Incipient special interest tourism: Sea angling as recreational sport in South Africa

Literature on special interest tourism has been expanding over the past 25 years. Although the growth of research interest and scholarship is relatively recent, the phenomenon of special interest tourism is not new and many of its forms enjoy a long history. Nevertheless, most existing internatio...

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Main Authors: Christian M. ROGERSON, Jayne M. ROGERSON
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Language:English
Published: Editura Universităţii din Oradea 2024-03-01
Series:GeoSport for Society
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Online Access:https://geosport.uoradea.ro/2024_1/gss.2002-105.pdf
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description Literature on special interest tourism has been expanding over the past 25 years. Although the growth of research interest and scholarship is relatively recent, the phenomenon of special interest tourism is not new and many of its forms enjoy a long history. Nevertheless, most existing international scholarship concentrates on contemporary issues. Against this background the aim is provide an alternative historical perspective on special interest tourism. Archival sources are used to analyse the evolution of sea angling as a recreational sport and incipient form of special interest tourism in South Africa. Arguably, sea fishing was a tourism asset and contributed to coastal resort development. In addition, as far back as the 1920s and 1930s tourism promotion in South Africa related to potential opportunities linked to special interests such as coastal recreational fishing.
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spelling doaj-art-1be88eddd02d4093a2c391f5ea2bfab72025-01-23T08:41:32ZengEditura Universităţii din OradeaGeoSport for Society2393-13532024-03-01201112410.30892/gss.2002-105Incipient special interest tourism: Sea angling as recreational sport in South AfricaChristian M. ROGERSON0Jayne M. ROGERSON1University of Johannesburg, College of Business and Economics, School of Tourism & Hospitality, Bunting Road Campus, Johannesburg, South AfricaUniversity of Johannesburg, College of Business and Economics, School of Tourism & Hospitality, Bunting Road Campus, Johannesburg, South AfricaLiterature on special interest tourism has been expanding over the past 25 years. Although the growth of research interest and scholarship is relatively recent, the phenomenon of special interest tourism is not new and many of its forms enjoy a long history. Nevertheless, most existing international scholarship concentrates on contemporary issues. Against this background the aim is provide an alternative historical perspective on special interest tourism. Archival sources are used to analyse the evolution of sea angling as a recreational sport and incipient form of special interest tourism in South Africa. Arguably, sea fishing was a tourism asset and contributed to coastal resort development. In addition, as far back as the 1920s and 1930s tourism promotion in South Africa related to potential opportunities linked to special interests such as coastal recreational fishing.https://geosport.uoradea.ro/2024_1/gss.2002-105.pdfspecial interest tourismrecreational fishingsea anglingsouth africahistorical research
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title Incipient special interest tourism: Sea angling as recreational sport in South Africa
title_full Incipient special interest tourism: Sea angling as recreational sport in South Africa
title_fullStr Incipient special interest tourism: Sea angling as recreational sport in South Africa
title_full_unstemmed Incipient special interest tourism: Sea angling as recreational sport in South Africa
title_short Incipient special interest tourism: Sea angling as recreational sport in South Africa
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recreational fishing
sea angling
south africa
historical research
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