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COVID-19 and African tourism research agendas

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  • Christian M. Rogerson
  • Tom Baum

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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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  • Christian M. Rogerson & Tom Baum, 2020. "COVID-19 and African tourism research agendas," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 37(5), pages 727-741, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:deveza:v:37:y:2020:i:5:p:727-741
    DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2020.1818551
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