摘要：Post-apartheid local economic development (LED) issues have been of
central concern in South African economic planning. The aim of this investigation
was to examine the challenges of tourism-led LED in Aliwal North, a small town in
South Africa. It shows that despite the many tourism products that could potentially
be deployed as a development driver for LED in this town and its hinterland, a range
of challenges have frustrated such ambitions. Challenges involve poor management of
key tourism products, a lack of targeted and coordinated marketing activities of the
destination and a lack of a coordinated stakeholder relationship in the broader
destination region, as well as limited management capacity and funding.
关键词：South Africa; Eastern Cape; Aliwal North; local economic development;
tourism
