Poverty tourism: theoretical reflections and empirical findings regarding an extraordinary form of tourism |
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| Authors: | Manfred Rolfes |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Geography, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24/25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany |
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| Abstract: | During the mid-1990s, a new form of tourism was established in metropolises of several developing countries or emerging nations. This type of tourism consists in visits to the most disadvantaged parts of the respective city. Poverty tours or slum tours
are offered on a relatively large scale in the South African cities of Johannesburg and Cape Town, Rio de Janeiro in Brazil,
as well as in Indian metropolises, to name some important examples. The target group of these tours consists primarily of
international tourists. It is estimated that 40,000 such tourists visit favelas in Rio de Janeiro each year, around 300,000
the townships in Cape Town. This contribution refers to and comments on these developments and insights regarding poverty
tourism or slumming, based on empirical research and experiences in South Africa, Brazil, and India. It will be shed light
on the phenomenon from an observational-theoretical perspective. It is aimed to open a discussion on the ways poverty tours
or slumming observes and simultaneously programmatically charges poverty. And, it will be considered in which way poverty
tourism is observed. |
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