Full Description
Despite the fact that the African tourism industry is prone to disturbances such as diseases, extreme weather events, civil unrest, wars, and other shocks, nothing could have prepared this destination for the devastating effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the absence of government or international agency budget support, the pandemic challenged the African tourism market to its core. The focus of this book is to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the African tourism destination market as well as its prospects for recovery. A chapter written by the editorial team introduces the book. Following the introduction, the book offers chapters evaluating the pandemic's impact on African tourism. Chapters in the second part of the book discuss tourism recovery and how some destinations have survived the pandemic. The book concludes with a chapter providing policy recommendations and practical implementation advice. The book is part of a 3 volume series.
Contents
Part1. Background and Introduction.- Chapter1. Tourism and COVID-19: An African perspective.- Part2. Impact of COVID-19 on African tourist destinations.- Chapter2. The effects of COVID-19 pandemic on small-scale hospitality and tourism businesses in coastal communities in Ghana.- Chapter3. Navigating the Impact of COVID-19 on Tourism in Zambia.- Chapter4. Exploring trends of South African accommodation occupancy during COVID- 19.- Chapter5. The impact of COVID-19 on the hotels as quarantine destinations.- Part3. COVID-19 recovery and resilience of tourist destinations in Africa.- Chapter6. Evaluation of the efficacy of the COVID-19 recovery plans for tourism: Limpopo Province in South Africa.- Chapter7. Impact, Recovery and Resilience of the Events sector from COVID-19 crisis: Lessons from Zimbabwe.- Chapter8. Prospects for tourism recovery in Kariba town in the context of COVID- 19.- Chapter9. The resilience of Private Protected Areas Lodges: Lessons from South Africa amid COVID-19.- Part4. Tourism recovery Strategies for African tourist destinations.- Chapter10. Impacts of COVID-19 on Emerging Tourist Destinations and Recovery Strategies: The Case of Ghana.- Chapter11. The Utilisation of Virtual Reality as a Recovery Strategy to Stimulate Travel Intentions of students amidst the Covid-19 Pandemic in South Africa .- Chapter12. COVID-19 and rural tourism destinations in South Africa: Impact, transformation opportunities and potential.- Chapter13. Aviation recovery, resilience, challenges, and opportunities a focus on Western Cape province, South Africa.- Part5. Conclusion and Recommendations.- Chapter14. The future of tourism in a post-COVID-19 era: Practical and policy perspectives.
