BLEISURE AND INFORMAL BUSINESS TOURISM IN HARARE, ZIMBABWE
Extant research on the concept of bleisure is mainly in the context of the Global North or relates to travellers from the Global North. This investigation is the first in the environment of the Global South to examine the bleisure activities among informal business tourists. Using a survey of 700...
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| author | Logistic MAKONI Christian M. ROGERSON |
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| description | Extant research on the concept of bleisure is mainly in the context of the Global North or relates to travellers from
the Global North. This investigation is the first in the environment of the Global South to examine the bleisure activities
among informal business tourists. Using a survey of 700 informal business tourists in Harare, Zimbabwe, the results show
that the accommodation choices and the bleisure activities undertaken by these informal business tourists in Zimbabwe’s
capital city are markedly different to those reported in studies of business travellers from the Global North. Bleisure activities
identified as significant are visits to friends/relatives, participation in religious activities, personal shopping and the
enjoyment of sports, musical events and Harare’s night-time economy. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2e802090be984e7c95ee942ef58b3dd42025-02-04T10:24:10ZengEditura Universităţii din OradeaGeo Journal of Tourism and Geosites2065-08172065-11982024-10-015641484149210.30892/gtg.56405-1319BLEISURE AND INFORMAL BUSINESS TOURISM IN HARARE, ZIMBABWELogistic MAKONI0Christian M. ROGERSON1School of Tourism & Hospitality, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa, e-mail: logisticm@uj.ac.zaSchool of Tourism & Hospitality, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa, e-mail: chrismr@uj.ac.zaExtant research on the concept of bleisure is mainly in the context of the Global North or relates to travellers from the Global North. This investigation is the first in the environment of the Global South to examine the bleisure activities among informal business tourists. Using a survey of 700 informal business tourists in Harare, Zimbabwe, the results show that the accommodation choices and the bleisure activities undertaken by these informal business tourists in Zimbabwe’s capital city are markedly different to those reported in studies of business travellers from the Global North. Bleisure activities identified as significant are visits to friends/relatives, participation in religious activities, personal shopping and the enjoyment of sports, musical events and Harare’s night-time economy.https://gtg.webhost.uoradea.ro/PDF/GTG-4-2024/gtg.56405-1319.pdfbleisurebusiness tourisminformal business tourisminformalityglobal south |
| spellingShingle | Logistic MAKONI Christian M. ROGERSON BLEISURE AND INFORMAL BUSINESS TOURISM IN HARARE, ZIMBABWE Geo Journal of Tourism and Geosites bleisure business tourism informal business tourism informality global south |
| title | BLEISURE AND INFORMAL BUSINESS TOURISM IN HARARE, ZIMBABWE |
| title_full | BLEISURE AND INFORMAL BUSINESS TOURISM IN HARARE, ZIMBABWE |
| title_fullStr | BLEISURE AND INFORMAL BUSINESS TOURISM IN HARARE, ZIMBABWE |
| title_full_unstemmed | BLEISURE AND INFORMAL BUSINESS TOURISM IN HARARE, ZIMBABWE |
| title_short | BLEISURE AND INFORMAL BUSINESS TOURISM IN HARARE, ZIMBABWE |
| title_sort | bleisure and informal business tourism in harare zimbabwe |
| topic | bleisure business tourism informal business tourism informality global south |
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