Community Based Tourism - Modern Destination Management

Already as a child most people became aware of thebig continent Africa and its image of hosting a realunknown world far away from the civilization. Itpromises adventure! Africa weaves its magic aroundpeople's lives and there certainly is the wish toexperience a part of this treasure once in a lifetime. Later on people become aware of the possibilityto travel to Africa. There are many ways todo so to the most spectacular venues. This is whatmakes Africa so special: a well presented andprepared world within the unknown beauty of a blackcontinent. But this tourism relies on residentsrelies on people who live there and which mostlynever have been able to be a tourist and to feel whatit means to travel to be a tourist and to bewelcomed as a visitor. And this is what must be takeninto consideration - managing tourism to Africa andto South Africa carefully by tourism organisationsand operators as well as all other stakeholders involvedto that type of contributor for a better livingstandard of its hosts - the involvementof the citizens at all stages of tourism development- Community Based Tourism.