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Johannesburg: Africa's World City?
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Witek, Joseph F.
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1366646542
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2013, Master of Arts (MA), Ohio University, Geography (Arts and Sciences).
Abstract
Johannesburg, South Africa hosted events in the 2010 FIFA World Cup with the aspirations of overcoming its apartheid era image and inculcating a cosmopolitan, world-class image to the international community. Stakeholders in promoting the World Cup made promises to the citizens of Johannesburg and South Africa that the event would provide valuable upgrades, training, and economic opportunities. To carry out these promises, diverse projects were completed throughout Johannesburg and billions were spent improving the city. This thesis examines the perceptions of an international tourist audience to ascertain whether or not the World Cup image was disseminated and if the 2010 World Cup was enough to change the perceptions of the city in the minds of tourists. It finds that the impact of the World Cup was mixed on tourist perceptions and that Johannesburg, while being portrayed as modern and friendly, is still viewed as unsafe and caught in the legacy of apartheid.
Committee
Yeong-Hyun Kim (Advisor)
Elizabeth Edna Wangui (Committee Member)
Harold Perkins (Committee Member)
Pages
166 p.
Subject Headings
African Studies
;
Geography
;
Urban Planning
Keywords
Johannesburg
;
World Cup
;
Imagineering
;
Urban
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Tourism
;
Perceptions
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Mega events
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South Africa
;
Development
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Witek, J. F. (2013).
Johannesburg: Africa's World City?
[Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1366646542
APA Style (7th edition)
Witek, Joseph.
Johannesburg: Africa's World City?
2013. Ohio University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1366646542.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Witek, Joseph. "Johannesburg: Africa's World City?" Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1366646542
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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