TOURISM CONSTRAINTS OF UMLAZI TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS ...

1.2 BACKGROUND TO THE PROBLEMIn the recent past, the tourism industry in South Africa served the needs andaspirations of only a small section of the South African population. The blackpeople, who are in the majority ofthe South Afucan population, were neglected. Asa result, most black people do not really know what the concept of tourismembodies.It is important to introduce the concept oftourism to this previously disadvantagedgroup ofpeople. Black people must be made to understand what tourism is, howit works, what benefits it holds for individuals as well as for communities and how