctive Jamaican groups, the Charles Town Maroon and the Seaford Town German descendants. The objectives of the study are to examine the meanings culture holds for local people in relation to identity, sense of place and community development; assess the extent to which they capitalise on their intangible and tangible culture in pursuit of sustainable rural community tourism and make recommendations for local people and policymakers. The basis for the research is the economic and social crisis facing rural communities in Jamaica due to the demise of their traditional agriculture base. This has been precipitated by international trade liberalisation rules, which removed the preferential access of Jamaican produce to European Union countries. With small-scale Jamaican sugar and banana farmers unable to compete with major producers from the United States of America and South America, rural communities have been left devastated. For many, farming is now an unreliable source of income. More than half of local farmers are in serious economic and social difficulties and 80 per cent of the 1.1 million people living below the poverty line in Jamaica, live in the countryside. With few alternative livelihood strategies, many rural inhabitants are attempting to exploit their culture resources by way of rural community tourism. This coincides with research, which shows an increasing desire by tourists to capture diverse and ordinary social experiences in destinations such as Jamaica. They want authentic contact with host communities away from resorts. However, with tourism on the island predicated on the sand, sun and sea all-inclusive resort model and poor rural infrastructure, local people face tough challenges to exploit their culture resources. The study is conducted in the real world setting of rural Jamaica and is underpinned by an integrated conceptual framework developed from ideas taken from different literatures and preliminary fieldwork. The framework is applied to the findings of the study to analyse the different development paths taken by Charles Town and Seaford Town. It argues that Ray’s (1998) culture economy approach helps to capture this, but the complex and contested nature of ideas relating to development, identity, sense of place, community and culture commoditisation mean it does not do so holistically. However, a more comprehensive picture of the development paths of the two communities emerges by integrating notions of the culture economy with ideas relating to cultural connectedness and plurality of commoditisation. The concepts reflect a sense of ‘rootedness’ in place (vertical linkages) and same-level locally bounded relationships (horizontal linkages). Plurality of commoditisation refers to the differentiated and diversified tactics being deployed by locals to meet tourists’ demands for actual interactions and co-creative experiences with them. The research approach consists of a constructivist paradigm, relativist ontology, subjectivist epistemology, ethnographic methodology and qualitative methods. The focus is, therefore, not only on who, why, what, when, and how, but also on meanings, human action, identity, sense of place, interactions, emotions and behaviour. Thick detailed descriptions are used to capture the articulations of local people and the circumstances in which they occur. The study finds that the role of culture and tourism in the sustainable development of rural communities in Jamaica marks the transition from a primarily agriculture mode of production to one that places greater emphasis on the use of local culture resources. However, while it is clear that communities such as Charles Town and Seaford Town are rich in culture resources, the extent to which they capitalise on them are somewhat limited. The reasons are socio-economic, historical and deep-seated. Adopting the modified culture economy approach, proposed in this study, could increase understanding of the challenges faced by locals and offer a way forward. This is because the framework is holistic in that it considers the socio-economic, cultural and emotional dimensions of rural communities.

Magister Artium - MA (Anthropology/Sociology) / Cultural tourism is a vehicle for economic growth. Cultural representations are made in order to make the cultural tourism sector a more vibrant one. Given this argument, research in cultural tourism should take a critical stance in the analysis of cultural representations. An understanding of the meaning of culture is necessary to analyse the comparison of daily life with cultural representations. Observing the daily lives of host communities creates a conductive environment for realising and understanding the gaps between tourists experiences and the daily realities of the host communities. This research analysed how people represent their culture to tourists through the sale of crafts and dance performances. The research was carried out in Leboeng village, on the border between Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces, near the small town of Ohrigstad. / South Africa

Magister Artium - MA / This paper seeks to explore a number of issues in relation to tourism, particularly cultural tours, in Cape Town from the apartheid era to the new political dispensation in South Africa. Cultural tourism is not merely about commerial activities. It is an ideological framing of history of people, nature, and culture, a framing that has power to reshape culture and nature for its own needs. In the South African context, this can be seen from the early decades of the twentieth century, but for the purposes of this study it will focus from the 1950s onwards to the present political period. The dominant ideology and political conditions at a given time shape cultural tourism. / South Africa

