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This article makes a contribution to address the overwhelming 'present-mindedness' of tourism geography scholarship. Using a range of archival sources an analysis is undertaken of the rise and demise of racial segregation on South Africa's beaches during the period 1953-1989. The division of beach space along racial lines is an aspect of the implementation of what was termed 'petty apartheid'. This analysis reveals that the national government's attempts to legislate the making of beach segregation were uneven and contested in different coastal centres. By the 1980s, however, mounting opposition and resistance to the apartheid state resulted in the crumbling of beach apartheid and the formal desegregation of beach spaces.

This article makes a contribution to address the overwhelming 'present-mindedness' of tourism geography scholarship. Using a range of archival sources an analysis is undertaken of the rise and demise of racial segregation on South Africa's beaches during the period 1953-1989. The division of beach space along racial lines is an aspect of the implementation of what was termed 'petty apartheid'. This analysis reveals that the national government's attempts to legislate the making of beach segregation were uneven and contested in different coastal centres. By the 1980s, however, mounting opposition and resistance to the apartheid state resulted in the crumbling of beach apartheid and the formal desegregation of beach spaces.

Chapter 1. Introduction (J. Rogerson and Visser) -- Chapter 2. Tourism Overview (C. Rogerson) -- Chapter 3. History of an aspect of tourism in South Africa ( J Rogerson and C Rogerson) -- Chapter 4. New forms of tourism accommodation (Visser) -- Chaoter 5. Slum tourism (F. Frentzel) -- Chapter 6. Tourism and climate change (W. Pandy) -- Chapter 7. Tourism and conservation (W. Pandy) -- Chapter 8. Mega wine farm resorts (S. Ferreira) -- Chapter 9. Adventure tourism: the case of shark cage diving (T. McKay) -- Chapter 10. The influence of 'flow' on commercial adventure tourism experiences (J. Giddy) -- Chapter 11. Music festival tourism in South Africa (D. Harmer) -- Chapter 12. Innovation in the tourism industry (Irma Booyens)

Chapter 1. The Other Half of Urban Tourism: Research Directions in the Global South -- Chapter 2. Looking to the Past: The Geography of Tourism in South Africa During the Pre-COVID-19 Era -- Chapter 3. Climate Change Threats to Urban Tourism in South Africa -- Chapter 4. Mundane Urban Tourism: The Historical Evolution of Caravan Parks in South Africa 1930-1994 -- Chapter 5. Connection, Place, Transit: Airport Atmospherics and Meaning-making at Cape Town International Airport -- Chapter 6. Airbnb in Townships of South Africa: A New Experience of Township Tourism? -- Chapter 7. Urban Tourism Under Apartheid: The Johannesburg Chapter -- Chapter 8. Student-Centred VFR Travel: Evidence From Johannesburg -- Chapter 9. Small Town Tourism in South Africa Revisited -- Chapter 10. The Role of Tourism in Small Town Cultural and Creative Industries Clustering: The Sarah Baartman District, South Africa -- Chapter 11. Creative Networks and the Making of Africa's First UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy.

AbstractTourism studies, including by geographers, give only minor attention to historically-informed research. This article contributes to the limited scholarship on tourism development in South Africa occurring during the turbulent years of apartheid (1948 to 1994). It examines the building of racialized landscapes of tourism with separate (but unequal) facilities for 'non-Whites' as compared to Whites. The methodological approach is archival research. Applying a range of archival sources tourism linked to the expanded mobilities of South Africa's 'non-White' communities, namely of African, Coloureds (mixed race) and Asians (Indians) is investigated. Under apartheid the growth of 'non-White' tourism generated several policy challenges in relation to national government's commitments towards racial segregation. Arguably, the segregated tourism spaces created for 'non-Whites' under apartheid exhibit certain parallels with those that emerged in the USA during the Jim Crow era.

Caravan parks are a largely overlooked theme in tourism scholarship. In South Africa, as in several other countries, local governments assumed an historical role in the establishment of caravan parks. Municipal caravan parks are assets which could be leveraged for tourism growth and local development. The planning and management of caravan parks in South Africa can be understood as an element of asset management by local governments. It is shown that across most of South Africa municipal ownership of caravan parks is of declining significance as compared to the dominance of privately owned parks. The coastal province of the Western Cape is the biggest focus for caravanning and for the location of all caravan parks, including for the largest cluster of municipal owned caravan parks in South Africa. Research interviews were conducted with local stakeholders concerning contemporary planning and management of caravan parks. The results reveal that most local municipalities currently are struggling to manage appropriately and optimally maximise for local development the operations of municipal caravan parks. Many municipalities are considering different options for privatisation through selling off or leasing parks to private sector investors.