Crisis and Africa's tourism industry: A comprehensive review and agenda for future research

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Abstract

Although several studies have investigated crisis and crisis management in tourism, knowledge, and scholarship are limited in this field, especially in third-world nations like those in Africa. This paper presents a comprehensive review and synthesis of crisis management literature in Africa to address the gap in current understanding. The content-based analysis of 77 published articles from 29 journals provides a deeper understanding of Africa's tourism crisis research and scholarship trends. A three-stage integrative framework classifying crisis management literature/approaches was developed: pre-crisis, during-crisis, and post-crisis. This paper examines Africa's current and emerging tourism crisis issues identified in the analysis. It also discusses the implications of existing studies on crisis management research and outlines new research directions and implications concerning the COVID-19 pandemic.

Original languageEnglish
Article number100992
JournalTourism Management Perspectives
Volume43
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2022

Keywords

  • Africa
  • Crisis
  • Crisis management
  • Literature review
  • Tourism crisis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management

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