Climate therapy and the development of South Africa as a health resort, c.1850–1910
Historical research is undeveloped concerning tourism in sub-Saharan Africa. This research contributes to scholarship about the history of tourism for climate and health. In South Africa the beginnings of international tourism are associated with its emergence as a health resort and to climate thera...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2021-06-01
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| Series: | Bulletin of Geography: Socio-Economic Series |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.2478/bog-2021-0017 |
| Summary: | Historical research is undeveloped concerning tourism in sub-Saharan Africa. This research contributes to scholarship about the history of tourism for climate and health. In South Africa the beginnings of international tourism are associated with its emergence as a health resort and to climate therapy. Using archival sources an analysis is undertaken of the factors that influenced the emergence of South Africa as a health destination during the 19th century. Climate therapy was of particular interest for the treatment of consumption or tuberculosis. Arguably, the perceived therapeutic regenerative qualities of South Africa's climate became a driver for the development of a form of international tourism that pre-dated the country's emergence as a leisure tourism destination. |
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| ISSN: | 2083-8298 |