The Influence Of Cultural Tourism In The Host Community

INTRODUCTION host community, we have seen a shift from this type of thinking with the government aiming to ensure that cultural tourism is just as much about the hosts as it is about the visitors. Cultural tourism is after all dependent on the host community who share their culture with the tourists.

DEFINITION OF TERMS

Cultural tourism has been at the forefront of the South African government’s focus for a few years now with the primary reason for that being that it offers a way for both the tourist and the host city/destination to win. This is achieved by creating an attraction which will benefit the host community by ensuring that it is not only the tourist who benefits by visiting it. Although in the past it has mainly been the wealthier

Authenticity

a : worthy of acceptance or belief as conforming to or based on fact

b : conforming to an original so as to reproduce essential features

c : made or done the same way as an original, (Merriam Webster, 2014).

What makes a Cultural Attraction?

A cultural attraction can be categorized in a variety of ways. From the authenticity of

Cultural Attractions Chosen

Looking at these definitions it can make it easier to select attractions based on these guidelines. It is for this reason that I have decided to select the following three attractions

The Dlala Nje Inner City Tour

Newtown Cultural Precint

The Orlando Towers (Soweto’s Bungee Jump)

My Route name will be the STREET SMASH ROUTE.

The Dlala Nje Inner City Tour is not as well known as the other city tours in Johannesburg and it is the first of its kind. It allows visitors to walk through and experience areas such as Yeoville, Hillbrow and the Ponte building, areas which locals and tourists notoriously avoid. This tour shows the tourists the beauty and history of the areas and allows them to be enlightened, while enjoying the sights and sounds of the real inner