1. SOUTHAFRICANTOURISM (TRADITION) versus (DECEPTION) An exposé by Kristen Wilkerson

3. He embarked on an American staff tourist trip to South Africa with his fellow professors, visiting an “authentic” South African village – only to find that the chief of the village was a hired actor from New York…Table Mountain, Cape Town

5. 27 billion rand = about 3.5 billion USD

6. The tourism industry clearly helps South Africa earn a heaping portion of money, so they will do everything it takes to keep this flourishing industry alive – no matter what that entails.SOURCES: http://india4u.com/india4unews/Tourism-during-World-Cup-to-rake-in-27-billion-rands-for-South-Africa-243410-1.htm www.coinmill.com

8. A June 2010 article from The Sunday Independent stated that “South Africa’s Kruger National Park has now lost at least four rhinos to poachers during the last two weeks.”SOURCE: http://www.rhinoconservation.org/2010/06/27/two-more-rhinos-murdered-at-kruger-national-park-during-world-cup-festivities/

10. Perhaps the elevated number of tourists within the country’s borders during the World Cup created a loophole in security, making crime much more likely to occur.SOURCE: http://www.rhinoconservation.org/2010/06/27/two-more-rhinos-murdered-at-kruger-national-park-during-world-cup-festivities/ Knives made of rhino horn

12. An recent epidemic of counterfeit rand notes has been surfacing throughout South Africa, according to a June 21, 2010 article from eturbonews.com.

13. Be very careful of who is handling your money while visiting any foreign country.

14. Permit only legitimate, established banking operations to handle your money.Rand notes SOURCE: http://www.eturbonews.com/16833/south-african-police-warns-tourists-about-counterfeit-r200-notes

16. Much of this “authentic” South African art is crafted in Mozambique, where there is significantly cheaper labor.

17. The tourism industry’s main concern is, without a doubt, making as much money as possible in the cheapest way possible – even if it means shelling out unauthentic souvenirs and telling people they’re the real deal.Rosebank Market, Johannesburg SOURCE: http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Africa/South_Africa/Tourist_Traps-South_Africa-BR-1.html

19. The tourism industry is attempting to sell community-based tourism as the real deal to potential tourists.

20. “Swazis are inviting people into their homes,” says tour operator MxolisiMdluli. “It is not dead exhibits like at a museum, or cultural performances like the dancers beside the hotel pool. Communities show how they live. It is authentic.”Home in Swaziland SOURCE: http://www.newsfromafrica.org/newsfromafrica/articles/art_863.html

22. It is comprised of a family carrying on traditional Swazi household chores, but the “family” consists of actors and the village is conveniently located on official African parkland close to many major tourist hotels.SOURCE: http://www.newsfromafrica.org/newsfromafrica/articles/art_863.html

24. In conclusion, tourism is becoming an industry in which everyone can make money off of – even if it means portraying South African culture to tourists in a misleading way.Mantenga Cultural Village SOURCE: http://www.newsfromafrica.org/newsfromafrica/articles/art_863.html

26. “They said the Bushmen lived in holes and were nocturnal. They said the Bushmen could go without sleep for three days. They said the Bushmen had strange genitals,” claimed Pippa Skotnes, an artist who was researching Bushmen paintings at the museum and overheard the tour guides.SOURCE: http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-18378387.html

28. Apparently, making money in the “New South Africa” is more important than maintaining authenticity.South African Museum, Cape Town

30. However, in 1994 immediately after apartheid ended, South Africans became much more interested in their history.

34. No matter how much things have changed for the better, still NOTHING is ever quite as it seems, especially in the tourism industry and “the new” post-apartheid South Africa.Table Mountain, Cape Town