Political crises and tourism in Sub-Saharan Africa: destination recovery post-coup d'état

Most African countries are associated with unending political disputes. Instead of amicably ending them, smart power-play approaches continue to degenerate the African nations. The paper therefore seeks to establish the nexus between political crises, coups d'état and tourism in the Sub-Saharan...

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Main Authors: Musavengane, Regis, Zhou, Zibanai
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Language:English
Published: Inderscience 2022
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Online Access:https://www.inderscience.com/info/inarticle.php?artid=114455
http://hdl.handle.net/11408/4708
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description Most African countries are associated with unending political disputes. Instead of amicably ending them, smart power-play approaches continue to degenerate the African nations. The paper therefore seeks to establish the nexus between political crises, coups d'état and tourism in the Sub-Saharan African region and determine destination survival strategies for tourism businesses in environments with a political crisis. Document analysis was adopted to obtain data, this was thematically analysed. The key finding is that military coups are detrimental to tourism. They retard tourism growth by eroding the strides and gains painstakingly made over time through the building of international goodwill. Anholt's hexagon on nation branding is used to suggest strategies that politically disturbed nations can adopt to rejuvenate their tourist destinations.
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spelling ir-11408-47082022-06-27T13:49:06Z Political crises and tourism in Sub-Saharan Africa: destination recovery post-coup d'état Musavengane, Regis Zhou, Zibanai Political crises Tourism development Nation branding hexagon Peace tourism Most African countries are associated with unending political disputes. Instead of amicably ending them, smart power-play approaches continue to degenerate the African nations. The paper therefore seeks to establish the nexus between political crises, coups d'état and tourism in the Sub-Saharan African region and determine destination survival strategies for tourism businesses in environments with a political crisis. Document analysis was adopted to obtain data, this was thematically analysed. The key finding is that military coups are detrimental to tourism. They retard tourism growth by eroding the strides and gains painstakingly made over time through the building of international goodwill. Anholt's hexagon on nation branding is used to suggest strategies that politically disturbed nations can adopt to rejuvenate their tourist destinations. 2022-03-17T10:02:08Z 2022-03-17T10:02:08Z 2021 Article 1750-4090 1750-4104 https://www.inderscience.com/info/inarticle.php?artid=114455 10.1504/IJTP.2021.114455 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/4708 en International Journal of Tourism Policy;Vol.11; No.1: p. 52-72 open Inderscience
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Tourism development
Nation branding hexagon
Peace tourism
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Zhou, Zibanai
Political crises and tourism in Sub-Saharan Africa: destination recovery post-coup d'état
title Political crises and tourism in Sub-Saharan Africa: destination recovery post-coup d'état
title_full Political crises and tourism in Sub-Saharan Africa: destination recovery post-coup d'état
title_fullStr Political crises and tourism in Sub-Saharan Africa: destination recovery post-coup d'état
title_full_unstemmed Political crises and tourism in Sub-Saharan Africa: destination recovery post-coup d'état
title_short Political crises and tourism in Sub-Saharan Africa: destination recovery post-coup d'état
title_sort political crises and tourism in sub-saharan africa: destination recovery post-coup d'état
topic Political crises
Tourism development
Nation branding hexagon
Peace tourism
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http://hdl.handle.net/11408/4708
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