Chan, Yee On Christine. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 109-115). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter CHAPTER 1 --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Literature Review --- p.4 / Changing role of today's museums and tourism --- p.4 / Tourists as potential museum visitors --- p.7 / Discussion --- p.13 / Methodologies --- p.15 / In-depth interview --- p.15 / Observation --- p.17 / Analyses of guide books and promotional materials --- p.18 / Comparative analysis --- p.19 / Chapter CHAPTER 2 --- TWO CITIES: HONG KONG AND MACAU --- p.20 / Historical and Economic Development of Hong Kong and Macau --- p.20 / Historical background of Hong Kong --- p.20 / Historical background of Macau --- p.22 / Economic structure of Hong Kong --- p.24 / Economic structure of Macau --- p.25 / Cultural heritage and museums in Hong Kong and Macau --- p.26 / Discussion --- p.28 / Destination Image and History Museums --- p.29 / Image of Hong Kong --- p.29 / Image of Macau --- p.31 / Discussion --- p.33 / Construction of Image --- p.34 / Governing bodies of the two museums --- p.40 / Management of the two museums --- p.43 / Summary --- p.46 / Chapter CHAPTER 3 --- THE HONG KONG MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND THE MUSEUM OF MACAU --- p.47 / The Hong Kong Museum of History --- p.47 / Location and mission of the Hong Kong Museum of History --- p.48 / Content and facilities of the Hong Kong Museum of History --- p.49 / From the perspective of tourists --- p.56 / The Museum of Macau --- p.59 / Location and mission of the Museum of Macau --- p.59 / Content and facilities of the Museum of Macau --- p.60 / From the perspective of tourists --- p.65 / Summary --- p.67 / Chapter CHAPTER 4 --- TOURISTS' CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS AND EXPECTATIONS TOWARDS THE HISTORY MUSEUM --- p.70 / Tourists' Cultural Backgrounds --- p.70 / "Tourists from ""Western"" countries" --- p.71 / Tourists from the Chinese mainland and other countries --- p.74 / Tourists' backgrounds and their expectation towards the museums --- p.76 / "Tourism, Curiosity and Museum Visiting" --- p.78 / Educational Level of Visitors and Educational Function of Museums --- p.79 / Summary --- p.84 / Chapter CHAPTER 5 --- INTEGRATION AND COMPARISON: HISTORY MUSEUMS ARE NOT AN ISOLATED ENTITY --- p.87 / Conceptual and Geographical Affiliation between History Museum and the City --- p.87 / Image affiliation --- p.88 / Geographical affiliation --- p.89 / Summary --- p.90 / Reflections from Tourists --- p.92 / The Multi-Functions of History Museums --- p.94 / Tourism and the economic function --- p.94 / Tourism and its educational function --- p.96 / Summary --- p.100 / Chapter CHAPTER 6 --- CONCLUSION --- p.101 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.109 / APPENDIX 1 PHOTO --- p.116

The thesis is an ethnographic exploration of the visual performances of the (≠Khomani) Bushmen of the Northern Cape and the Zulu from KwaZulu-Natal of South Africa. I investigate how the ≠Khomani and the Zulu involved in the cultural tourism industry are using archetypical tropes of ethnicity, and how they recreate these in the process of formulating context-specific identities in contemporary South Africa. The Bushmen and Zulu iconography that is ubiquitous is read against the modern day quotidian lives of the people concerned. The role and participation of tourists and researchers (anthro-tourists) in the performative culture of cultural tourism is investigated. An opportunity is also taken to critique the artistic creations of Vetkat Kruiper which partly arise because of the need to satisfy a tourism industry interested in Bushman arts and artefacts. Similarly his wife’s ‘biographical’ book Kalahari Rainsong (2004) is critiqued interactively and allows me to appreciate my encounters with people and text in the Kalahari. My visits to cultural villages where either the Zulu or the Bushman self-perform permit me to indulge in critical performative writing in which I also investigate the role and place of (anthro)tourists in the reinvention of site-specific identities. / Thesis (Ph.D.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2008.

Cultural tourism is a vehicle for economic growth. Cultural representations are made in order to make the cultural tourism sector a more vibrant one. Given this argument, research in cultural tourism should take a critical stance in the analysis of cultural representations. An understanding of the meaning of culture is necessary to analyse the comparison of daily life with cultural representations. Observing the daily lives of host communities creates a conductive environment for realising and understanding the gaps between tourists experiences and the daily realities of the host communities. This research analysed how people represent their culture to tourists through the sale of crafts and dance performances. The research was carried out in Leboeng village, on the border between Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces, near the small town of Ohrigstad.

