Material Culture of Post-colonial Wildlife Tourism

Many independent nations with strong tourism economies have colonial pasts. In parts of Africa and Asia, former colonial powers have left post-colonial legacies of language, buildings, trade and diplomatic links, and government bureaucratic structures (Ashcroft, Griffiths, & Tiffin, 2007; Sharp, 2009; Zein-Alabdin, 2009). There are also strong postcolonial influences on tourism (Carrigan, 2011; Hall & Tucker, 2004; Tucker & Abama, 2009). These range from large-scale factors such as key markets and land-use allocation (Akama, Maingi, & Camargo, 2011; Nelson, 2010), to localised concerns such as the authenticity of performances (Martin, 2010). In nations such as India, the newly wealthy middle class may use tourism to sample former colonial lifestyles (Bandyopadhyay, 2012).