A History of Tourism in Africa: Exoticization, . Cleveland**

Name: A History of Tourism in Africa: Exoticization, . Cleveland**
Brand: Ohio University Press

Ohio University Press

An engaging social history of foreign tourists' dreams, the African tourism industry's efforts to fulfill them, and how both sides affect each other.\n Since the nineteenth century, foreign tourists and resident tourism workers in Africa have mutually relied upon notions of exoticism, but from vastly different perspectives. Many of the countless tourists who have traveled to the African continent fail to acknowledge or even realize that skilled African artists in the tourist industry repeatedly manufacture \""authentic\"" experiences in order to fulfill foreigners' often delusional, or at least uninformed, expectations. These carefully nurtured and controlled performances typically reinforce tourists' reductive impressions\u2014formed over centuries\u2014of the continent, its peoples, and even its\n\nA History of Tourism in Africa\nExoticization, Exploitation, and Enrichment\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail track;