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Competing for tourists at Victoria Falls: A historical consideration of the effects of government involvement

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Although many African countries have only recently started benefiting from tourism development, Zambia and Zimbabwe have a long history of promoting tourism. Since the late nineteenth century, the large number of visitors drawn to Victoria Falls has stimulated the development of one of southern Africa's earliest and most popular tourist destinations. Its value as both a commercial and spiritual site and its position on the border between Zambia have resulted in a complex, long-term transnational struggle between interested parties on both sides of the border. This article examines tourism development around Victoria Falls from a historical perspective, with attention to the efforts of colonial and post-colonial governments to promote tourism, and policies that have stifled it.

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  • Andrea Arrington, 2010. "Competing for tourists at Victoria Falls: A historical consideration of the effects of government involvement," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 27(5), pages 773-787.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:deveza:v:27:y:2010:i:5:p:773-787
    DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2010.522838
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    1. Shengrui Zhang & Linsheng Zhong & Hongrun Ju & Yingjie Wang, 2019. "Land Border Tourism Resources in China: Spatial Patterns and Tourism Management," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(1), pages 1-20, January.
    2. Forbes Kabote & Patrick Walter Mamimine & Zororo Muranda, 2017. "Domestic Tourism For Sustainable Development In Developing Countries: A Conceptual Paper," Revista de turism - studii si cercetari in turism / Journal of tourism - studies and research in tourism, "Stefan cel Mare" University of Suceava, Romania, Faculty of Economics and Public Administration - Economy, Business Administration and Tourism Department., vol. 23(23), pages 1-3, June.

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