Business tourism in an African city: Evidence from Harare, Zimbabwe
Research on business tourism is attracting greater interest from tourism scholars in the Global North. Scholarship on business tourism in the Global South, however, remains underdeveloped despite its significance for many leading urban tourism destinations. Arguably, the need for the growth of rese...
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Research on business tourism is attracting greater interest from tourism scholars in the Global North. Scholarship on business tourism in the Global South, however, remains underdeveloped despite its significance for many leading urban tourism destinations. Arguably, the need for the growth of research on business tourism is particularly acute in major cities of sub-Saharan Africa where the sector is frequently of more significance than leisure tourism. This article contributes to addressing the knowledge gap on business tourism in urban Africa with its focus on MICE tourism in Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital city. Use is made of a set of qualitative interviews which were conducted with stakeholder representatives for all hotels in Harare that have facilities to accommodate business events. Under scrutiny are the competitiveness of the city’s business tourism economy, the nature of business events in the city, and local pro-poor impacts.
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| spelling | doaj-art-061c0ece8ce446d6919a551e1decbb312025-08-20T02:48:18ZengWSB PoznańStudia Periegetica1897-92622023-09-0143310.58683/sp.596Business tourism in an African city: Evidence from Harare, Zimbabwe Logistic Makoni0Christian M. Rogerson 1School of Tourism & Hospitality, College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, South AfricaSchool of Tourism & Hospitality, College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, South Africa Research on business tourism is attracting greater interest from tourism scholars in the Global North. Scholarship on business tourism in the Global South, however, remains underdeveloped despite its significance for many leading urban tourism destinations. Arguably, the need for the growth of research on business tourism is particularly acute in major cities of sub-Saharan Africa where the sector is frequently of more significance than leisure tourism. This article contributes to addressing the knowledge gap on business tourism in urban Africa with its focus on MICE tourism in Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital city. Use is made of a set of qualitative interviews which were conducted with stakeholder representatives for all hotels in Harare that have facilities to accommodate business events. Under scrutiny are the competitiveness of the city’s business tourism economy, the nature of business events in the city, and local pro-poor impacts. https://journals.wsb.poznan.pl/index.php/sp/article/view/596business tourism, MICE tourism, urban tourism, competitiveness, pro-poor impacts poor |
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| title | Business tourism in an African city: Evidence from Harare, Zimbabwe |
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| title_short | Business tourism in an African city: Evidence from Harare, Zimbabwe |
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| topic | business tourism, MICE tourism, urban tourism, competitiveness, pro-poor impacts poor |
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