Romance Tourism in Africa: Case Study of Ghana

Download or read book Romance Tourism in Africa: Case Study of Ghana written by S.S.S. Odunlami and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Romance tourism in developing countries is often examine from western perspectives and there is dearth of studies, which endeavor to explore romance tourism from an African male’s perspective with focus on the African male. Thus, this study in Ghana, explored romance tourism from an African male’s viewpoint and the motivations for black males’ participation in romance tourism especially considering the traditional and cultural attitude of Africans towards sex and in particular, sexual relationships between young men and older women. The study revealed the inherent power relations in romance tourism. The study shows that romance tourism is a vey complex phenomenon. The study also shows that western female tourists employed racial, class and economic powers to exploit black males in the relationship. It also reveal that black males in Ghana, are not economically empowered in their relationship with western female tourists in romance tourism. Furthermore, it affirms that there are so many similarities between romance tourism and sex tourism than there are differences. It also became evident that the desire for money and material advantage powerfully influenced black males’ participation in romance tourism rather than the desire to migrate to the west.