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Second homes tourism in Africa: Reflections on the South African experience

Second homes tourism in Africa: Reflections on the South African experience Second Homes Tourism in Africa: Reflections on the South African Experience Gijsbert Hoogendoorn, Robyn Mellett and Gustav Visser INTRODUCTION Large numbers of towns and villages along the South African coastline, and increasingly in the interior, have grown significantly as a result of consumption- led migration. However, South African social science investigations have failed to recognise the role of a particular type of leisure consumption--second home development, investment and visitation--as a key variable leading to the consid- erable changes taking place across the South African urban hierarchy, particu- larly in high natural amenity areas. Internationally, second homes are investigated as an integral part of contemporary tourism and mobility, with the development of various types of urban areas explained owing to second home development and investment (Hall and Muller, 2004; Williams and Hall, 2000). The interna- tional body of research demonstrates, among other findings, that second homes are an important part of the urban tourism and leisure lifestyle of many people in the developed North (Hall and Muller, 2004). As a result of the increasing mobil- ity of ever-larger sections of the industrial and post-industrial world, in addition to escalating levels of regional and international leisure migration associated with contemporary globalisation, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Urban Forum Springer Journals

Second homes tourism in Africa: Reflections on the South African experience

Urban Forum , Volume 16 (3) – Jul 28, 2005

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2005 by Transaction Publishers
Subject
Geography; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning; Human Geography; Sociology; Political Science; Population Economics
ISSN
1015-3802
eISSN
1874-6330
DOI
10.1007/s12132-005-1002-z
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Second Homes Tourism in Africa: Reflections on the South African Experience Gijsbert Hoogendoorn, Robyn Mellett and Gustav Visser INTRODUCTION Large numbers of towns and villages along the South African coastline, and increasingly in the interior, have grown significantly as a result of consumption- led migration. However, South African social science investigations have failed to recognise the role of a particular type of leisure consumption--second home development, investment and visitation--as a key variable leading to the consid- erable changes taking place across the South African urban hierarchy, particu- larly in high natural amenity areas. Internationally, second homes are investigated as an integral part of contemporary tourism and mobility, with the development of various types of urban areas explained owing to second home development and investment (Hall and Muller, 2004; Williams and Hall, 2000). The interna- tional body of research demonstrates, among other findings, that second homes are an important part of the urban tourism and leisure lifestyle of many people in the developed North (Hall and Muller, 2004). As a result of the increasing mobil- ity of ever-larger sections of the industrial and post-industrial world, in addition to escalating levels of regional and international leisure migration associated with contemporary globalisation,

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Published: Jul 28, 2005

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