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dc.contributor.authorMusavengane, Regis-
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-12T09:25:41Z-
dc.date.available2022-08-12T09:25:41Z-
dc.date.issued2022-02-
dc.identifier.citationMusavengane, R. (2022). The politicization of COVID-19 Omicron: Southern Africa Tourism Sector. African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 11(1):147-155. DOI: https://doi.org/10.46222/ajhtl.19770720.217en_US
dc.identifier.issn2223-814X-
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.46222/ajhtl.19770720.217-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11408/5098-
dc.description.abstractThe Covid-19 virus has impacted the tourism sector heavily. The pandemic provided a fertile ground for politicians, development experts and individuals to ‘open’ up and share their emotions. In this article, discourse analysis is used to decipher the politicization of the COVID-19 Omicron variant and its impacts on the tourism Southern African tourism sector. Data is collected from the social media platforms, chiefly, Twitter. The approaches taken by countries that harshly banned travel to the Southern Africa have been described as Afrophobia, anti-scientific and fear and anti-development of the Southern African tourism sector. There is a general agreement among the voices of the participants that the strands of injustice and mistrust still exist among nations and politicians, a situation which is detrimental to tourism developmenten_US
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dc.publisherAfrica Journalsen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAfrican Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure;Vol 11, No 1, Pages 147-155-
dc.subjectCovid-19 Omicron varianten_US
dc.subjectpoliticizationen_US
dc.subjectinjusticeen_US
dc.subjectAfrophobiaen_US
dc.subjectSouthern Africaen_US
dc.titleThe Politicization of COVID-19 Omicron: Southern Africa Tourism Sectoren_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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