周蔚蔚. / "2008年9月". / "2008 nian 9 yue". / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 109-112). / Abstracts in Chinese and English. / Zhou Weiwei. / Chapter 第一章 --- 研究背景及文献回顾 --- p.5 / 研究背景 --- p.5 / 问题的产生 --- p.7 / 研究内容与理论资源 --- p.11 / 研究方法与研究价值 --- p.13 / Chapter 第二章 --- 从生活化古城到风景化古城：丽江古城视觉语言构成与意义 --- p.15 / 凝视明信片 --- p.15 / 明信片主题分析 --- p.21 / Chapter 第三章 --- 从平面媒体到多媒体：古城视觉形象与文化意义的再构建 --- p.37 / 《一米阳光》 --- p.37 / 《千里走单骑》 --- p.46 / 《印象.丽江》 --- p.51 / Chapter 第四章 --- 从形象到想像：寻找视像背后的文化想像 --- p.57 / 想像香格里拉 --- p.57 / 《桃花源记》与桃源梦想 --- p.61 / 桃花源与边地 --- p.65 / 世外桃源还是香格里拉？ --- p.67 / 文化想像下的旅游体验 --- p.74 / Chapter 第五章 --- 文化想像与文化遗产的再生产 --- p.79 / 古城视觉装饰性语言与文化想像 --- p.79 / 想像东巴文化 --- p.87 / 结论 --- p.97 / 附录一：遗产及世界遗产概念 --- p.100 / 附录二：世界遗产在中国的发展简介 --- p.102 / 英文参考文献及相关书目 --- p.106 / 中文参考文献及相关书目 --- p.109 / 后记 --- p.113

This thesis seeks to understand the social impacts that festivals have on their host communities. It focuses on community festivals as one type of event which have a particularly strong connection to their host community. Community festivals are traditionally organised by and for the local community, and often celebrate a theme that has developed from within the community itself. Community festivals provide members of a community with opportunities to engage in socialisation, entertainment and the establishment of social networks, which can contribute to the enhancement of community cohesion and the building of social capital within a community. Additionally, they can provide tourism benefits such as increased visitation and promotion of a destination’s image. However, there is the potential for negative social impacts to result from the hosting of a festival, including traffic congestion, overcrowding, vandalism and increased antisocial behaviour. This thesis seeks to understand the perceived social impacts of community festivals from the perspective of the resident population. Six important questions are addressed in this thesis: 1) what are the underlying dimensions of the social impacts of community festivals?; 2) what are a host community’s expectations and perceptions of the social impacts of a festival?; 3) are there distinct subgroups within a community who differ in their feelings towards a festival?; 4) do these subgroups hold differing perceptions of the social impacts of community festivals?; 5) can the Social Impact Perception (SIP) scale be used to measure residents’ perceptions of the social impacts of community festivals?; and 6) what are the implications of this research for the planning and management of future community festivals? In order to explore these issues, this study draws on literature from the areas of tourism and sociology. It is from the tourism literature, more specifically on events, that community festivals are introduced as the focus of this thesis. The sociological literature on communities reinforces the importance of the ‘community’ in community festivals, and examines the role that festivals can play in contributing to community development, community wellbeing and the enhancement of social capital. Two community festivals were studied, one in Western Australia and the other in Victoria, Australia. Data were collected from residents in each of these two communities at one point in time following the staging of their festival. Both qualitative and quantitative methods were used, including semi-structured interviews, focus groups, observational techniques, document analysis and a residents’ perceptions questionnaire. The results revealed that there are distinct subgroups within a community who choose to be involved with their festival in a range of ways and who perceive the social impacts resulting from the festival quite differently. These subgroups have been labelled the tolerators, economically connected, attendees, avoiders and volunteers. Whilst holding varied perceptions of the positive and negative nature of the impacts and levels at which they occur, residents perceive the social impacts of community festivals to occur within six impact dimensions: inconvenience, community identity and cohesion, personal frustration, entertainment and socialisation opportunities, community growth and development, and behavioural consequences. Those residents who participate in the festival, either as volunteers or attendees, tend to be those who are most positive about the festival and its impacts. This participation in the community provides opportunities for social transactions, relationship building and the development of social networks, which in turn have positive outcomes for community wellbeing and the development of social capital. This research has a number of implications for the management of future community festivals, in respect to providing a better understanding of residents’ perceptions of the social impacts a festival creates; towards better satisfying the diverse needs of distinct community subgroups; and related to how festivals can be used to contribute to community wellbeing and the enhancement of social capital. / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)