Die invloed van plattelandse toerisme op die ontwikkeling en struktuur van Sutherland

[摘要] This study combines qualitative and quantitative techniques in an inquiry into theinfluence of rural tourism on the development and structure of Sutherland from 2001till 2005. Sutherland, like most small rural towns in the Central and Western Karoo,is/was in the process of decline. Rural tourism is seen as a solution to curb the processof decline. The study investigates this assumption by analyzing the positive andnegative impacts of tourism on the economic, social and environmental spheres ofSutherland and looks at concomitant structural changes. Special emphasis is placed onthe changing nature of Sutherland's reason for existence and the dualistic processes ofdegradation on the one side and tourism development on the other. These complextime-spatial and site-specific trends are analyzed and recommendations are made forthe management of the tourism industry of Sutherland.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University