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Community Development Insights on Cultural Heritage Tourism by Lombuso Precious Shabalala
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Lombuso Shabalala joined the University of South Africa in January 2023. She is a lecturer in the Tourism Management section of the Department of Applied Management with both teaching and research experience. Her key interest is conducting research within a local community context of cultural and heritage tourism mostly of those living adjacent to protected areas. This to be associated with adherence to traditional protocols and community engagement and involvement. Her academic career started in the year 2017 when she was appointed as an nGAP lecturer in a Tourism & Heritage post at the University of Mpumalanga. She graduated with a PhD from Wits University in the Faculty of Science (the School of Geography, Archaeology & Environmental Studies - GAES) on 14 December 2020. Her PhD examined perspectives on the role of cultural heritage tourism in community development in South Africa, using the Mapungubwe World Cultural Heritage Site as a case study. The focus was on how local communities and heritage custodians can benefit from cultural heritage tourism in heritage sites, as it remains a concern, including the realisation of social and economic development in its true sense. She is a member of the Golden Key International Honour Society and active in community engagement.
