Open AccessINFORMAL BUSINESS TOURISM IN CAMEROON
Author(s) -
Tembi Maloney Tichaawa,
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Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
geo journal of tourism and geosites
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2065-1198
pISSN - 2065-0817
DOI - 10.30892/gtg.38437-771
Subject(s) - tourism , informal sector , context (archaeology) , business , business tourism , marketing , tourism geography , economic growth , economics , geography , archaeology
The uniqueness of business tourism in the African context is argued to be an amalgam of several clusters of activities manifested in both the formal and informal sectors. In this study, business tourism in the global south, with a specific focus on the informal sector in Cameroon is analysed. Using data that was collected from a series of semi-structured interviews conducted with three hundred and seventy-seven business travellers, the study reveals that informal business tourism includes domestic business travellers classified into five distinctive categories: (1) informal salespeople (2) shopowners (3) herdsmen (4) local farmers and (5) wholesalers. The study concludes that informal business tourism represents an important sector that contributes to tourism development and if well harnessed, its multiplier effect could be widespread amongst the different economic sectors of Cameroon.