TOURISM CONSTRAINTS OF UMLAZI TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS ...

1.6.1 TourismAccording to Pearce (1988), tourism is the relationship and phenomena arising outof the journeys and temporary stays ofpeople travelling primarily for leisure andrecreation purposes.This definition does not include travelling for business purposes in tourism. It alsodoes not specify any time limits.For the purpose ofthis study, tourism refers to all travel, for whatever purpose, thatresults in one or more nights being spent away from home - as defined in theTourism White Paper of 1996.1.6.2 ConstraintsThe Australian concise Oxford dictionary (1992) defines a constraint as a limitationon motion or action.In this study, tourism constraint refers to a limitation onmovement from one's place ofresidence to another area for one or more nights.,The area that is covered in this study is the Umlazi township which is situated about25 kilometres south-west ofthe city ofDurban. This area is divided into 25 sections(named alphabetically from A to Z with AA, BB and CC and without I, 0, X, andY) and has a population of about 299 275 as estimated in the KwaZulu-NatalProvincial Statistics ofl995.The study limits itself only to those constraints thataffect outbound tourism, that is, it concentrates on the residents ofUmlazi townshipas potential tourists and not as hosts.4