The Politicization of COVID-19 Omicron: Southern Africa Tourism Sector

Q2 Social Sciences

African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Pub Date : 2022-02-28 DOI:10.46222/ajhtl.19770720.217

Regis Musavengane

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Abstract

The 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 development.

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2019冠状病毒病政治化:南部非洲旅游部门

新冠病毒严重影响了旅游业。这场大流行为政治家、发展专家和个人“开放”和分享他们的情感提供了肥沃的土壤。本文使用话语分析来解读COVID-19欧米克隆变体的政治化及其对旅游业的影响。数据收集自社交媒体平台，主要是Twitter。严厉禁止前往南部非洲旅游的国家所采取的措施被描述为非洲恐惧症、反科学、恐惧和反对南部非洲旅游业的发展。与会者的声音普遍一致认为，国家和政治家之间仍然存在着不公正和不信任的现象，这种情况不利于旅游业的发展。

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African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Social Sciences-Geography, Planning and Development

CiteScore

2.70

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0.00%

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审稿时长

8 weeks

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